Weeks 16-20

Week 16

For this week's competition preparation the teams explored the core value inclusion. Students explained what inclusion means and gave examples of how their team is inclusive.

Next the team began to explore the different kinds of cargo that are transported. Students then used the sorting center previously built and began to explore how cargo can be sorted autonomously. Each team added a motor to their sorting center and programmed the center to sort cargo based on color.

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Week 17

The theme for this week was impact and safety. Each team talked about impact and how their work in robotics can have an impact on their community.

Students also learned that the transportation of cargo needs to be safe. The teams explored how transporting cargo safely not only means that your package arrives in good condition, but also that the people working to transport the cargo are safe and that the transportation of cargo is also safe for the environment. Students added sensors and emergency lights to their sorting center.

Students also designed and built different vehicles to transport cargo safely by air or water.

Week 18

The competition preparation this week focused on discovery and access and efficiency.

Discovery is a core value of FLL explore and students reflected on how they have used discovery to learn about cargo and the transportation of cargo.

Students discovered that access and efficiency are key to transporting cargo around the world. An origin and destination must be accesible in order to efficiently transport something and and origin. However, many places around the world are still not accesible which slows the supply chain.

Students designed and built different ways to make their destination/origins more accesible.

As well, the team added a sensor to their sorting center to make it more efficient.

Week 19

This week the team took a break from preparing for the competition. For one practice students rotated through three engineering centers where they were challenged to build a mini zip line, a small elevator, and a straw rocket.

For the other practice students continued to learn how to code Sphero Bolts, programmed BeeBots to race against one another, and were introduced to Osmo Coding Awbie.

Week 20

Teamwork and fun were the focus of this week's competition prep. Students reflected on the role of teamwork in robotics and built examples of teamwork. As well, students built what is most fun for them.

We also started our Team Model! Students first discussed which origins and destinations their model would include, as well as which modes of transportation would deliver their cargo, and what kind or kinds of cargo their model would transport. Students were reminded to consider efficiency, access, and safety in their design. Next, the teams drew and labeled their model in their engineering notebooks. Then students got building! The build will take each team a few practices.

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