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The Sheboygan County 4-H robotics team participates in the First Robotics Lego league at both the Challenge and Explore levels.
The Challenge level is for ages 10-16. The teams design and program lego robots using Lego Spike Prime sets.
The robot game in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge is where teams put their engineering and coding skills to the test. Teams spend the season designing, building, and programming an autonomous LEGO robot to complete a series of missions on a specially designed game mat. These missions, which are a different challenge each year, require the robot to move, grab, push, or activate different LEGO models on the field, with each successfully completed mission earning the team points. During the competition, teams have a limited amount of time—usually a 2-and-a-half-minute match—to get the highest score they can. The robot must operate on its own without a remote control, and the team's ability to create a reliable and strategic robot is key to winning the competition.
In the FIRST LEGO League Challenge, a team's research project is an important part of the competition, and it's much more than just a science fair project. Each year, the competition has a new theme, and the team's project must relate to that theme.
The research project is a multi-step process:
Identify a Problem: The team works together to find a real-world problem that connects to the year's theme. For example, if the theme is about space, they might research the problem of how astronauts get clean water on a mission.
Develop an Innovative Solution: The team then brainstorms and creates an innovative solution to the problem they've identified. The solution can be something completely new or an improvement on an existing idea. They often create a simple model, drawing, or a digital prototype to represent their solution.
Share with Others: The team is encouraged to share their solution with experts or people who would be affected by the problem. They gather feedback and use it to make their solution even better.
Present to Judges: Finally, the team gives a short, 5-minute presentation to judges at the competition to explain the problem, their research, their solution, and how they shared their ideas with others.
Team members will learn problem solving, teamwork and coding as they prepare for the competition.
Team practices run for one hour, twice a week, from September to November. As the November competition approaches, we may add extra practices on weekends. The season can extend into December and January if the team advances to sectional or state tournaments. Because teamwork is so important, all members are expected to attend at least 80% of practices and to always behave with respect and responsibility, following 4-H standards.
The FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Explore program is designed for younger children, typically ages 6 to 9, as a fun and low-stress introduction to STEM concepts. Similar to the non-competitive judging for Cloverbuds at a 4-H fair, FLL Explore focuses on a positive, learning-based experience rather than a scored competition. Instead of a high-pressure robot game, teams build a motorized LEGO model and a "Show Me" poster to demonstrate what they've learned about the year's theme. At their final festival, teams meet with a "Reviewer" (similar to a fair judge) who asks them friendly questions about their project, their research, and how they worked together as a team. The goal is for every participant to feel successful and to be celebrated for their hard work and creativity, with every team receiving an award.
Please note:
Applying to the team isn’t a guarantee that you will be on the team. The number of youth we can accept is based on how many adults are available to help.…with enough interest we can expand our teams in the future! Preference will be given to those who have been on the team before, have been in the Lego project or are in the Cloverbud program.
Please fill out the interest form attached here if you are interested!
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