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 Resources
for the
2016-17 Challenge: Animal Allies
We’re not talking trash – we’re cleaning it
up! In the 2015 FIRST® LEGO® League
TRASH TREKSM Challenge, 290,000 children ages 9 to 16* from over
80 countries will explore the fascinating world of trash. From collection,
to sorting, to smart production and reuse, there is more to your trash than
meets the eye. Join FIRST LEGO League teams on a Trash Trek to
discover the hidden (or not so hidden) world of trash!
FIRST LEGO League (FLL®) challenges kids to think like
scientists and engineers. During the TRASH TREKSM season, teams
will choose and solve a real-world trash problem in the Project. They will
also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS®
technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. Throughout their
experience, teams will operate under FLL’s signature set of Core Values,
celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism®.
- See more at: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2015trashtrek#sthash.ILcMNjx6.dpuf
 Get ready. Get set. Roar! Or you could bark, quack, or squeak, because the
2016 ANIMAL ALLIESSM season is all about our furry, feathered, and finned
friends. In the 2016 FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge, more than 28,000 teams of
students age 9 to 14* will look into the eyes of our ANIMAL ALLIES. What might
become possible when we learn to help each other?
Tomorrow’s innovators practice imaginative thinking and teamwork. Guided by
two or more adult Coaches, FIRST LEGO League* teams (up to 10 members, grades
4-8**) research a real-world problem such as food safety, recycling, energy,
etc., and are challenged to develop a solution. They also must design, build,
program a robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS®, then compete on a table-top playing
field.
See more at:
http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll/challenge-and-season-info
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What will you
find on our 2016-17 FLL resource page?
- Scoring Sheets NEW!
- Kick Off PowerPoint's: Very Important Stuff!
- Images For Your Own Worksheets, Posters, and Clothing
- Group Exercises for Team Building
- Challenge Logos
- Worksheet for the Challenge Table
- 11x17 Field Worksheet for Strategy
- A Worksheet for the Challenge Elements
- A Strategy Worksheet for the Challenge Pieces
- Step-By-Step Programming Worksheet
- Awesome Lego parts that can win you a FLL tournament (5 pages)
- What is a Team Info Sheet?
- Cool LEGO Ruler With Stud Counters
- Mission Path Robot Speed Spreadsheet
- Digital Truths Articles
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Scroll down for lots of resources . Get them now!
Team Info Sheets, Maps, Rules, Worksheets, Rulers and
more.
NOTE: IT IS BEST TO 'RIGHT CLICK' ON THE LINKS BELOW AND
CHOOSE "Save Target As..." to download the documents.
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A Note about Printing Elements at Fedex or
Similar Stores:
Some stores have refused to print our documents based on corporate
copyright policy. However, the documents below do not fall under the policy. Got
to the
FLL Legal Notices Page (http://www.firstinspires.org/about/legal-notices
) and print out the PDF Titled: "Policy on the Use of FIRST Trademarks and
Copyrighted Materials." See section II points 1 and 2
II. WHO May Use These Trademarks and Copyrighted Materials
1. Currently registered FIRST teams and FIRST participants may use the
FIRST and the Joint FIRST and LEGO Trademarks (word marks and logos), and
the LEGO word marks, in a way that relates to their FIRST team names and
activities (e.g. the “FRC® Wonderbots” or the “FLL® Rocket Kids.” They do
not have to obtain advance permission, use Disclaimers, or provide advance
notice to FIRST.
2. Registered FIRST teams or FIRST participants (i.e., non-profit
entities) may use the FIRST and the Joint FIRST and LEGO Trademarks (word
marks, not the logos) and the LEGO word marks, and Copyrighted Material to
conduct activities related to a FIRST program (e.g., an FRC team teaching
skills to an FLL or Jr.FLL team) as long as they use the revenue to
underwrite their cost of participation in FIRST programs and use the
Disclaimers. They do not have to obtain advance permission or provide
advance notice to FIRST, but as noted, they are not permitted to use the
logos.
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A Note about Acrobat Files for MAC/LINUX
Users:
The files below are in Acrobat 8 format for high quality reproduction.
If you are on an older Mac or Linux system you may have problems opening them.
Sometimes the MAC native PDF viewer does not show complex PDFs correctly. You
should install the actual ACROBAT READER to view them.
You can download the latest Acrobat Reader from Adobe at
http://www.adobe.com.
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A Note about Downloading Files:
It is always preferable to use the HTTP download method rather than
just clicking on a file link. All you need to do is right-click on a link (on
most computers) or click and hold on older Mac and choose the 'save as...'
option. Depending on your browser this will read: "Save Target As..." or "Save
Link As..." or "Save File As..." You can then save the file to your desktop or
other location for use instead of opening it directly into your browser. |
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US FIRST RESOURCES: READ EVERYTHING AT THE
CHALLENGE PAGES. DON'T SKIP ONE DOCUMENT.
Main FLL Site:
http://www.firstinspires.org/node/3461
Get ready. Get set. Roar! Or you could bark, quack, or squeak, because the
2016 ANIMAL ALLIESSM season is all about our furry, feathered, and finned
friends. In the 2016 FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge, more than 28,000 teams of
students age 9 to 14* will look into the eyes of our ANIMAL ALLIES. What might
become possible when we learn to help each other? |
 COACHES
HANDBOOK
CLICK HERE FOR Animal Allies Coache's Handbook
Critical Warning From FIRST
LEGO League READ THIS NOW.
While it's obvious
that everyone needs to become an expert on the details of the Missions below,
it’s also EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for everyone, veteran teams as well as rookies, to
read the OTHER THREE CRITICAL ROBOT GAME PAGES: Field Setup + Rules + Updates,
and go back to them repeatedly.
Look at the benefits...
TEAMS WHO HAVE READ
EVERYTHING
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have fewer questions
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have less rework
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have fewer surprises at tournaments
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score higher
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have more fun
TEAMS WHO DON’T
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operate in a fog
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start over and lose time
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learn a lot from... referees
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lose points
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get stressed
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Critical FLL Resources from FIRST INSPIRES
These are resources you must know and review
frequently.
Full FLL Resource Library
http://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library
Animal Allies Updates and Resources
http://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/fll/animal-allies-challenge-updates-and-resources
Judging Rubrics:
http://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/fll/judging-rubrics
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 More great Resources from FRC Team 1836: The Milken Knights
Jared Hasen-Klein and his team produce a range of useful helping tools for
FLL each year. Their site contains resources designed for FIRST® LEGO®
League teams and tournaments for the 2016 game, Animal Allies. We suggest you
check them out!
http://fll16.jaredhk.com |
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Online Scoring Tools
EV2Lessons.com
http://ev3lessons.com/resources/scorer/index.html
FLL Tournament Tools: Scoring and Resources for Every Challenge back
to 1999
http://flltournament.com/ChalList.aspx
The Milken Knights: Online Spreadsheet
https://fll2016.wordpress.com/calc/
Android App from Droids Robots
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ev3lessons.animalalliesscorer
Apple App from Raymond Pang
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fll-animal-allies-2016-scorer/id1149676274 |
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THREE USEFUL
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
These are three
presentations TechBrick has prepared for the Maryland state coaches' kickoff.
You are free to use them with your groups!
TECH-2016-FLL-Branding v02.pdf
This presentation makes the case for good speaking and presentation skills.
Remember, all your judged areas, the ones that get you from regional, to states,
to worlds, are all about communications. Add to this decent branding and great
photos for a full verbal and visual package for your team. And, how to pay for
it.
TECH-2016-FLL-IntroTalk-v03.pdf
This is the five-minute motivational talk Marco gives most years at the
state coaches' meeting. It reminds coaches/mentors why they do this and
encourages them to make a commitment to start and finish the season.
TECH-2016-FLL-ProjectPresentation-v02.pdf
This is the combined wisdom of three long time mentors who have coached and
judged a number of competitions and teams. You will find lots a great tips and
suggestions. |
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 FLL
SCORING SHEETSFLL 2016 Animal Allies Score Sheets
created by Danny Diaz (well, mostly by his incredibly talented team). The
content of the score sheets this year have been pre-reviewed by a GREAT and
vocal group of hand-picked individuals who provided FLL feedback, THANK YOU SO
MUCH to everyone who provided feedback. There are a couple very important things
to note about this score sheet:
(1) Yes, there are TWO score sheets. One is a "graphical" score sheet, and the
other is a "no frills" score sheet. The "No Frills" (also known as "Accessible")
was designed to have larger lettering, have more space between items, and make
selection of items "easier". This "No Frills / Accessible" sheet has been highly
acclaimed the last couple years, so it is back again this year.
(2) The score sheet DOES NOT list ALL of the criteria for the mission, but does
highlight some of the most important constraints - the questions that are
affected by the constraints have an asterisk suffixed on the question. Please
remember, the point of the score sheet is not to duplicate the RULES, it is to
describe the state of the field - some "reminders" are provided on the score
sheet but not ALL of the criteria are presented. The referees must fully
understand the rules in order to be able to score the table.
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Worksheet for the "Animal
Allies" Challenge Table
Worksheets Use these to plan your missions and programming.
- Scaled 1" to 1'
- Versions in US Letter or UK/EU A4 paper.
- PDF full color image
- Images are sharp
Right click and choose 'Save Target or Link As..." to save to your local
computer.
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11x17 Field Worksheet
for Strategy This is a press-ready PDF in 11 x 17 intended for use as a planning
tool with dry markers. Have it output at a vendor like Kinkos. Have mounted and
gloss laminated. You can then use dry markers to try different ideas for
missions.
NOTE: When you go to Fedex/Kinkos or a similar vendor you should
specify:
- Print 11x17 no bleeds (no color off the edge)
- Print at 100% (not fit to margins or page)
- Mount on foamcore or a similar stiff material.
- Gloss laminate.
This should cost between $9-12 per board (USD)
DOWNLOADS
Right click and choose 'Save Target or Link As..." to save to your local
computer.
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A Building Worksheet for the Challenge Elements
Use these to plan your missions and programming and make assignments during
assembly.
Now includes a reference to the "Bag with No Number..." Whoa.
DOWNLOADS
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A Strategy Worksheet for the Challenge Pieces
We will send this home with our team on our next meeting.
Their homework will be to read the challenge, write out
each task, and come with at least two ideas for each task. Use this in
conjunction with the table worksheet.
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Element Images For Your Own Worksheets, Posters, and Clothing We
extracted the table element images from the PDFs in various formats.
- All files are PNG format
- All graphics are RGB format and compatible with Word, PPT, and Web
applications.
- All PNGs have a transparent background.
DOWNLOADS
Layer Photoshop File (Very large)
FLL-2016-Animal-Allies-Elements-HI.zip
Right click and choose 'Save Target or Link As..." to save to your
local computer. |
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"Animal Allies" and "Creature Craze" Logos
These zip files contain two resolutions of each log in JPG and PNG along with an
Adobe Illustrator file and Adobe EPS.
We have also included a text file with the exact color specs.
This is essential for design, shirts, displays, etc. |
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Step-By-Step Programming Worksheet
A simple worksheet for mission/programming sequences. Right click and choose 'Save Target or Link As..." to save to your local
computer.
DOWNLOAD
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Mat Art
NOTE: This was photographed so there may be some minor deviations in
alignment. THIS IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR AN OFFICIAL MAT PURCHASED FROM YOUR
LEGO DISTRIBUTOR. IT IS ONLY INTENDED FOR USE TO MAKE PRACTICE MATS.
DOWNLOAD MAT ONLY
DOWNLOAD PRESS READY PDF (very large)
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FLL2016AnimalAllies-Mat-Plain-FullSize-v02FA.pdf
RIGHT CLICK AND CHOOSE SAVE TARGET/ LINK AS...
NOTE: This was photographed so there may be some minor deviations in
alignment. THIS IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR AN OFFICIAL MAT PURCHASED FROM YOUR
LEGO DISTRIBUTOR. IT IS ONLY INTENDED FOR USE TO MAKE PRACTICE MATS.
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Cool LEGO Ruler
With Stud Counters for 2016-17 You can download
a press ready PDF of the cool TechBrick ruler we've been
giving out at tournaments.
Right
click on the link below and choose "Save Target As..." to
download the ruler PDF.
The ruler features:
- English and metric scales.
- LEGO stud counter.
Read these special instructions first:
- You must print this on US Legal Paper
(8.5 * 14 inches US)
- Print it on card stock for best results.
- Trim carefully at crop marks.
- Make SURE that Acrobat is set to print at 100% and
NOT fit to page or margins.
- This file can be used for commercial CMYK (4 color)
printing or printing on home or office color printers.
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BE SURE TO
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LEFT FOR PROPER PRINTING OF
THIS RULER. |
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Season Planning Schedule:
From Week 0 to Your Tournament in 16 weeks and Beyond (to Mars). A great resource
from one of our mentors. Ginny To, the lead mentor of the FLL
ELECTROBOTS in Maryland (Delaware state champions in 2012-13) has prepared a
very useful schedule for FLL teams. I know this is in the handbook and other
places, but her presentation is concise.
DOWNLOADS
Right click and choose 'Save Target or Link As..." to save to your
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Mission Path Robot
Speed Spreadsheet
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2009 our 'Senior Team’ (FLL Team
1), which includes our older FLL
students and some younger ones in their
5th year of FLL, is took a different
approach.
We are teaching them to do true product
development by describing the challenge
in detail BEFORE they pick up one brick.
One of the tasks as do a real
calculation of the speed the robot must
achieve to make it through all the
missions. So Nathan W developed this
spread sheet to make sure the robot can
complete the missions.
We've left some sample data in the sheet
so you can see how it works.
Begin by measuring the distance your
robot must travel to complete all its
missions.
Then enter any stop times (in seconds)
that represent the time you take to do a
particular task.
What you have left is the time your
robot can drive. Divide into distance
and you your IPS/CPS measurement.
We will leave the calculations of IPS/CPS
to you and of course the test of whether
your robot can maneuver at that speed.
DOWNLOAD
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Awesome Lego parts that can win you an FLL tournament
Over the years there have been thousand of parts made by LEGO. You can find them
at BrickLink and many can give you a competitive advantage. Jonathan has
compiled some of the more interesting parts. There are thousands more. Happy
searching!
Angela W from the Netherlands Asked:
"We saw the info about the parts made by LEGO. We looked at the link for the
Lego parts and it is indeed a perfect link but for teams in the Netherlands it
is hard to get parts. In the Netherlands there are no shops were you can get
single items only boxes with total cars etc. BRICKSHOP Holland stores have none
of the items and we don't know where we can go now. Can you help us?"
Answer: You can buy these parts directly from BrickLink sellers. Most ship
internationally. All you need is a free bricklink account
https://www.bricklink.com/regCountry.asp?a=WN and a PayPal Account (also
free http://www.paypal.com.
We have ordered parts from Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, etc. In fact
many of the parts on BrickLink are not available from LEGO which is why it is
fascinating. According to FLL rules you can use any official LEGO item every
manufactured! |
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Mundane and Boring Subjects that will Change Your Digital Life
INCLUDES
Opening Page 1
Introduction 2
FIVE IMPORTANT BUSINESS PRINCIPLES 3
FILE NAMING SO YOU CAN FIND YOUR WORK 4
FOLDER NAMING AND VERSIONING 5
A MOST EXCELLENT TIP FOR OUTLOOK PART 1 6
E-COMMERCE IS HARD: No Magic Bullets 7
FORMAT YOUR EMAIL IN A SENSIBLE MANNER 8
DON’T SEND TO, CC OR BCC WHEN YOU SHOULD SEND PERSONALLY 9
NITTY GRITTY OF WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT 10
WHAT IS A CORPORATE ID? 11
DESIGNING A LOGO 12
THE SIX BASIC WORD FUNCTIONS TO KNOW 13
GOOD TYPE MAKES A DIFFERENCE. REALLY. 14
CAN YOU WEATHER :) CLOUD COMPUTING? 15
FROM 36 EXPOSURES TO 3600: HOW TO SORT DIGITAL PHOTOS 16
PHOTOGRAPHING EVENTS: THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW 17
MAKING ALL YOUR VIDEOS GREAT 18
BIG COLLECTION OF TRAVEL TIPS: BE WARNED 19
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS FLOW CHART 20
PRIMER ON THE REASON FOR REQUIREMENTS 21
UNABASHED SELF PROMOTION 22
Download Here:
https://enktesis.com/digital-world-doc
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