Hello FLL Teams, Coaches, and Mentors!
Please read this important information regarding judging at
FIRST LEGO League Tournaments in Michigan for the 2016 Animal Allies season:
Core Values
This year FIRST LEGO League Tournaments (Qualifiers and
Championship) in Michigan will be
requiring teams to create a Core Values Board. See Challenge Document https://firstinspiresst01.blob.core.windows.net/fll/animal-allies-challenge-guide.pdf
, pgs., 4-5, for board requirements. The
team should bring this board when they go into the Core Values judging room. In addition to the Core Values board, teams
will be observed participating in a team activity chosen by the Qualifier
tournament, and will be asked questions by the Core Values judges.
Core Values Rubrics may be found here:
Robot Design
FIRST LEGO League Tournaments (Qualifiers and Championship)
in Michigan will be asking teams to implement
the Robot Design Executive Summary (RDES) format at the beginning of Robot
Design judging session. See Challenge
Document, https://firstinspiresst01.blob.core.windows.net/fll/animal-allies-challenge-guide.pdf
, pgs. 25-26 for details. The RDES is a presentation
preparation tool to help teams highlight all the important areas of their robot
design and development for the judges. Teams
do not need to create a poster or written material for the RDES. However, if
the team would like to share pictures of the design process, records of
strategy sessions, or examples of programming (preferably printed), the RDES
presentation is an appropriate time. In
addition to the presentation using the RDES format, the team will be asked
questions by the Robot Design judges.
Robot Design Rubrics may be found here:
Project
As mentioned in the previous Michigan FIRST LEGO League
email blast, Michigan is one of several regions that will be participating in a
Project Rubrics Pilot this season. This
means that the rubrics that will be used to by the Project judges at FIRST LEGO
League Tournaments (Qualifiers and Championship) in Michigan will be different than what is publicly posted on
the FIRST website.
Project Rubrics for
Michigan may be found here:
One final note: All Michigan
FIRST LEGO League email blasts may be found on the FIRST in Michigan website: http://michiganfll.blogspot.com/
Please let us know if you
have any additional questions, or need additional information. You may reach us
at michiganfll@gmail.com. Please
note that we will answer your query as soon as possible, but it may take a few
days.
Good luck to all our teams!
Pamela Williamson, Michigan
FLL Partner
Twylia Voshol, Michigan FLL
Lead Judge Advisor