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Welcome to Porter FLL Elementary Robotics 2023-24!  

CLUB CONTACT:          Mrs. Avalon Goddard  @    [email protected] 

CLUB MEETINGS:        Wednesdays, 3:45-5:15pm **STARTING November 1st

MEETING PLACE:        Porter Cafeteria

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Week of 2/17/24

This week, with all of the Valentine's Day candy in everyone's system, it was a bit hard to get kids to settle in on the stage.  However, once we got to the team tables, "IT WAS ON!!!"  Our students are hard at work getting into the details of solving for their respective missions.  The focus of our coders at this stage is on point for success. Boards are starting to come together with student thoughts and drawings.   

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Week of 1/10/2024

TEAM LOGOS  were finalized and the students are very proud to stand behind. The students have branded their teams as they will need to get ready to stand up their team's project boards for Fun Day (also possibly STEAM Night once those dates are finalized by Porter).  The team boards are a wonderful way for the students to capture all of the work that they've done and help them to frame their conversations with the judges at Fun Day.  They typically capture a number of things on their boards ranging from Core Values, to Robot Design and Coding.  

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Week of 12/11/2023

This week we spent some time using Open Roberta Lab to teach the kids concepts in coding.  Of course, in true "FLL Silly Style," anyone who successfully coded the challenge mission had to jump up from their seat and shout "BANANAS!!!"  We had sooo many kids going bananas for coding.  We saw kids that said coding wasn't their thing, pushing themselves to become True Bananas.  High Five to all the kids for giving coding their best shot yesterday.

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FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR was a success!  We started the club with individual Introductions and a team building game.  We engaged the kids in various centers:

• Jelly Sandwich Coding (of course)
• Level setting behavioral expectations around what it means to be a team player and operating as a "Gracious Professional."
• Getting up close with the missions for the game so that they can think about the things that they can possibly do to solve them. 
• Identifying key parts in their team box (motors, caster ball, colored sensors, speakers).

 

We had so much learning and fun for our first Kick Off session this afternoon.  Whoever thought that making Jelly Sandwiches can teach sooo much about coding?  Turns out, it was the kids favorite and tastiest 😀.  Our volunteers plated sandwiches at the end of the club, AFTER hands were washed/sanitized.  I can't tell you the importance of you participation and hoping to meet more of you as the club goes on.

 

 

PARENT/GUARDIAN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

DO NOT BE AFRAID!!! We simply need you to bring your love of inspiring children to think and to work as a team. Of course, if you happen to have some knowledge of block coding or engineering…that is a plus, but NOT mandatory.

VOLUNTEER SHIFTS are 3:30-5:30pm           SIGN-UP FOR FLL ELEM ROBOTICS VOLUNTEER

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

MIDDLE SCHOOL robotics club members,  MIDDLE SCHOOL students, and ELEMENTARY SCHOOL students serious about STEM are also welcome to volunteer!  We have a limited number of positions and opportunities that we will need you and your Parent/Guardian to sign you up for.  Use the link below to sign up: 

STUDENT VOLUNTEER SHIFT:  3:45-5:30PM      STUDENT SIGN UP FOR ELEM ROBOTICS VOLUNTEER

 

We already have 4 Elementary School First Lego League (FLL) Porter Robotics teams aiming for our County's FLL FUN DAY competition in May 2024. Returning and New 4th and 5th grade students applied and were selected in June 2023.