The Wyngate lego First LEGO League (FLL) team had its inaugural last year. The year went well, 11 kids worked for 3 months and competed in an FLL qualifier event. The plan (prior to covid) was to grow the program this year to 2 teams, or 20 kids. Unfortunately due to covid, plans have changed. …. Read More
Awards and Advancement
There are many awards that a team may earn at a qualifier, Innovation Project, Core Values, Robot Design, Global Innovation, Robot Performance, and Champions Award are some examples. Not every Qualifier may have each award. Advancement and Champions Award The Champions Award and Advancement process has changed for the 2019-2020 City Shaper Season! Both the Champions …. Read More
Save The Date 1/11/20
Good News, We have been assigned our competition date so Please save the Date. Rockville Science Center FLL Qualifier – hosted at the Universities at Shady Grove, which will occur on 1/11/2020. The event will run from 8 am to 4 pm roughly. We will get you a more detailed agenda once it is published. …. Read More
Working on our innovation Challenge and Driving Straight
This Tuesday the kids worked on the Innovation Challenge https://fllblog.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/resources-to-build-your-innovation-project/ The kids have decided to focus on classroom and school design. We will be working to flush out our approach over the next few weeks and as we build our 5 minute presentation. On Friday the kids worked on the robot challenges. We split up into …. Read More
We are The Mind Crafters
Yesterday we picked our team name. We will hence forth be known and The Mind Crafters. The Rad Unicorns and Kazooka came in second and third place respectively when we were down to the final three. Lots of opinions on this decision, so this may be something fun to ask about at home Yesterday we …. Read More
Ready Set Go
The challenge elements are built, the tables are built, the team members have been identified and this Friday the team kicks off!! Yesterday we had our first parents meeting and it went as well as can be expected, Thanks to all of the patents that showed up. Bonus, we have a volunteer who is going …. Read More
We are setting up the challenge pieces
The tables are setup and the challenge elements are starting to be built. We had one build meetup a few weeks ago and plan to have one this weekend. If you are interested, please email us at admin@WyngateFLL.org. Next week is the start of school at Wyngate and we are getting really excited. We should …. Read More
Today is Kickoff
It’s your turn to shape our growing FIRST City for the better! Learn about the CITY SHAPER Innovation Project, Robot Game, and FIRST Core Values. Learn more about FIRST LEGO League at www.firstlegoleague.org. CITY SHAPER Challenge and Resources: File Challenge Letter A4 CITY SHAPER Kickoff Video Mission Model Building Instructions Challenge Updates PDF Game Guide …. Read More
World Championship FLL Robots
Each year the season culminates in world championships in Detroit. Here are a few videos of last year’s world championship robots and their winning runs. Strange note, their are currently two world championships each year, one in Houston for the west coast and one in Detroit for the east coast.
The Team has Two Tables
Earlier this week the several helpers got together to build two tables for the Wyngate Robotics Program. These are folding tables with wheels to allow them to be used in the Wyngate Elementary School maker space during practice times and than stored in a closet till the next meeting. Thanks for all of the help.