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
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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
Accessibility and Sustainability Challenges
This Tuesday the kids discussed accessibility. We talked about what accessibility is (physical and mental), how the school is designed for accessibility and how our design project of school design needs to consider accessibility. The kids were extremely creative when it came to ways to make the classroom a welcoming space for everyone. Once we …. 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
Lego Computer Aided Design
Lego has a tool named LEGO Digital Designer that allows people to design their LEGO creations virtually before they every pick up a brick. And once you have your digital design completed, it will generate build instructions for you. FIRST LEGO League (FLL) teams around the world have published designs on a whole wide array …. Read More
Sponsorship sheets are available for people to take out into their community
Please consider sharing the 2019 sponsorship packet with parents and local businesses. 2019 sponsorship packet The Wyngate Elementary School FLL Program is a volunteer program and is only possible because of generous donations of our community. If you would like to see this program grow please consider doing one of the following: Volunteer time to …. Read More