PolarBots 2008 Public

PolarBots - 2008 FIRST LEGO League Team 4792
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If you are a member of the PolarBots, you can also visit the Private Team Web Site

Communication:

FLL Forum is a place to get and share information. You can get started here: http://firstlegoleague.org/community/forum/about.aspx. Please read the guidelines and use the FLL Forum responsibly.
NCAFLL Yahoo Group is an email list with announcements and discussions about Northern California FLL events and issues. Anyone can join. You can also read the postings from the web page.

Events:

October 26: Los Altos Practice Scrimmage at Blach Middle School (12:30 - 5 PM)
November 16: FLL Scrimmage at Leland High School in San Jose (1 - 4 PM). We achieved our highest score yet: 140 points!
December 6: "Quixilver" FLL Qualifying Tournament at Bret Harte Middle School (hosted by Quixilver FRC Team). 9:30 AM - 6:15 PM.
January 24: Northern California Championship Tournament (for qualifying teams)

Tournament Details

Detailed Tournament Schedule (updated 12/4)

Team Registration: 9:30 - 10:30
Practice (round 4): 11:26
Opening Ceremony: 12:15-12:30
Teamwork & Technical Judging: 1:00 & 1:12
Project Presentation: 1:48 (Family and Friends are welcome to watch)
Competition (Slot 30): 2:54, 3:26, 3:58
Playoffs: 4:30 - 5:45
Awards: 5:45-6:15

List of Awards
Coach Check List

Resources

FLL 2008 Coach Handbook

FLL Challenge and Project Summaries:

Remember to look at the Q&A before meetings and events to review new rulings and clarifications on the Robot Game:

http://firstlegoleague.org/community/fll/gameblog.aspx

One Page Summary of the Robot Challenge Missions
Two Page Summary of the Research Project
also see the excellent documents at TechBrick.com

Misc:

Click here to see the PolarBots Team Shirt Design

Links:

History

in 2007 some of our members were on the award winning SolarBots team.

updated 12/4/2008