October is a big month of balancing and juggling each team and their progress. Typically for all of our Target 5th grade students to experience FLL, we the coaches manage anywhere from 12-15 teams of students.
That's 12-15 project ideas. 12-15 teams of robots tackling missions all differently. And don't forget Core Values. It can get overwhelming. However, we stay the course and encourage the students to be the risk takers and to keep persevering even when all options are exhausted. We are continually observing our students and generating new checklists of items to make sure are completed. For us, October is the month of conferencing. We meet with teams to find out where they are struggling. We meet with teams to discuss robot issues. We are basically ensuring that all teams will go to our school FLL Expo feeling good about what their team accomplished. Some teams will have better missions. Some teams will have a phenomenal project idea with a unique presentation. It's all based on the strengths of the team members. What's inspiring is to see the vast differences and to recognize that at our expo. We have had some emotion packed moments where robots suddenly do not want to cooperate with teams ready to burst into tears. And in that moment, we see other teams rally and support and cheer them on regardless of the robot's outcome to perform the missions. We have had teams with project boards that suddenly collapse and again, others rush in with tape or suggestions or ways to help encourage. This is truly what FLL is about. If you do not plan to have an expo and already have your competition team, I would imagine for October you would want to ensure you have the following: 2-3 missions accurately performing if not more on deck. Research, graphs of data, current solutions, diagrams of your solution, facts and data to support innovative solution, a catchy way to present your project, possibly an interview with an expert in a field...honestly the sky is the limit on what direction you want to take the project portion. Core Value board in progress demonstrating the areas FLL wants displayed along with pictures and anything that depicts your season to make you stand out above the rest. Giveaways being made Team poster for regional competition
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