All, Tournament registration is now open. Please visit http://www.ncafll.org We did a bit of QA on the site over the past week, but did not do an exhaustive...
[Note that only ROBOLAB and NXT-G are valid programming languages for FIRST LEGO League.] ... Dear Robotics Educator, The Robotics Academy is offering free...
Jill, thank you for forwarding these, but the NXT course, at least, is not a "free online" training course as advertised. Instead it requires the purchase of a...
Hi Northern California FLL group members, My name is Jay Choi, and I am the coach for Lee Mathson Middle School robotics team. I am wondering if there's any...
Hi: This is our first year in FLL. I wanted to know how does everyone divide the expense incurred with FLL registration(kit+extension kit), laptops,...
Hi, I am the current coach of a long running team. We benefit from the investments funded through the families of previous years teams. Each year be have had...
Hi Anu, On our team, all non-reusable item costs (registration, tournament fees) were split evenly. We split the cost of the table the first year, and reused...
Keith & Yolande Peter...
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Oct 2, 2007 8:18 pm
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Hi, A comment from Yolande reminded me. Though we don't actively "market" this, for FLL teams still using RCX equipment (not the new NXT): Playing At Learning...
... - I e-mailed KK showing intrest in the $180 set and have not heard anything!! Please e-mail me at: nevadafirstteams@... if you know any info!! Thanks...
Hello everyone, I have a fun, mechanical-minded second grader who has attended the last two years' JFLL tournaments in San Jose and is now ready to join a...
Has anyone run this software on Vista? It installed ok but did give me a warning that it's has not been tested on Vista. Has anyone run into any problems?...
I'd like to use my old Ocean Odyssey kit for training in the spring with elementary school kids to get them ready for FLL next fall. Unfortunately, I...
I'm also interested in buying one if there happen to be two of them out there. Richard Shu _____ From: NCaFLL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NCaFLL@yahoogroups.com]...
Hi all, I have permission from the creator of the RemoveBadWires plug-in for NXT-G to freely share it with others. If you've ever experienced a "bad wires"...
Coaches, Make sure at least one person associated with your team keeps up with the Q&A at http://www.firstlegoleague.org/default.aspx?pid=29620. There are way...
This link http://www.firstlegoleague.org/default.aspx?pid=29620. yields a 404 - not found error. Most likely the problem is that the link in Jill's message...
Coaches/Mentors, Every year, we have a small number of coaches/mentors that lose sight of the FLL Values and take an overactive role in their teams' work. Be...
Even though you cannot use Bluetooth at an FLL tournament, it is very useful while building and testing your robot, since you don't need to attach the cable...
What is Cal-Game? Cal-Games (now known as the Northern California Robot Games) is an off-season FIRST Robotics Competition event. These are the 100+ pound...
Another coach recently asked me for pointers to some simple robot designs he might share with his team, after they decided their first design was too unstable....
1. We just formed our team - a third of them have worked with Legos Mindstorms before. Do we have time to formally drill them on structured programming, loops,...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the NCaFLL group: Which tournament recognition item would be most appreciated by your team? o medallion...
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Oct 6, 2007 11:29 pm
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At the most recent Northern California planning committee meeting, there was a discussion on team recognition items at the qualifying tournaments. [The...
This is our first time doing this and I am feeling like I am in WAY over my head. Gears, motors, sensors... it's all new to me. The programming, well, I may be...
Dear FLL community, Last season, I learned of an FLL team in Afghanistan through a post on the FLL forum. The coach is Filipino, and the team consists of...
Keith & Yolande Peter...
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Oct 8, 2007 1:38 pm
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Hello: This is our first year in FLL. We just opened our field setup kit, and noticed 15-20 bags of Lego, which are pieces for all the structures on the Power...
Unfortunately the bags are not sorted by model. However it will only make things more difficult if you mix all the parts together. I recommend getting a...
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