I feel very proud on the work we have done in the year of the Solar Pandas, so I wish to make an archive for every year!
Team Members
Mrs.Sharma
All parents
Anant D.
Monique M.
Rocco B.
Sahil L.
Kathryn Y.
Pooja Y.
Nikhil S.
Jeremy G.
Go Solar Pandas!
Sincerely,
Bring in T-shirt Design (optional)
Figure out how to do your assigned misions.How many points and etcetera
for The week of 10/14-10/21
Bring in T-shirt Design (optional)
Figure out how to do your assigned misions.How many points and etcetera
1. Research On the building we could do the audit on(not ideas, get info on the building such as contact, area, etc.)
2.(Optional) Bring in A picture/Logo for our team T-Shirt( Team Name is Solar Pandas)
3. Be sure to E-mail Moniques' Mom If you are going to Goddard.
4.(Optional) Put some energy or lego league related websites on to the Information Link
Here is a description of the program that we developed at the last meeting. Please review and modify as desired
loop until the robot < 21 inch for something
perform 3 forward rotations
display "it working!!!"
end loop
brake robot
say "your good"
wait 3 seconds
loop until the robot > 87 centimeters for something
perform 3 backward rotations
display measurement from ultrasonic sensor
end loop
Ultrasonic Sensor.rbt
This program may have a couple of bugs since we weren't able to test it last week. Please fix any bugs that you find.
for the week 9/30 to 10/7
Copy worksheet from last week
Do make up work from last meeting
Optional: Do a creative poster and find facts to convince a average person florescent is better than incandescent.
Preparation for energy audit 9/23 for 9/30
All team members should:
- Find out how much electricity and gas was used for the last 12 months at money - energy used, cost per unit, total cost
- Read the project details on the FLL site carefully
Each team member should explore something about energy usage. Some possibilities include:
- Try to understand what used how much of the energy at home
- How much energy would windmills on a roof produce, how much would they cost?
- Why do green buildings have plants on the roof? What does it cost to do that? What's the benefit?
- What types of insulation are used in building? How much does insulation help?
- How many kids get driven to school in the morning? Picked up in the afternoon? How much gas does that use? How much gas do busses use?
- How much energy would a solar panel produce? What does it cost?
- What are the different types of windows? How much energy do they lose?
- How much energy does a computer use when running? When in standby? When unplugged?
At Home Preparation
We will meet weekly for two hours each time. If you cannot meet, you should either make arrangements to borrow the robot to complete the programming assignments or come at a different time.
Not everything can be done in the meetings. This page will hopefully help guide you on things you can do at home to help prepare for meetings. Homework questions will be presented, but feel free to find whatever information interests you about the current topic. The questions are a base to look for if you need guidance, but do not feel limited by them or obligated to answer all questions. Basically, go forth and learn! Take enough notes to be able to share your learning with the team.
For research done at home, keep track of where you got the information that you used. There is a notes page that you could use in the files section.
Research topics:
Wind energy
Solar energy
Fossil fuel
Nuclear energy
Rocket propulsion
How are things moved
Uses for fuel
General guiding questions for all forms of energy:
- How does this type of energy work?
- How much energy can you produce? For what cost?
- What are the benefits of using this type of energy?
- What are the downsides of using this type of energy?
- What is the history of using this type of energy?
- Look into what type of experiments you can do.
- What do you think you might be interested in researching for the challenge?
Programming:
One
- Watch NXT Introduction (8 min), Editor Introduction (18 min), Move Blocks (10 mins)on http://www.ortop.org/NXT_Tutorial/html/essentials.html
- Write a program to go forward 2 seconds, turn left 180 degrees, forward 1 second, turn right 180 degrees, full speed forward 1 second. Upload it to Pgm_Move_initials and think about where you will end up. If you cannot write the actual program, write down the logic to be able to quickly enter the program at the meeting.
Two
- Watch Loops (3 minutes), Loop Exercise - do loop exercise and upload to Pgm_Loops_initials
- Watch Waits (3 minutes) - write a program which will go forward until it hits something, then back up, turn a bit, and go foward again in a loop. Upload to Pgm_Wait_initials or take notes on your logic to bring in.
- Watch Light Sensor (6 min), Light Sensor Exercise (1 min), be ready to calibrate robot and explain calibration, write a program to do the light sensor exercise. Upload to Pgm_Light_initials or take notes on your logic to bring in.
Three
Four
I need to look at it still. Carry on with tutorials!
New information to be used for research:
Be sure to check out the links under intro material also
Main sources of information
First Lego League
Great sites full of wonderful stuff about LEGO and robots:
Techbrick Lots of worksheets and info
Scoring Excel worksheets for scoring
fll-freak faqs from previous years' questions
Minnesota High Tech Kids
• Training info
Carnegie Mellon
Oregon Robotics
All those wonderful videos
How nanotechnology used in robotics
Accumulation of different sites:
PORTAPORTAL then put LEGO-NANO in "guest" field
Programming:
Catlin Programming Tutuorial
Building:
Constructopedia
Art of LEGO design - FLL
Designs for different things:
Jenn Too
Just links that I haven't sorted yet
Exploring the Nanoworld with Lego Bricks FREE curriculum:
http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/LEGO/index.html
FREE cornell U kit:
http://www.nbtc.cornell.edu/mainstreetscience/kitlib/
NASA's free curriculum:
http://www.vasc.org/erc/index.html
Energy Links
Hey guys! Check this site out-http://clf.org/general/index.asp?id=425. It tells you about how windmills work.
Look at this article about nuclear power on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power#Nuclear_reactor_technology
Project divisions and timelines
Tournament is on Sunday, Novemeber 18
Goals are needed for Sunday, November 4, Sunday, November 11, and Saturday, November 17
We will need an extra meeting on Saturday, November 17
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Mission Master
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Jeremy, Rocco
Today - fix the steering so the robot navigates well.
By November 4, 2007
Three missions working by the end of the meeting. Sattelite, hydrodam, windmill - attachments ready
Next three missions planned by the next.
Rocco to go over missions to determine attachments needed, which could be done together, suggestions for what the next three should be by the meeting on November 4.
By November 11, 2007
Three more missions working
Plan for the remainder of the time - goals?
By November 17, 2007
Whatever we can get done
Goal: At least 9 missions working for competition!
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Programming Czar
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Anant
By November 4, 2007
Jeremy takes robot. Jeremy and Anant will get the robot transferred to Anant by Thursday 6pm or 7pm ish (or before.) Maybe Anant will come to Sharmas at 7pm on Thursday, picking the robot up on the way. Then Anant will work on programming til the next meeting.
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Worrks on Programs to finish up on sunday, once Anant has the robot.
By November 11, 2007
By November 17, 2007
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Building Guru
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Kathryn
Functional robot is ready and being tested. Main building activities are complete (we think!)
By November 4, 2007
Communicate with Rocco about attachments. Possibly pick up robot parts to build any desired attachments before the Sunday meeting.
By November 11, 2007
By November 17, 2007
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Project Boss
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Monique
Timeline:
By November 4, 2007
1. Look at solutions for audit (brainstorming ideas, list of possibilities) - roof, energy usage, comfortable and not too spaced out
2. Basic research questions answered (research king)
3. Write rough draft for script with nothing too wierd (presentation president)
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Research King
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Sahil
Research topics:
1. How much energy do other buildings use normally? - Pooja
2. What types of roofing are there? - Sahil
3. What types of insulation are there? - Monique
4. How much energy do the letters in red use? - Nikhil
5. What uses the major amounts of energy for a building normally? - Jeremy
6. Different heat sources - Kathryn
7. Ways to save energy through windows - winter coverings, different types of windows, curtains? - Anant
8. About how much heat would they lose through their current windows? Single pane, about 35 windows that are maybe a few sq feet each with a couple more that are really big? - Rocco
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Audit Watchman
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Monique
1. Try to think of solutions to heating, electricity, ect.
2. Just have fun with it!
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Presentation President
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Nikhil
By November 4
• Draft of script - Nikhil and Kathryn will discuss daily and have the script uploaded to the files by Saturday
By November 11
• Discuss with research/project people what will need to go into the script
• Finalize script, except for the actual detail information from research
• Decide on props/costumes, assign jobs
By November 17 - extra meeting to prepare
• All props / costumes complete
• Finalized script before Thursday
• Everyone print and learn their parts by Saturday
• Practice on Saturday
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Session Starter
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Pooja
Have fun!
Have a healthy competition!
Don't cheat!
Even if you don't win, be happy that you learned!
Read the rubric. Each week, guide a discussion of teamwork, values, gracious professionalism, etc
For right now, these are guiding statements for everyone. We'll get to specific items.
Missions:
Finish tutorials!
Research:
Yes!
Experiments:
Find some and do them!
Field Trips:
Look into it - GMU? UMD? Local energy companies?
Mrs. Sharma 8/15/07
• Ordered field setup and registered team
• Set up meeting schedule for the next few weeks
8/15/07 - Registration done / field setup ordered
PARTS
Here is the skit
Kathryn: Professor R
Nikhil: Professor V Advertiser
Pooja: Professor X
Sahil: Anchor
Rocco: Anchor
Monique: Student Anchor
Jeremy: Meteorologist
Anant: Question answerer
SKIT
Music
Sahil: Hello. We are in the “ GO GREEN” News studio. Today, we will look at debate and a new project.
Rocco: Now, to our Student Anchor Monique, who has looked into a great discovery with Professors R, X, and the great Professor V!!
Nikhil: YAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
Rocco: All right Professor V calm down and here is Monique.
Monique: Thank you. Here we are with Professors R, X, and the great Professor V!!
Nikhil: YAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! ENOUGH PROFESSOR V!!!!!!!!!!!!
Every one yells!!!!!!!!!
Monique: They are here to give a scoop on the database overview.
Nikhil: We have found out a tae kwon do school has a need saving some energy.
Pooja: the school has fluorescent lights and needs insulation.
Katherine: We are now going to the scene, where the debate will decide what to do about the problem.
Rocco: Meteorologist (Jeremy) has been on the spot for this debate for the past 6 months.
Jeremy: Mr. Das is the energy usage
in the tae kwon do school efficient?
Anat: Unfortunately for the most part, no. It needs to have insulation and then it will save energy.
Jeremy: Are the windows single, double or tripled paned.
Anat: Well, I believe they are single paned.
Jeremy: How many windows?
Anat: 36
Jeremy: What type of roof?
Anat: A tin roof, light grayish color.
Jeremy: we have a new hurricane energy source.
Anat: How does it work?
Jeremy: Take the energy of h2o and wind to create energy for our home.
Pooja: Fluorescent light bulbs are much better.
Rocco: incandescent vs. fluorescent lights. We seem to be having a political debate.
DEBATE
Fluorescent is better!!! No incandescent is better!!!
Why?
• It uses less energy
• It is less polluting
• It looks better
Why incandescent?
• It is cheaper
• They are brighter
Is that really true??
Well….
Sahil: When this is a continuous debate.
Rocco: Well, our professors are saying this conclusion: the tae kwon do school should get insulation and maybe get a solar panel!
Sahil: And now a word from our sponsors.
ADVERTISEMENT
Robot Signup
Put your name and dates you would like to have the robot at home here. The hope is to have you sign up a week in advance so that we know who gets the robot next and who they have to get it from. The convention will be that the person receiving the robot will call the person who had it last to arrange pickup. The person who had it last should bring it to the meeting or drop it off earlier.
Current Location of the Robot
Pooja
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Requests
Team member, dates
Pooja 9/30-???/??
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History
Team member, dates(2007)
Rocco 9/28 - 9/29
Monique 9/26 - 9/28
Kathryn 9/23 - 9/25
Anant Das 9/7/07 - 9/9/07
Pooja Yadav 8/27/07 - 9/4/07
Chat Room
The Chat Room is a page to type messages to other team members. Type who you are than who your writing to then the message.
Nikhil to team: Hope you like my Chat room
Anant- Maybe we should add a cBox to make chatting more efficient.
Monique- I know we have a lot to do, but we just have to try our best!
Nikhil to Anant: Whats a cbox?
Sahil to Anant : What is a CBOX?
Anant-!!Warning!!- Marquee may be dificult to read!!!!(use a dictionary to find out what marquee means)
FLL 2007 Power Puzzle Scoring Spreadsheets
These spreadsheets are available for free use. After clicking a file link, choose Save to save a copy to your hard disk and open it from there (choosing Open will usually not work). Contact "whrc" @ "tappoint.com" to report problems or suggestions.
The Basic Scoring Spreadsheet calculates the score of a run as controls in the highlighted column are filled in. Requires Microsoft Excel 97 or later.
Suggested uses:
- Have the team members use it electronically to compute their scores.
- Print or Save-As selected runs as desired.
- Close without saving to keep the original sheet blank, or save-over each run to help highlight differences between runs when filling out.
- Print it out and use it as a pencil and paper worksheet to record completed items from a run, then calculate the score later using the electronic version. This is also very useful for refs at scrimmages and tournaments.
The Enhanced Scoring Spreadsheet adds a button to clear the scores between runs, and a separate sheet where the team can automatically keep a running log of their scores from run to run. This is useful for a team that wants to keep a running record during practices. This version requires Microsoft Excel 97 or later with macros enabled. Later versions of Excel disable macros by default for security reasons. To enable macros,
- In Excel 2003, set the macro security level to Medium or Low in Tools -> Macro -> Security, Security Level
- In Excel 2007, press the button in the notification bar to enable the macros each time you open the spreadsheet, or add the spreadsheet's location on your hard disk to the list of Trusted Locations in Office Button -> Excel Options -> Trust Center -> Trust Center Settings -> Trusted Locations.
Finally, the Tournament Scoring Spreadsheet adds a multi-team results sheet where the total scores from each run for all teams are recorded. Suggested use is as follows:
- (Optional) Pre-enter the team numbers and team names for the teams at your tournament on the Team Log sheet. If you don't, you will be prompted to add each one after its first run.
- The ref uses a printed copy of the Score Sheet to go over the results with the kids at the table and check off completed items. The ref also enters the team number on the sheet. The ref may also optionally enter the team name and run # on the sheet as a reference to the scorekeeper, but this is not necessary if the team number is known.
- The ref hands the printed copy to a scorekeeper with the computer.
- At the computer, the scorekeeper presses the "Clear" button on the Score Sheet, enters the team number and the run data, then switches to the Score Log sheet and presses "Copy From Score Sheet". The run will be logged on both the Score Log and Team Log sheets.
- The scorekeeper's computer may have a projector hooked up so that the team and audience can see the score being tabulated and the results sheet.
- If desired, the scorekeeper can now enter the score numbers from the electronic Score Sheet onto the printed version and give the printed sheet to the team for their records.
- Any errors in the electronic Score Log or Team Log sheets can be fixed manually in the sheets. These parts of the spreadsheet have no formulas and are not locked so they can be edited manually as necessary.
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