Junior First Lego League (Jr.FLL) Teams 

2013 Jr.FLL Challenge: DISASTER BLASTER℠ “Prepare. Respond. Recover.”

2014 Jr.FLL Challenge: THINK TANKS℠  “Redefining Learning”

2015 Jr.FLL Challenge: TRASH TREK℠  “Finding better ways to manage our trash”
                                                                                                           http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/jr.fll
                                                                              
 http://jrfllshowcase.usfirst.org/about-junior-first-lego-league
Presenting our 2014- 2015 Think Tank Teams

MAVINS

Imagination Builders

Imagination Builders at World Festival 2015, St. Louis

Our students share their 2013-2014 Jr.FLL journey and experiences!

Landorus Defense

The team of five second grade students, share their experiences with the community. They talked about their field trips, meeting the professionals, research solution and more with the volunteer judges at the Jr.FLL Expo at George Mason University.

Supper Spinners

Super Spinners is a team of second graders. The following shows their journey as they expand on the class topic of tornadoes. From field trips to gain first hand knowledge to building models to explain their solution they put on a great show at the Jr.FLL expo at GMU.
Super Spinners have fun as they build and test their model.

Disaster Masters

Team Disaster Masters presents in one of our classes. Their presentation is informative and engaging. They have a good working knowledge of simple machines integrated in their model. The team received the "Inquiring Minds" on the spot trophy at the Jr.FLL Expo!

Robo Rescuers

The six man team celebrates with trophy at the expo. Read more about them below....
  • Robo Rescuers were featured on the Jr.FLL Online Showcase 2013! 
  • They studied blizzards for the 2013 DISASTER BLASTER℠ Challenge.
  • They visited the Office of Emergency Management and were able to see the 911 center!
  • They learned about the process for when a disaster hits their area.
  • They focused on cleaning up snow after blizzards.
  • They created a truck that melts snow for their LEGO model!
Understanding what a Jr. FLL team is expected to do:

Research

Each year the Junior First Lego League begins the season with a new theme. 2013 was all about natural disasters. Students learned what natural disasters are, how natural disasters occur, what people do before, during, and after a disaster.
We began the mock season, by learning about tornadoes first. Students read information, built models, and experimented with tornadoes.
Students had a blast figuring out how the tornado works in a bottle.

Problem

The mock season is all about team work. Students form teams of 3-4 as they explore how tornadoes move. All the teams make models of tornadoes using their knowledge of WEDO Robotics.
As the students work on their models they also think of the problems caused by tornadoes.

Solution

One team decides to focus on broken windows during a tornado. Before the tornado the solid blinds are up, but once the sensor senses shaking the blinds come down automatically.
Another take on the same problem. Different teams design unique ways to build, program, and implement their solutions to broken windows.
Yet, another team decides on an app that tracks your car after its been lost in a tornado. Watch the video below to get a better understanding of how the car tracker works. Don't miss out the special sound effects and the enactment of the story line! Creativity and presentation skills at prime!