FIRST® LEGO® League 2011
Melbourne Competition Details
Saturday 19th November, 9am - 3pm
Date to be confirmed
Melbourne Grammar Junior School, Grimwade House,
67 Balaclava Rd, Caulfield North.
The 2011 Project and Challenge details will be released world-wide around September 3rd
View the mat and challenges here
Download a copy of this information including a map of the Melbourne Grammar campus
Instructions for Competitors - on the day
- Proceeded to the Fenton Hall
- Register your name at the desk, hand in :
Your media release form (one per student)
Announcers form ( one per team) - Have a look at the hall layout map ( near the registration desk) so that you know where the robot challenge tables are, the rooms for the thinking challenge and research presentation and toilets.
- Proceed to your team’s table. Set-up tables will be allocated and will have your school / team name on the tables.
- Set-up your gear and keep an eye on the times for your robot runs ( 3) , thinking challenge and research presentation. It’s up to your team to get to each appointment on time.
You can bring along a practice mat and set it up (space allowing) or use (shared) one of the practice mats around the hall.
Don’t forget to cheer teams on and have fun. Have a roam around the hall and learn from other teams.
We anticipate that pack-up will be around 2:30pm with the prize ceremony following this.
Elements of the Competition
The Team Interview.
The intention of the team interview is to see how well the group worked as a team and to ascertain what the students have learned from the experience. The interview is fairly casual and will take place before one of the team's runs on the FLL mat and be lead by the mat judge, the assessment for the interview will be added to the teams’ best robotics score on the mat. We anticipate that this should take not more than 5 minutes. Your timetable will identify where this will happen.
The teams' announcers sheet may be used for part of this process and will be used by the MC when your team is competing. Please ensure that each team has completed one announcers sheet, this should be handed in at the registration table by the team leader when you enter the hall.
Download the announcers sheet here
Download an interview planning sheet
Team 'Thinking Challenge'
This is a team-work challenge and can't be prepared, the judge will provide the challenge on the day. It won't be a robotics activity but a thinking activity to test the team's organisation, co-operation and thinking. This activity will take around 5 minutes and the mark awarded will form part of the teams overall score. You will receive a timetabled time for your challenge. This will take place in a classroom near the main hall.
Robot Challenge
Each team will have 3 robot runs on the FLL challenge mat. The best robot score will be the score that is added to the teams interview, thinking challenge and research project presentation scores to generate their overall score.
Research Project
The research project is based on the overall theme used for the robot challenge mat. There's plenty of scope to exercise your students creativity and integrate the project into your general curriculum.
Teams are able to compete in FLL without undertaking the research project but will not be eligible for the overall winning score as they will be missing around 35% of the available points. If your team is not from Victoria please check with your local organising committee.
Scoring
Each of the four competition segments : The Robot Challenge ( best score out of 3 runs), Thinking Challenge, Team Interview and Research Project Presentation contribute to the teams overall score. The % of marks allocated to each section will vary with individual FLL Tournament organisers. In Melbourne in 2009 the percentages were : The Robot Challenge 35% ( best score out of 3 runs), Thinking Challenge 15%, Team Interview 15% and Research Project Presentation 35%. If your team is not from Victoria please check with your local organising committee
Set-Up tables (Pit Area) for teams (Melbourne Competition)
Set-up tables will be allocated and will have school / team name on the tables allocated .
If your team requires a loan of a laptop computer/s please let me know so that I can allocate my computers to you. Contact me sue_inness@bigpond.com.
Please bring along your school banners/ flags to decorate your team's area.
Loan laptop Computers
Please complete this request if your team requires a loan laptop/s. Laptops have the NXTg version 2 software installed and Robolab 2.9.4C. You will need to ensure that you have a USB drive or CD with your teams programs on it for use on these laptops.
Versions of the NXT programming Software
Note that if you are using a loan laptop NXT programs written in versions later than version 1 may not be down-loadable from an earlier version of the software and vice versa. To make sure that everything works on the day use the same version of the software that you wrote your programs on. Loan computers are running version 2
Media Release Form.
ALL team members must provide a signed media release form at the registration desk at entry ( One per student). It's possible that the print or TV media will attend this event and the organisers require this paperwork to allow the publication of students photos. This form is supplied above, please ensure that a copy goes home with each team member and is returned signed.
Download the media release form
Spectators (Melbourne Tournament)
All spectators are welcome. Libby Moore from Moore Educational will supply a huge tub of LEGO for younger spectators ( and team members ) to build within the building corner , this should keep the little's occupied (note small pieces, suitable for ages 4+, parents must supervise young children)
Checklist - Teams, Remember to bring:
Timetable with your times |
Tape measures |
Robot , USB lead & built attachments |
spare LEGO elements |
USB drive |
NXT charger & spare rechargeable NXT battery |
*Laptop computer ( or use mine) with charger and software installed (test that the software works on the computer and that it will communicate with your robot!). Copy your NXT programs onto this computer |
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spare alkaline batteries and the door for the NXT battery bay |
your research project material |
school banner & team banner |
lunch, snacks (no tree nuts) and drinks |
any medication you may need, |
Any plans and notes you need |
Media release form ( 1 per student) |
Announcers form ( 1 per team) |
Camera, video |
Carry boxes |
*BIG HINT : Test the laptop you are bringing - before the day
If you are bringing a Lap top computer that your team doesn't usually use please make sure that you check back at school that the LEGO software is installed and the USB drivers work, that your programs are accessible and will download into your robot. This has been an issue with teams in the past . If you are using a loan computer make sure that you have a USB drive with all your programs on it.
Resources & Downloads 2010
2011 challenge specific resources available here after September 3rd
Note: This information was supplied specifically for the Melbourne 2010 competition. Whilst this information may be relevant to other FLL tournaments you are advised to contact your local tournament organisers.
Updated 9/2/2011