Category: 2019 City Shapers

2019#04 Don't procrastinate, investigate!

5/13/2019

Four teams in Austin wanted to get a jump start on their FLL Project for the 2019-2020 City Shapers FLL Season. The challenge hadn’t been released yet, but they did not want that to stop them from practicing their research skills. What better way to research city problems then to look up the latest Bond Election approved by the City of Austin for 2018. Identify which team choose which bond programs from https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Finance/CFO/2018-Bond/COA_2018Bond_Booklet.pdf and what each bond program was called and cost the taxpayers of Austin.

Even though there aren’t any beaches in Austin, the Skyscraper Surfers were big on outdoor fun, so they wanted to research how Austin would be using the Prop C funds to improve Parks and Recreation.
The Tower Tinkerers where surprised to learn that Affordable Housing was the largest funded bond program and were curious how Austin proposed to use those funds.
The Transportation Infrastructure bond program was researched by the team with a mode of transportation in their team name.
Prop G was funded for more than Proc C, but less than Prop D which was not Affordable Housing.
The team that studied Flood Mitigation had a strong affinity to understanding aquatic events since their team was named for an aquatic animal.
Flood Mitigation was funded for more than Transportation Infrastructure.
The Effervescent Electric Eels did not research Prop G.

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2019#02 ACES OF Texas

5/8/2019

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A team from each of the four subregions of the Texas ACES Region started preparing for their 2019-2020 City Shapers FLL Season in a different month in 2019. These 4 teams each focused on a different competition area: Core Values, Project, Robot Design and Robot Game. These four areas are now equally weighted toward the advancement criteria. They each also took a different approach on how their team would stand out in their Project judging.

The team that focused on Core Values was really big on sharing. They wanted to use their season to engage with other teams as well as share their project presentations with their local community beyond just their parents and coaches.
The Capital City Cyclers started two months before the Downtown Clowns which gave them plenty of time to focus on research using clues from the pre-season teaser ahead of the official challenge release on August 1st.
The team that started last was a school team waiting for on-campus meetings to start. They dove straight into the Robot Game. Though they didn’t have the summer to get ahead on research, the figured they would make up for it by focusing on innovation.
The Downtown Clowns started after the The team that focused on Core Values but before the McAllen Stallions.
The team that focused on the Project over the other 3 competition areas did not spend much time on Research.

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2019#01 City Lights, Camera, Action!

5/6/2019

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Four FLL teams preparing for the 2019-2020 City Shapers FLL Season each focus on a different area of the competition: Core Values, Project, Robot Design and Robot Game. These four areas are now equally weighted toward the advancement criteria. Each team has all from the same grade level: 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th grade. To start off their team meetings they each practiced a different form of programming automation.

The rookie 4th-grade team started off focusing on Core Values and building a Starter Jig since it didn’t require them to have advanced programming skills.
The team that focused on Robot Design designed a very flat and sturdy rear bumper that made straightening their robot with wall wreckoning very effective.
The team that learned how to manage gyro drift at their first meeting was a 4-year veteran team that had been together since their 1st year when they were all in the 4th grade.
The Naboo Taboos didn’t use a gyro on their robot but was still able to focus on the Robot Game by using another sensor that allowed for straightening their robot perpendicular to lines on that game field.
Cloud City Slickers was back for their 2nd year, since they focused on Core Values their rookie year, they decide to focus on Robot Design for the City Shapers season.
The Geonosis Clones were 2 grade levels ahead of the Cloud City Slickers who did not use the gyro sensor.
The team focused on the Robot Game started their season perfecting their Line Squaring algorithm.

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2019#04 Don't procrastinate, investigate!

2019#02 ACES OF Texas

2019#01 City Lights, Camera, Action!

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