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Diamond State FTC 2014-15 schedule of events announced

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Delaware FTC teams gathered at DSU last Saturday September 6, for the kick off of 2014-15 FTC completion challenge- Cascade Effect. The event was co sponsored by Diamond State FTC and Delaware State University.

DSFTC also announced its schedule of technical workshops, scrimmages, and competitions for the season. Online registration for Duel on the Delaware FTC Scrimmage will open on Oct. 1, 2014.

 

Two robotic events, fifty+ teams, one day

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Mark your calendar! FSR sponsors two action-packed robotic events at the same place and time-October 18, 2014, at the DuPont Fieldhouse at Salem Community College in Carneys Point Township, New Jersey.

  • At the Duel on the Delaware FTC Scrimmage, more than 20 FTC teams from around the region will mark the opening of 2014 season and participate in robotics workshops and an informal scrimmage jointly sponsored by Diamond State FTC, New Jersey FTC and Pennsylvania FTC. The middle school and high school- aged students were challenged this September to design and build robots for a new game- Cascade Effect.

FLL and JFLL 2014 challenges announced

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The time has come! The waiting is over for Delaware’s JFLL and FLL teams. FIRST has announced the 2014 world-wide challenges for both age groups. They are challenged to think about, research, and design answers for this question- What is the future of learning?

In the 2014 FLL WORLD CLASS℠ Challenge, student teams will study how teaching and learning typically occurs- whether it is a particular skill, new academic content or something more complicated.

Then they are challenged to design a new more effective or efficient way to teach and learn that specific skill or idea. When students meet this challenge, they will teach adults about the ways that kids need and want to learn.

See guidelines, videos and get the new FLL challenge app here: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2014fllworldclass#sthash.8z6TXzae.dpuf

Team registration info is on our site here: https://firststaterobotics.org/2014/06/01/team-registration-opens-for-fll-and-ftc/

think tank JFLL

In the 2014 Jr.FLL THINK TANK(SM) Challenge, children ages 6 to 9 will take a closer look at where and how learning happens every day. Teams will also learn about simple machines and build a model made of LEGO® elements with a motorized part. They work under Jr.FLL’s signature set of Core Values and ultimately present what they learned through a Show Me Poster.

Learn more about the JFLL challenge and starting a team here: http://juniorfirstlegoleague.org/2014-jrfll-think-tank-challenge.html

To find out about Delaware’s FLL and JFLL upcoming schedule of events, contact

  • First State JrFLL Partner, Teshenia Hughes, at-  JRFLLDSU@gmail.com
  • First State FLL Partner, Eric A. Cheek, at-   FLLDSU@gmail.com

To learn more about FIRST, see here.