User:Vtaylor/FLL 2012


 * Help design and build innovative solutions to improve the quality of life for seniors by helping them continue to be independent, engaged, and connected in their communities


 * Work cooperatively to create model robots that assist in lifelong activities


 * Learn more about the needs of older adults and everyday technology is being improved to help everyone - young and old.

edmodo, Creekside Middle


 * lists, project brainstorming, missions - prioritize / stratagize, team captains - 1 Alex, 2 Daniel

== Robot - tasks, strategies==
 * missions - 0 easy, 1 not too difficult, 2 difficult - sequence, priority, criteria - points, who can work on it, CBBs, required, nice to have, limits > work list TBD To Be Done
 * 1) Wood working - Robot gets the chair to Base. You fix the chair by hand. Robot brings the chair to the table.
 * 2) Medicine - The bottles are arranged randomly before the start of each match (See Field Setup). Robot gets the green medicine bottle to Base without disturbing orange ones.
 * 3) Service animals - Robot applies force to gray disc, causing dog with phone to move toward Base.
 * 4) Bowling - Robot sends balls to knock pins down. If the pins are not all down after the first try using a yellow ball, the referee returns that ball to Base for a second try (this can only happen once per match).
 * 5) Strength exercise - Robot lifts the west bar to make the weight rise.
 * 6) Stove - Robot gets all burners to show black.
 * 7) Gardening - Robot adds to the garden.
 * 8) Video call - Robot gets the flags to rise.
 * 9) Quilting - Robot adds squares to quilts.
 * 10) Cardiovascular exercise - Robot turns the pinwheel 90° at a time.
 * 11) Flexibility - Robot gets yellow loops to Base.
 * 12) Transitions - Robot gets onto the center platform and is there when the match ends.
 * 13) Similarity recognition and cooperation - Robot aligns your pointer with the other team’s pointer.
 * 14) Ball game "Future Effects of Our Current Decisions" - Both teams get points for the total number of balls on the racks at the end of the match, but only one team gets points when their color is at the center.

== Project== Project - p 2-5, judging, FAQs, Coaches’ Handbook


 * research - worksheet - Senior, challenges, individual solutions, web sites, other adult review/suggestions

Senior solutions Challenge. What did you do in the past and can not do now but wish you could still do
 * Fold up walker to get up down stairs
 * Scooters. Bump into stuff.
 * Hearing aid. Too much noise outdoors.

needs
 * time
 * connections - friends, family
 * personalized learning - just-in-time, format preference - e.g. medicare setup, choices, selection criteria, independent phone contact; technology - iPad, internet setup
 * trends, should know, "cultural framework" - what's new, why it is important, to whom
 * remember - names, location of keys

assumptions
 * mobile, little if any reduced physical or mental capacity
 * have smartphones, home internet, email
 * enjoy reading and sharing/discussing books

favorite apps, technology
 * QR codes - boarding pass, exhibit narration
 * geolocation, here to there (Oshkosh car locator)

seniors
 * technogals, wow, EAA, WISE
 * Van, 91 - pilot +75yrs, still flies ?
 * Ellie - golf, bridge, tax preparer / coordinator, sailed Atlantic US and Europe
 * Nancy - former teacher, Media Specialist, ? pilot, quilting, Canasta
 * Lynn - pilot, skydriver, flight instructor, personal organizer business, former airline captain, trans-Atlantic ferry pilot
 * Keith - 300 knot airplane builder and pilot, former military
 * Tony - air racer, helicopter pilot/instructor
 * Mark - NASCAR owner/driver
 * Bill - orthopedic surgeon, competitive sailor, world traveler

== 2012 Senior Solutions==

2012 Senior Solutions - Can FIRST® LEGO® League teams improve the quality of life for seniors by helping them continue to be independent, engaged, and connected in their communities?

The FLL Challenge has 3 parts - the Robot Game, the Project, and the Core Values. The Robot Game and Project are what teams do, and the Core Values guide teams through the experience.


 * video

Missions - bowling, quilt, video, dog, stove off, gardening, medicine, woodworking, cardio (very difficult, time consuming) includes bonus counter, strength training, balls, reach


 * Official Robot Game (Field Setup, Mission, Rules): http://firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2012seniorsolutions
 * Official Robot Game Updates: http://firstlegoleague.org/challenge/robotgameupdates


 * pricing


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