Volunteering at FLL State Tournament 2016
The Minnesota FLL State Championship is our favorite day of the year. We love volunteering at FLL tournaments to give back to the organization that has opened up so many …
Island Lake Elementary Science Fair
Island Lake Elementary School has an annual science fair for its students. This year, we knew a few FLL teams who were doing demos there, so we decided to add …
Promet Optics Demo
Promet Optics, one of our sponsors, contacted us for a demo a while ago. We were excited to visit them and see what the company does. The break room where …
Hypertherm Demo
Another one of our new sponsors is Hypertherm, who we also offered a demo. Like the Braun Intertec demo, we arrived about an hour early to get the half-field set …
Braun Intertec Demo
We took advantage of a couple days off from school to do two corporate demos for our sponsors. One of these was a demo for Braun Intertec, an engineering consultant …
Video Chat with the Motorbits
Since their first mock judging session, we’ve been in contact with FLL team The Motorbits. We offered to go back for a second round and help with core values judging. …
Video Chat with The Sparks
A few weeks ago, an all-girls FTC team called The Sparks contacted us on Twitter. Among other things, they asked us how we made our website and how to make …
Mock Judging Titanium Allies
One of our team members, Meghan, has a brother on a rookie FTC team called the Titanium Allies. This season, we have been helping them learn the basics of FTC. …
Mock Judging the Motorbits
A fellow FTC team, the Motorbolts, have been mentoring a second-year FLL team called the Motorbits since last year. This year, after hearing about their team, we offered to visit …