WEEK FOUR
Mini-Challenges
Lesson Goals
1. Team members will continue to learn to work together to solve a problem.
Technical Learning Goals
1. Team members will learn the advantages of breaking a problem into smaller pieces.
2. Team members will begin to learn how to break a problem down.
3. Team members will learn how to apply and integrate their learned skills in order to solve a large problem.
4. Team members will become familiar with the terms repeatable and robust.
Coach Preparation
Background Reading
| Rules to Coach By (included in Documents below). |
| Solve the Problem a Little at a Time (included in Documents below). |
Preparation Time : 0.5 hours
Lesson Preparation
Think about how you will help team members brainstorm solutions and divide the labor. (You don't need to solve the mini-challenges, you need to help them solve the mini-challenges.)
Preparation Time : 0.5 hours
Equipment Requirements
| At least one FLL Challenge Kit (2 RCX bricks would come in handy). |
| A PC with the RCX software installed and the transmitter attached. |
| A large area for the robot to run around in. |
| A test area that has a black line that the robot can follow. |
| A measuring tape. |
Documents
Contained in this document is detailed instructions on how to conduct the lesson.
The following are PDF documents
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There are many mini-challenges also under the Training Material Page.
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