We will be having an all team practice this Thurs. from 3pm-5pm in the JET room. We are preparing for the upcoming season and would like to see everyone there. Again, we appreciate all of the valuable help and resources that our graduating 8th graders provide to our returning team and upcoming team(s) for next year!!! The teams will be getting their robots and information ready to present to the 5th grade students that may potentially be interested in joining the program next year for the Senior Solutions Challenge.
Change in Practice from 3/02/2012 to 3/01/2012
Due to the sports Jamboree on Friday we are moving Friday’s practice to Thursday of this week. Practice/ Activity will be in the JET room following school until 5pm on Thursday March 1st.
All team practice / Activity 3-02-2012
We will be having an all team practice this Friday in the JET room from 3:10-5:00pm for those interested. We will be investigating forces in microgravity by using the scientific method. Practices are meant to be educational as well as to help students learn and put to use the core values of the FLL program. We would like to see everyone there as we are building next years teams. The current 8th graders are a tremendous resource for our future teams and we appreciate their williness to mentor our younger teams.
2012 FLL Challenge Announced!
The New challenge for the 2012 season has been announced!!! 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? In the 2012 SENIOR SOLUTION Challenge, over 200,000 children ages 9 to16* from more than 60 countries will explore the topic of aging and how it may affect a person’s ability to maintain his or her lifestyle – solving issues like getting around, keeping in touch, or staying fit. Teams will research obstacles and then suggest ways to improve the quality of life for the seniors affected. Teams will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS® robot to solve a set of missions on an obstacle course. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under FLL’s signature set of Core Values. What an exciting topic for our students. We are very excited about getting involved in our community as we prepare for the upcoming season!!!!
JET – Students Involved with Technology Conference
On February 18th the SIT Conference Committee will host the first annual SIT Conference at Glenview Middle School in East Moline. The theme is ” ALL Hands on Tech”. The attendees will be exploring technology through exciting presentations ranging from web design, wireless networking, internet safety and ehtics, digital movies, solar and green technologies, pocket PC’s, robotic technologies and much more. This is a one day conference for students from 3rd – 12th grades and is by students for students! Yes, the presenters are students and the attendees are students. This is a great opportunity for our young people and they are excited, as we are excited for them, to demonstrate what they have learned through the program! We are extremely proud of our entire team who work so hard!!!!
Build a Bridge Competition 2012
The Jordan Engineering Team took four teams to the anual Build a Bridge competition at the Putnam Musuem on Saturday February 11th. This is an anual event. Our teams did extremely well and our students worked very well together with just a few fingers and lips being glued togehter in the process! In all it was a good learning experience and a fun day for everyone! Everyone walked away with a better understanding on the construction and engineering of bridges and I am sure next time they are in a car on a bridge they will be thinking about the structure….they may even ask you to drive a little faster! We will be posting pictures so check back!!!!
All Team Practice Feb 3rd
There will be an ALL team practice on Friday February 3rd from 3:10-5pm. We are excited about the upcoming season and we have some fun team building activities planned along with some friendly competition to prepare us for what’s ahead!
2011 JET Food Factor Teams
This year JET had two teams to compete in the First Lego League Food Factor Season. They did great at the regional event with the senior team winning Judges Choice award and the new team winning Rookie Team award.
JET Pizza Party
We will be celebrating another successful JET season with a pizza party to be held at Happy Joe’s in Milan on Sunday, January 8th from 4-6pm. Hope to see you all there!!!
