RoboLions at FLL state!

Did this robotics team ever have so much to be proud of?!? They made it to state! They had what it took after putting in all the hard work and extra hours! 

The parents were able to decorate the boys lockers 2 days before competition and they loved it! We wanted to make it special for them. 

State robotics falls in the absolute busiest season of the year- but we found time to pack up and prepare between work basketball and all the holiday gatherings. The schedule for the day is jam packed 

Showing their projects to some kids from Jasper 

Pep talk from Mr Woodard - he’s the calmest most dedicated coach they could have! 

Headed into Core Values presentation - they worked hard on this one!

Robot runs did not go exactly as planned - we still scored in the middle of the pack so respectable 

The best part was all of Joes family that came and grandma and grandpa watches the live feed from home (they came to regionals). Scott and Chris and Noah and Blake and kids came ❤️❤️❤️

FLL Robotics Qualifier 2019

All of our fall prep lead us to the FLL Qualifier for southern Indiana. 

Our four robotics team we ready to show their work on their robots, posters, and team building.

Joe and Reid running the Robot during competition.

Their Problem Poster - they had to identify an issue in their community or major communities and develop a solution. They chose to deal with homelessness - 

as a mentor I spent time shaping this to fit our community and they decided on using exiting buildings to provide shelter for homeless people or those displaced by fire or natural disaster.

We chose 2 empty buildings as examples that might work for this use.  They did great research about the impact this could have on communities.

All of our teams and our bot.

Our robot poster and programs

This team did not disappoint - FLL 39794 advances to state competition winning Core Values

and 3rd place overall.

Preparing for the robot judging portion

Waiting for their turn in core values - this was a diverse group of personalities

so winning core values was a big reward.

They came out of this room feeling great about themselves - they said the judges loved them!  Excellent way to end the poster/presentation morning and prepare for robot runs

Their first run ran perfect they scored the max points they had planned for - sweet!

This was much different than the last year, excellent process.

They had 2 more runs 

Core Values Poster

Core Values Award

Our Coach Mr. Woodard. This guy pours into these kids - thankful for his passion

for the kids and robotics!

Advanced to State Competition - Dec 14 in Evansville!  Go Roaring RoboLions 39794.

Robotics 2019

The fall is Joe's very favorite season because it's ROBOTICS season.

He has been working hard all fall long on creating their robot runs

and developing their team - coming up with a project and developing core values.

He has an all boy team this year from 5th-7th graders.

Over all our robot club has grown to 24 members and they all worked hard!

We meet for 2 hours on Monday evenings and often more for open lab hours.

This team worked hard to design an create 3 unique posters to present to judges and also perfect their robot runs!