Nature's+Fury+2013

Nature's Fury - FIRST LEGO League Challenge 2013

[|Nature's Fury - Challenge and Resources]

Team, group work, project management, collaboration, multi-tasking
 * calendar - dates, events, checkpoints
 * checklists - meetings, checkpoints, event prep - record, share

Job jar - stuff you can do if you don't have anything to do...
 * plan robot runs - tasks, points - strategy * document, testing plan
 * research for project
 * "tools" - project organization, preparation for tournaments, checklists, tracking
 * check forums - rule changes/clarification, cool robot tricks
 * project presentation, repository - Prezi, Edmodo, WP, wikispaces, Google docs
 * engineering design process * ask * imagine * plan, create * improve
 * Core Values * list, review * practice sample team activities
 * Gracious professionalism * photos, post-its,
 * Document, record, track - photos, notes * repository - access, procedures - web-based - Edmodo, Dropbox, SharePoint ? flash drive * management, version control * program code
 * Robot * ? map to program versions  * base * tools for tasks ? standardized interface * battery access * 2 "identical" robots - manage revisions
 * EV3 - programming, Bluetooth, software downloads, tutorials * source control, management * testing * archiving

Competition prep
 * practice, practice
 * no "all niters"
 * no / minimal changes n days before competition - reason, notes, explanation, justification
 * battery / power management
 * additional people, jobs, supplies - families
 * transportation - kids, tables, robots

Learn more...
 * http://floridadisaster.com/
 * [|EV3 Programming Environment - First Lego League - Nature's Fury - FLL - YouTube]
 * [|LEGO.com Mindstorms Funzone - Movies - About EV3 -]
 * [|LEGO.com Mindstorms Downloads - Updates - Software]
 * [|Learning to use My Blocks]
 * [|Robot Square - Tutorial: RobotC Bluetooth Examples]
 * [|EV3 Tutorial]
 * [|EV3 Information]
 * [|Mindboards • Index page]
 * [|EV3 | Robot Navigation]
 * [|The NXT STEP is EV3 - LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Blog]
 * [|LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robot Commander for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store]
 * [|Mindstorms EV3 Tips And Tricks From The Creator Of Lego Wall-E | Fast Company | Business + Innovation]
 * [|STEMRobotics | STEM Education with a Robotics Implementation]
 * [|TechStart - Home]

Project Plan - details Referenced Documents
 * plan for execution of the project including defining all necessary tasks and their products.
 * Scope of Project
 * Organization - summarizes roles and responsibilities
 * task of the project in terms of its inputs, approach, and outputs.
 * external schedule constraints, a schedule for each task, sub-task, or output of a task.
 * tangible deliverables of task. Eg. Binders, Competition Robots, Prototypes, etc.
 * FLL Participation Rules: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/participationrules
 * Nature's Fury Challenge: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/sites/default/files/Challenge/NaturesFury/NATURE%27S%20FURY%20Challenge.pdf
 * Core Values: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/mission/corevalues