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Re: getting 8th graders interested in FIRST

-I hope driving and watching others drive will give the kids an opportunity to see the robot up close. -
-We don't have any minibot poles... so I guess that's a no.
-Most of the robots we have lying around are either riveted together, or being preserved. So no easily taking things apart for us...
-I don't think we have any old control systems. Our team was founded in 2008, but we had a big, messy move in 2011, and a lot of old KOP stuff is missing. I'll ask around though... If we have one it would be great to get more robots working.

This is what the lineup looks like so far:
1. Explaining FIRST and 2399
2. Trying out driving the robot and being a human player
3. The programming game (as explained above)
4. build season in 10 minutes (using the logomotion game video and a big white board)

... as you can see, your ideas kind of saved the day. Thank you so much! I'm going to run these by our supervise-y-teacher-type-person and see what she thinks.
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