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Originally Posted by xitaqua
Hello All,
Indeed we are in very tough economical times, and my advice to teams is to rotate competitions, the same way master gardeners rotate crops.
My current recommendation is to do a four year rotation:
High School
1) No competition - hold LEGO MindStorm Summer Camps.
2) FTC
3) BEST Robotics
4) FRC
Middle School School
1) No competition - hold LEGO MindStorm Summer Camps.
2) FLL
3) BEST Robotics
4) FTC
Elementary
1) Draw a robot
2) Build a robot out of cardboard
3) No competition - hold LEGO MindStorm Summer Camps - Build Robot.
4) FLL
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What about the high school freshman who's first year is an "FRC year?" Then they step backwards? What about the middle school senior who ends with BEST? What about the elementary student in their last year who gets to draw a robot the year after competing in FLL?
Has your "current recommendation" been implemented anywhere? What are the pros and cons that have been recorded?
We
all know that master gardeners have an amazing system going for them, but I'm not sure how well the ideas can be transferred to educational robotics.
[sarcasm]I propose an alternate system. Ants all live in a colony. We could be like ants. Enforce every team to collaborate, share resources, and share tools. This saves money for everyone!
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