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Originally Posted by sparksandtabs
so for this next upcoming season for robotics every person on our team has to do some sort of thing that will improve upon the team or improve upon the community. i think this is a wonderful the idea, but the only problem with it is that i have no idea what to do. i would like to do something to help the team but I don't know what to do.
it is hard to try something to like educate people because our robotics starts when school starts then like half those people end up not joining for the season so...any ideas?
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OK, this is something that I've done for the past 2 years, and could be a bit large of a task, or very simple, its just how you go about it. If your local middle school in your district does
NOT have a FLL (FIRST LEGO League) Team, then I suggest you go over there, bug somebody about getting one started, and help it get going. If it
DOES have a FLL Team already, then find out who runs it at the middle school, and ask that person how you can help. Just remeber, these are going to be middle school students you are going to be working with, so come there
ready to help them get on the right track.
How does it help the team? It looks really good on a Chairman's award sumission, plus it just is good PR in your local community. Also, consider it as a recruiting program. Many of T66's members were on the MIddle School FLL program before coming on the team.
By the way, don't worry about educating in this service, just show the kids how its done. (its = designing, building, programming, etc.) You may have to learn a few things yourself, but it goes a long way. Just remember you are doing this to get people 'interested' in engineering and tech, or at the least inspire them to start thinking about engineering as a future. It's pretty much the same way I ended up on T66.
