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Re: Before we start - PLEASE read the Manual!
I have a couple of simple reccommendations to the team mentors reading this thread to help drive home why to read the manual to your teams:
1.) Put together a 10-15 question basic quiz for your teams to take in the first week of build. take the questions from the robot, game and arena sections of the manual primarily and give your team a pop quiz. - It will make you think about the rules more and encourage your students to read them if they are ashamed of poor performance on the quiz.
2.) Make simple lists while reading the rules as a team on day one.
Some examples:
a) How do we score points...
b) What could we be penalized for...
c) What can we do in auto mode...
d) What should the human player/robocoach/etc do during the game.
Doing things like this will help you think through the rules before asking questions and will be invaluble when forming a strategy.
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