My 6 person team decided to split into two groups of 3... one to focus on
the robot, and one to focus on the project.  We meet at my house once/week
and it's not practical to have all 6 of them doing any one activity.  There
just isn't enough room/LEGO to go around.  This is my 5th year as a coach,
and the first time we've tried this tactic.  I'm a little concerned about
the "everybody has to speak" aspect of the judging, but the kids are 100%
on board with this division.  I think it has made the team stronger because
in the end, we will be judged as a team.  Both groups need to pull their
weight, and both need to trust that their counterparts pull theirs as
well.  They'll all be able to speak in broad terms, but they're not going
to hide this strategy from the judges.  It was definitely a conscious
decision and I'll be curious to see how it shakes out.

-Frank


On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 11:03 AM Todd J Lennox <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> The team needs to be able to show programs to judges and be ready to
> discuss them with the judges during their judging session.  You can have
> paper copies of the programs or display on an electronic device. I have
> seen teams use Tablets, computers, and paper in the past. All work. Yes,
> the entire team needs to be ready to discuss their robot and programs with
> the judges. Nothing wrong with any student only able to talk in broad terms
> and point the judges to another team member. Only causes for pause is when
> the entire team points to one student for everything.
>
> No USB or paper copies needed to be handed over to judges.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 8, 2018, at 10:41 AM, Srini s <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > On the FLL competition day, at the time of Robot Design judging, what
> are the things to be handed over other than Team Information sheet.
> >
> > 1. Do we need to give the EV3 programs - electronic files in a  USB or
> should we load the programs and show them in a laptop.
> > 2. Do we need to handover printouts of our program or just the
> electronic files as above.
> > 3. Will the kids called randomly to explain the EV3 programs - function
> of each of the EV3 programming blocks.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Srini.
> >
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