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Flexible Schedule
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Twin Cities, MN 55411
What is FLL Robotics? A division within the MSP Robotics League where 4th to 8th grade students join a robotics team and participate in the annual themed FLL Challenge competition. FIRST Core Values , Robot Design, Robot Game (Missions) and Innovation Project are the four FLL Challenge competition components equally contributing to a team’s total performance and potential advancement at the event(s). FIRST Philosophies Gracious Professionalism : Demonstrating high-quality work, highlighting the value of others and respecting individuals and the community. Coopertition : A fusion of the words "Cooperation" and "Competition", demonstrating that learning is more important than winning. Teams can help others even as they compete. Core Values There are six (6) FIRST Core Values that each team should practice among team members and demonstrate at the FLL Challenge competition. TEAMWORK : We are stronger when we work together. INCLUSION : We respect each other and embrace our differences. IMPACT : We apply what we learn to improve. FUN : We enjoy and celebrate what we do! DISCOVERY : We explore new skills and ideas. INNOVATION : We use creativity and persistence to solve problems. It is advantageous for teams to spend 15-20 minutes each practice completing teambuilding exercises, preparing them to readily demonstrate teamwork to judges during the Core Values component of the FLL Challenge competition. Teams are also encouraged to express the Core Values through Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition which will be evaluated during robot game matches. Robot Design Each team will give a short demonstration prepared in advance for the judges. All team members should be ready to respond to any of the judges during the presentation, successfully explaining the significance of their autonomous robot’s design, build, coding, etc. Robot Game Each team will build a robot from the LEGO Mindstorm EV3 / SPIKE Prime robotics kit series. The teams will strategize and program their robot to attempt the missions on a 4’ x 8’ playing field in hopes to receive as many points as possible during each 2.5-minute match. The competing robot’s performance is evaluated during the Robot Game with the judges accepting the highest score from the multiple matches at the event. Innovation Project Each team will identify a problem relevant to this year's FLL Challenge competition theme to research and solve. Once the team has agreed and put thought into the identified problem, they will then design a new solution or improve upon one that already exists. The team should create a project visual in the form of a model, drawing, prototype, etc., supporting the research and solution. All team members should be prepared to deliver a live, engaging presentation to the judges explaining what all went into completing their Innovation Project. ROBOTICS SEASON EXPECTATIONS OF MSP VOLUNTEERS Commitment & Consistency ♦ Fall Season: September - January → Saturdays (10:00am - 2:00pm) MSP Robotics Practice Locations ♦ Saint Paul → 1063 Iglehart Street, 55104 ♦ Minneapolis → 2131 North 12th Avenue, 55411 AVAILABLE VOLUNTEER ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES ♦ Technical Coach → Prepare your team to give a Robot Design presentation to the competition judges. → Prepare your team to successfully complete various missions for the Robot Games competition(s). ♦ Non-Technical Coach (Mentor) → Prepare your team to deliver their Innovation Project presentation to the competition judges. → Prepare your team to demonstrate FIRST Philosophies and Core Values at the robotics competition(s). VolUNTEERS MUST: → Provide a positive STEAM experience, especially for all our BIPOC youth MSP participants. → Enjoy working with both elementary and middle school students. * Up to five (5) students per team. → Facilitate team practices at an assigned MSP location during the scheduled times. → Have the ability to support youth in team building activities, research, projects, and presentations. → Provide your own transportation. *Coaches and Mentors are not required to transport students. → Pass a Youth Screening and Background Check. MSP WILL: ♦ Provide all the resources necessary for you to focus on helping your team learn the fundamentals of research, group presentations and teamwork which includes but is not limited to: → Recruiting and assigning students to your team as well as providing practice and training space. → Taking care of administrative tasks such as team communication and coordination. → Handling fundraising efforts along with competition registration, fees, team t-shirts, etc. → Providing FLL Challenge competition equipment and materials (i.e., laptop, office & crafting supplies, etc.). → Identifying other MSP volunteers, staff and interns that are to be considered additional support. INTERESTED? Become an MSP Volunteer! Go to the MSP website ( mnstempartners.org) to complete the MSP membership registration. Already a member? Email your preferred volunteer role to MSP Volunteer Manager Janelle Rose ( Janelle@mnstempartners.org or Volunteer@mnstempartners.org). Email any additional information requests, questions or concerns to info@mnstempartners.org . We look forward to hearing from you! Abbreviation Key: ♦ MSP → Minnesota STEM Partnership ♦ BIPOC → Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color ♦ STEAM → Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics
Date Posted: Aug 26, 2024
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Flexible Schedule
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Twin Cities, MN 55411
What is FTC Robotics? A division within the MSP Robotics League where 7th to 12th grade students join a robotics team and participate in the annual themed FTC competition. Teams are tasked with operating their robot to compete in up to two Qualifier Play tournaments. Robot Game, Engineering Portfolio and Community Outreach are the three main competition components contributing to a team’s total performance and potential advancement at the event(s). FIRST Philosophies Gracious Professionalism : Demonstrating high-quality work, highlighting the value of others and respecting individuals and the community. Coopertition : A fusion of the words "Cooperation" and "Competition", demonstrating that learning is more important than winning. Teams can help others even as they compete. Core Values There are six (6) FIRST Core Values that each team should practice among team members and demonstrate at the FTC competitive events. DISCOVERY : We explore new skills and ideas. INNOVATION : We use creativity and persistence to solve problems. IMPACT : We apply what we learn to improve. INCLUSION : We respect each other and embrace our differences. TEAMWORK : We are stronger when we work together. FUN : We enjoy and celebrate what we do! Teams are also encouraged to express the Core Values through Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition which will be evaluated throughout FTC competitions. It is advantageous for teams to spend 15-20 minutes each practice completing teambuilding exercises, preparing them to readily demonstrate teamwork to judges at a tournament. Robot Game Each team will design and build a robot from the REV Robotics kit series. Teams will also write code to control their robot using a variety of visual block-based programming tools such as FTC Blocks Development hosted by the Robot Controller (Robot C). More advanced teams may consider using other tools such as FTC OnBot Java Programming which is a block coding and curses programming mode with limited parameter modifications. The teams will strategize and program their robot to compete in multiple 3-minute matches. The matches will take place on a 12’ x 12’ playing field in an alliance format. The alliances consist of two teams, selected at random along with the order of the matches where the Iterative Design Process is encouraged. Engineering Portfolio Each team will document their robot design iterations, programming changes, community outreach, team brainstorming sessions and team meetings that occur throughout the season. They will then summarize their documentation into a 15-page Engineering Portfolio to be submitted at competition. Teams will give a short demonstration prepared in advance for the judges. All team members should be ready to respond to any of the judges during the presentation, successfully explaining the significance of their robot’s design, build, coding, etc. Community Outreach Teams are encouraged to build connections with their local and engineering community, especially within Minnesota STEM Partnership! A great way of doing so is through mentoring other MSP robotics teams, demonstrating robotics at events, volunteering with MSP, etc. ROBOTICS SEASON EXPECTATIONS OF MSP VOLUNTEERS Commitment & Consistency ♦ Fall Season: September - January → Saturdays (10:00am - 2:00pm) MSP Robotics Practice Locations ♦ Saint Paul → 1063 Iglehart Street, 55104 ♦ Minneapolis → 2131 North 12th Avenue, 55411 AVAILABLE VOLUNTEER ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES ♦ Technical Coach → Provide guidance to your team as they design, construct, and program their competition robot. → Support your team with various components of their Engineering Portfolio that are to be documented. → Assist your team with strategy for the Robot Game Qualifier Play tournaments. ♦ Non-Technical Coach (Mentor) → Support your team as they summarize their Engineering Portfolio to be submitted at the competition. → Assist your team with setting up opportunities to do Community Outreach at MSP events and activities. VOLUNTEERS MUST: → Provide a positive STEM experience, especially for all our BIPOC youth MSP participants. → Enjoy working with both middle and high school students. * Up to five (5) students per team. → Facilitate team practices at an assigned MSP location during the scheduled times. → Have the ability to support youth in team building activities, research, projects, and presentations. → Provide your own transportation. *Coaches and Mentors are not required to transport students. → Pass a Youth Screening and Background Check. MSP WILL: ♦ Provide all the resources necessary for you to focus on helping your team learn the fundamentals of research, group presentations and teamwork which includes but is not limited to: → Recruiting and assigning students to your team as well as providing practice and training space. → Taking care of administrative tasks such as team communication and coordination. → Handling fundraising efforts along with competition registration, fees, team t-shirts, etc. → Providing FTC competition equipment and materials (i.e., laptop, office & crafting supplies, etc.). → Identifying other MSP volunteers, staff and interns that are to be considered additional support. INTERESTED? Become an MSP Volunteer! Go to the MSP website ( mnstempartners.org) to complete the MSP membership registration. Already a member? Email your preferred volunteer role to MSP Volunteer Manager Janelle Rose ( Janelle@mnstempartners.org or Volunteer@mnstempartners.org). Email any additional information requests, questions or concerns to info@mnstempartners.org . We look forward to hearing from you! Abbreviation Key: ♦ MSP → Minnesota STEM Partnership ♦ BIPOC → Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color ♦ STEM → Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Date Posted: Aug 26, 2024
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Flexible Schedule
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Minneapolis, MN 55411
What is FRC Robotics? A division within the MSP Robotics League where 9th to 12th grade students join a robotics team and participate in the annual themed FRC Championship event. Teams are tasked with designing, building and programming their 125-pound industrial-size robot to play a challenging field game against other competitors in an alliance format at the tournament. A team’s potential to advance is contingent upon their overall performance at a tournament. FIRST Philosophies Gracious Professionalism : Demonstrating high-quality work, highlighting the value of others and respecting individuals and the community. Coopertition: A fusion of the words "Cooperation" and "Competition", demonstrating that learning is more important than winning. Teams can help others even as they compete. Core Values There are six (6) FIRST Core Values that each team should practice among team members and demonstrate at the FRC competitive events. DISCOVERY : We explore new skills and ideas. INNOVATION : We use creativity and persistence to solve problems. IMPACT : We apply what we learn to improve. INCLUSION : We respect each other and embrace our differences. TEAMWORK : We are stronger when we work together. FUN : We enjoy and celebrate what we do! Teams are also encouraged to express the Core Values through Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition which will be evaluated throughout FRC tournaments. It is advantageous for teams to spend 15-20 minutes each practice completing teambuilding exercises, preparing them to readily demonstrate teamwork to judges at an event. Competition Components / Rewarded Achievements of FRC Championships: → Game Play → Robot Design and Programming → Demonstrating Community Outreach → Gracious Professionalism / Coopertition → Ability to overcome obstacles ROBOTICS SEASON EXPECTATIONS OF MSP VOLUNTEERS Commitment & Consistency ♦ Fall Season: September - April → Saturdays (10:00am - 2:00pm) MSP Robotics Practice Location ♦ Minneapolis → 2131 North 12th Avenue, 55411 AVAILABLE VOLUNTEER ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES ♦ Software Engineering Technical Coach → Help your team become familiar with programming tools such as LabVIEW, Java, Python, CSS, etc. → Support your team as they program their robot to complete the competition objectives. → Provide programming training as needed and requested by your team. ♦ Mechanical Engineering Technical Coach → Assist your team with their robot’s structural build utilizing the Kit of Parts (KoP) System as a starting point. → Support your team as they strategize and design their robot to be in alignment with the competition theme, requirements, and objectives. → Provide programming training as needed and requested by your team. ♦ Electrical Engineering Technical Coach → Help your team become familiar with the Robot Control System Hardware. → Support your team as they strategize and design their robot to meet the competition requirements, and objectives. → Assist your team with the wiring and provide training as needed and requested. ♦ Non-Technical Coach (Mentor) → Prepare your team to demonstrate FIRST Philosophies and Core Values at the robotics competition(s) . → Assist your team with setting up opportunities to do Community Outreach at MSP events and activities. VolUNTEERS MUST: → Provide a positive STEM experience, especially for all our BIPOC youth MSP participants. → Enjoy working with high school students. * Up to five (5) students per team. → Facilitate team practices at an assigned MSP location during the scheduled times. → Assist your robotics team in developing programming, design and other critical engineering skills. → Have the ability to support youth in team building activities, research, projects, and presentations. → Provide your own transportation. *Coaches and Mentors are not required to transport students. → Pass a Youth Screening and Background Check. MSP WILL: ♦ Provide all the resources necessary for you to focus on helping your team learn the fundamentals of research, group presentations and teamwork which includes but is not limited to: → Recruiting and assigning students to your team as well as providing practice and training space. → Taking care of administrative tasks such as team communication and coordination. → Handling fundraising efforts along with competition registration, fees, team t-shirts, etc. → Providing FRC competition equipment and materials (i.e., laptop, build and control systems, software, hardware tools, playing field, office & crafting supplies, etc.). → Identifying other MSP volunteers, staff and interns that are to be considered additional support. To enhance and expand the team's problem-solving skills, additional software and hardware opportunities with Computer-Aided Design (CAD), 3D Printing as well as mechanical advanced parts and supplies are made available to students. INTERESTED? Become an MSP Volunteer! Go to the MSP website ( mnstempartners.org) to complete the MSP membership registration. Already a member? Email your preferred volunteer role to MSP Volunteer Manager Janelle Rose ( Janelle@mnstempartners.org or Volunteer@mnstempartners.org). Email any additional information requests, questions or concerns to info@mnstempartners.org . We look forward to hearing from you! Abbreviation Key: ♦ MSP → Minnesota STEM Partnership ♦ BIPOC → Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color ♦ STEM → Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Date Posted: Aug 29, 2024
