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Coaches' Library

Our Library has six sections, click the section to be taken to that part of the page:

FORMS

HTK Coach/Team Blasts

HTK Awards

DOCUMENTS and RESOURCES

VIDEOS

ARCHIVES

FORMS

FORMS for FLL TEAMS

► Forms to complete and bring to your regional tournament:

1. FIRST 2012 Consent Form - One form per team member, including coaches. Must be signed by legal guardian. You will turn these in at your Regional Tournament registration desk.

2. Team Demographics - complete one form per team. You will turn these in at your Regional Tournament registration desk.

►To complete with your team on survey monkey:

Coach Survey - complete this with your team's input. We would like your feedback on what works, how to improve, and how to further inspire our students! Help us improve our program!

COACH/TEAM BLASTS

AUGUST 27, 2012 - WELCOME

September 4, 2012 - Coaches Training

September 13, 2012 - TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION OPENS

September 21, 2012 - Research Workshops

October 12, 2012 - Tournament Registration Closes!

October 23, 2012 - Tournament Assignments Posted

November 2, 2012 - Important Tournament Information

January 7, 2013 - FLL Season Wrap Up

January 19, 2013 - There's a new Robot in Town!

February 4, 2013 - FLL Non-Advancing Tournament Important Information

HTK AWARDS

High Tech Kids acknowleges FLL volunteers each year at the MN State Championship event.

Young Mentor & Young Leadership Awards

Presented to an outstanding youth leader or young mentor of a FIRST LEGO League team. A young leader is an outstanding youth with skills in transmitting and fostering cognitive social skills while having a sustainable impact on the FLL community. A young mentor has an effective mentoring style and has a positive impact on a team while demonstrating gracious professionalism. This award is open to students between the ages of 14-18 and who are not current members of a FLL team. The winner of each award will receive a $250.00 scholarship from High Tech Kids.

Coaches Award

Presented to the individual who has shown extraordinary leadership in coaching. This person will have had great influence on their team members, other coaches, and in their community.

Community Volunteer Award

Presented to a local leader who has mad an impact in the growth or delivery of a High Tech Kids program within a school or community.

High Tech Kids Special Volunteer Award

Presented to an indiviual with a history of extraordinary volunteerism with program planning and/or training, and who displays a unique talent that helps to make our programs exceptional.

TO NOMINATE

Nominations may be taken here
All nominations must be submitted by January 20, 2013. Finalists for Young Mentor and Young Leader will be intereviewed on or around January 26, 2013 either at the High Tech Kids office or via Skype.

DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES

Coaching
• Tournament Checklist pdf

• Coaching FLL Teams v1.1 (2004) pdf

• Fundraising 101 (2011) pdf

• Techbrick (lots of coaching, building, and practical information)

• Coaches' Handbook

• 5 Week Lesson Plan

• 4x8 Table Construction

• 4x8 Stow and Go Table Instructions (for those that need lightweight and portable)

Building
• LEGO Engineering (programming and building tutorials)

• Building Instructions for NXT from Carnegie Mellon

• Mini Challenges

• Robot Building ver 1.3 (2004) pdf

• Art of LEGO Design by Fred Martin pdf

• Building Robots with LEGO MINDSTORMS.
book by Mario Farrari and Ralph Hempel

• Engineering with LEGO Bricks and ROBOLAB.
book by Eric Wang

• New NXT Battery Packs
The 2010 robot kits are being manufactured with DC batteries and chargers. The new battery will be standard in future robot kits. AC batteries and chargers will be available (while supplies last) for a year or two. The new DC batteries will work with any robot. However, the chargers are not interchangeable. LEGO Education is monitoring orders from teams requesting spare chargers to be sure they match their batteries and will exchange any chargers that are ordered incorrectly. All inquiries regarding exchanges direct to LEGO Education at Pitsco. Here is a description with photos of the AC and DC batteries with their chargers.

Programming

• Basic Programming Downloads

• LEGO Engineering

• Programming Instructions for NXT from Carnegie Mellon

• 2009 System Requirements for NXT software pdf

• FLL Programming 101 with NXT-G pdf

• FLL Programming 101 with NXTPL ppt

• Robolab Programming pdf and ppt

• Robolab Programming Lab pdf and zip

• LEGO Mindstorms NXT-G Programming Guide.
book by James Floyd Kelly

The Project

• Research Project pdf and ppt