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Coaches' Library

Our Libaray has four sections, click the section to be taken to that part of the page:

FORMS

DOCUMENTS and RESOURCES

VIDEOS

ARCHIVES

FORMS

FORMS for FLL TEAMS

► Forms to complete and bring to your regional tournament:

1. FIRST 2011 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!

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

• 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

• Creative Projects with LEGO MINDSTORMS.
book by Ben Erwin