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Meeting Minutes 11/20/2015

Meeting date and time 
11/20/15 (7:30-9:00 pm)

Record Keeper 
Aiden 

What we learn is more important than what we win: When we were learning to program, we were learning to learn something new, not to get closer to winning.
We are a team: When we were deciding what to do for the project, we all worked and decided together what we should do.
We honor the spirit of friendly competition: At the coach training, we were the first to finish the task, but we didn't brag. Also, when the other teams finished, we congratulated them.
We work to find the answers to problems with guidance from our mentors: When we were first deciding which T-shirt we should use, we had 8 shirts proposed. Our team narrowed it down to 3. Then our mentor proposed a solution that we decided on.
We know our mentors don't always have all the answers: When we were coming up with ideas to accomplish missions, the coaches and mentors came up with many failed ways to do it. We created our own succesful idea.


Chungtai, Aiden, William, and Sammy: Finalize script
Matthew: Do poster
Andy: Find two pictures

Meeting Minutes 11/06/2015

Meeting date and time 
11/06/15 (7:30-9:00 pm)

Record Keeper 
Aiden 

Project day
Work on memorizing the script.
Reporters and Dr. Science (A.K.A. Schneider) need to finish conclusion.
P.S. I think we have to come up with some more ideas for the Core Values poster.
P.P.S. I think this is all.

Meeting Minutes 11/1/15

Robot meeting

Group A (Chungtai and Aiden)

• Chungtai and Aiden ran into a problem with the sensors
• They can now hit the compost more accurately, and hit the wall

Group B (William, Andy, Samuel, Matthew)

• They started the toy factory mission
• They can almost pull the ring
• They need to attach the hook to pull the toy plane back

T-Shirt Final Design

Below is the final design the boys chose for the team t-shirt. I've also attached a link to the sizing guide on the website. Take a look and let me know how many of each size you want.  I'll place one order and then let everyone know what they owe. The final cost will be about $17.89 per shirt.

Link to Sizing Guide: http://www.customink.com/items/sizing/04600_lineup/standard.htm
We also didn't discuss whether to add names to the back, or just to add "Coach" to the coaches' shirts, so let me know if anyone would like to do that.

Meeting Minutes 10/25/2015

Meeting date and time 
10/25/15 (3:00-5:30 pm)

Record Keeper 
William 


Today was a robot day, and we did

 We decided to make a replica of the first robot so testing could be easier

 One of the groups were introduced to the program and are now trying to make a 2 color sensor

line follower

Meeting Minutes 10/23/2015

Meeting date and time 

10/23/15 (7:30-9:30 pm)

Record Keeper 
William 

Today was a project day, and what we did was:

 Finished the news report

 Are almost done with the debate script

 Decided that the next two tasks are to make part 3 and work on transitions, as well as visuals.  

 Homework was

o William had to do his part of part 3

o We needed to practice our lines

o We needed to add on to the scripts whatever was needed.

Please vote....

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Team T-shirts

Here are some t-shirt designs I've created for the team to review, in no particular order.  There are many shirt/ink colors and font styles available, so if there is are adjustments or different combinations that the group would like to make, let me know and I'll mock it up for you. 
The price of the shirts will vary based on the design and number of ink colors used, and range from about $13 - $26 each for these short sleeve tees. If the team would prefer long-sleeve or another style of shirt, those are available, but more expensive. The "Recycle Me" logo the team designed has like 7 colors, so that would be at the higher end of range.  As you can see, there is some stock artwork we could use in addition to, or instead of the team's project logo.

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We could add names or "Coach" to the backs also

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Our finalized FLL Recycle Me! logo

Meeting Minutes 10/16/2015

Meeting date and time 
10/16/15 (7:30-9:30 pm)

Record Keeper 
William 

Today was a robot day,
* William, Matthew, and Aiden's group finished up their base
* William, Mathew, and Aiden's group started to program, they figured out how to make the color sensor work.
* Chungtai, Sammy, and Andy's group finished up the salvage mission.

Meeting Minutes 10/11/15

Robot game meeting

• We had a discussion about teamwork
• We decided that everyone has to know specifically what they are supposed to do this meeting.
• We want to find a solution to the problem everyone knows different amounts about the robots and programming.
• Aiden wants more positive criticizing.
• William wants the coaches to stay the whole time, not check every few minutes.
• We split into two teams to work on missions 5 and 9
• At the end of every robot game meeting, we will share ideas.

Team 1 (Sammy, Chungtai, and Andy)

• We made a new hook for our robot
• The robot can push the person, and follow the line.

Team 2 (William, Matthew, and Aiden)

• Made a bumper to push the person
• Got stuck trying to make a light shield, and we decided that the light shield is not important yet.

The links to learn EV3 programming

I found some Mindstorms programming tutorials on web.
1. This web site is from lego education. It tells kids different kinds of blocks, which is the base of mindstorms programming.
http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/learn-to-program/

2. Also from Lego education. It tells kids some basic programming methodology.
https://education.lego.com/en-us/preschool-and-school/secondary/mindstorms-education-ev3/instant-success/introduction

if you search "EV3 programming tutorial" you will find a lot of similar information.

3. This is a video that Chungtai watched, "ev3 how to line move". This is a problem they need to solve.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ev3+how+to+line+move&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=845E6B09CED2AE8A1456845E6B09CED2AE8A1456

Anyway, There are tons of tutorials or videos about EV3 programming on internet. You might find better links.

Meeting Minutes 10/9/2015

Meeting date and time 
10/9/15 (7:30-9:30 pm)

Record Keeper 
Matthew 

•     We finished the “recycle me” Logo
•     We worked on the script a lot but currently the presentation is only a little under 1 minute and the presentation needs to be 5 minutes long    
•     We identified the 6 roles in the script
•     We have also worked on creating a survey, we will finalize next week

This Week’s Assignment

  

Add more detail to the script here are your assigned parts to work on.

William: Person 1

Sammy: Person 2

Aiden: Person 3

Chungtai: Person 4

Matthew: Rallier

Andy: Fox news reporter

Meeting Minutes 10/8/2015

Meeting date and time 
10/8/15 (2:00-5:00)

Record Keeper 
William

Another robot day
* We made a base, but then somebody put an extra motor in it, another person took it out, and in doing so, broke the base. Chungtai then built another one after the meeting in 5 minutes.
* Some of us started to program the robot, and at the end, one of the robots could push the person into the sorter section

Meeting Minutes 10/4/2015

Meeting date and time 
10/4/15 (3:00-5:00)

Record Keeper 
William

Robot day, so
* We made the joint for pulling out the valuables
* We made a forklift to lift the methane
* Homework was just to think about the base and top design. And also to keep on thinking about ideas for the script

Meeting Minutes 10/2/2015

Meeting date and time 
10/2/15 (7:30-9:30)

Record Keeper 
William

Another project day, and we basically just answered the 4 questions.
* What packaging is our logo going to apply to?
o Plastic bottles as well as other delivering package stuff
* What material is our logo going to apply to?
o Plastic, cardboard, and normal paper
* What does the logo look like?
o

* How are we going to present?
o We are going to make a soapy, dramatic, sad commercial

Homework
* Add some stuff the script
* If not, then just read it over, and get ready for the "auditions" on next Friday.

Lymin Ducks Team T-Shirt

We are thinking about the design of our team t-shirt. We need your recommendations:

Here is what we have so far, but we think it is too plain, need your help.

Coaches,

Please check the link below. We can talk about our tournament schedule on Friday.

http://www.ilfirst.org/fll/fll-events/fll-qualifying-tournaments/

TODO list on Project side for all teams

Now that we have a solution for the project, let's think deeper on the following before next meeting. Please bring your laptop (if possible) for group research next meeting.

1. What kind of packaging our "Recycle Me" logo should apply?

2. What are the recyclable packaging that we are thinking about?

3. Any ideas or proposals for the logo image?

4. Do you have any idea how to present this solution? A play, show or movie?

Meeting Minutes 9/25/2015

Meeting date and time 
9/25/15 (7:30-9:30)

Record Keeper 
William


This meeting we basically just focused on the project.

* We met our fll mentor, adam.

* We did some research, here is the link. 

 (this is only accessible by me, my school account, Matthew, and Andy)

* We decide on the solution, (more or less) which is: put a logo/motto on food/drink product packaging, (not just the small one, one the bottom, and on all of the packaging) and perhaps put recycling ads for the food packaging

* We had ice cream!

Lymin Ducks Team,

Please watch the following two videos regarding to the project ideas, we will discuss these two examples during our Friday meeting, please be sure to watch them and prepare for the discussion.

A presentation about tornado alerts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB-AkHbfC68



A presentation about Nature’s Fury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1FF9xHYq4

I found a very nice website which has lots of good ideas that we can use as our reference.

http://www.fllstartingpoint.com/

Meeting Minutes 9/20/2015

Robot Game:

• We decided to work on the missions that uses motor first (Mission 2 and Mission 9)
• We decided to work on Mission 9 first to get an easy start
• We discussed criteria that a base must have:

Consistent
Accurate
Tops must fit on base easily
Motors must be able to connect to base easily
Must be fitting size
Must be heavy enough
Wire neatly coiled
Sensors should be added on the base (maximum 4 sensors)
Sensors and motors must be well protected
Base needs to be made of square or rectangular shapes
Base has to be compact

Project:

• We narrowed down to 3 problems

Packaging

Paint Disposal

Food Waste 

• For packaging problem, we have reached agreement that 4 solutions are worth to explore further:

Promote people to buy less

Use recyclable material for packaging

Use reusable packaging 

Use less packaging 

• We have agreed while we think about, discuss or screen solutions, we should use the following criteria:

Specific

Creative

Feasible

Low Cost

Homework:

• Continue to find solutions for these problems: Packaging, Paint Disposal, Food Waste, please keep in mind the above 4 criteria.
• If ready, please either email it to the group or send it to WeChat.
• Think about the design of the base, if possible bring the prototype for the next meeting

Next meeting:

• We have decided to split into 2 groups for efficiency

Group A (Sammy, William, Matthew), Group B (Chungtai, Andy, Aiden)

• For next meeting, Group A will focus on Project and Group B will focus on Robot Design. we will switch every week or every 2 meet ups.
• On project side, finalize 1 solution for 1 problem
• On robot side, start building and programming the base

Robot Building Resources and Assignment

We have spent some time to test different robot designs. I found there are many resources about what other people have learned. I expect all kids to watch attached videos and documents before our Sunday meeting. Some watch lists have many contents, please just focus on videos about robot base building. We plan to build two robot bases on Sunday.

EV3 Programming and Building Tutorial by Builderdude35
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqTmtNjaVposLg7wZFDdaeCRE-uFFruvK

EV3 Robot Building Tutorial by STAMPs Learning
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvzQcgXTNjMVHQDTnkE3XDhD3wcnDLmqO

There are some very good online materials about robot design as well. Here are some links:
http://www.neohstem.org/assets/pdf/FLL%20Robot%20Design%20Workshop
http://www.fllcasts.com/episodes/13-building-a-competition-robot/
http://www.fllstartingpoint.com/?cat=14
http://www.cpschools.com/Schools/WBI/Designing_for_FLL_with_LEGO-%20Hints_and_Tips.pdf

Some of these tutorials include introduction of EV3, you can skip these contents and focus on the robot building part.

Meeting minutes 9/13/2015

Core values:

• We played a game where we took out lego pieces from a “flood”
• Matthew presented “we share our experiences with others”
• Andy presented “We honor the spirit of friendly competition”

Robot game:

• We started building robots with different sized wheels.

Project:

• We decided on Packaging because it was what we knew most about.
• We looked at the boy who picked up plastic in the sea.

Next meeting:

• Finish building the wheeled robots and test them
• William and Chungtai will present core values
• Maybe build the base and start programming

Meeting Minutes 9/11/2015

Core values:

• We categorized a couple of different cards into different catagories of waste
• Aiden presented “we work as a team”
• Sammy presented “our coaches and mentors don’t always have the answers”

Robot game:

• We discussed which mission modules to do first, or which was the easiest
• We watched 2014 mission challenges and saw how they changed the robot as quickly as possible. We also looked at the number of motors it had
• We tested to see if the big wheels were better for accuracy and speed or if the smaller ones were better. (we did not test the small wheels yet)

Project:

• We looked at chungtai’s idea and checked if it fit the criteria
• We looked at the repainted garbage trucks in south America

Next meeting

• Vote on top 1
• Test the different wheeled robots, with small and large wheels, and also test 3 and 4 wheeled vheicles.
• Andy and matthew will present core values
• Maybe start programming and building the base and casings.

Meeting Minutes 9/6/2015

Meeting date and time 
9/6/15 (3:25-4:15)

Record Keeper 
Aiden 

Estimated Time Duration 
45 minutes 

Goal of the meeting
Pick top 5 problem ideas 

Agenda

• Choose a record keeper
• Review last meeting
• Review the project doc
• Define the criteria
• Review individual’s top 3 picks
• Discussion
• Vote to pick top 5
• Home assignment
• Summary

Criteria 

• If the solution is able to be finished in 3 weeks
• The problem has to be related to trash being produced or handled.
• Problem and solution should impress judge.
• It has to be a NEW problem/solution.
• Be creative.
• Be specific.

Top 5 Picks 

• Leftover paint cannot be easily disposed.
• Hybrids cause contamination if put in just one place.
• Lots of people throw food into the garbage, not making it into compost.
• Plastic is not biodegradable, which causes problems for animals.
• Recycling paper depletes trees.

Coach Todo

• Send top 5 picks
• Send criteria

Home assignment (Due: by Thursday 9/10) 

• Choose the favorite 2-3 top picks
• Do research on each
• List pros and cons
• (Optional) Add more problem idea(s)

Next Meeting 
Review the top 5 

Summary of today’s meeting

• We made ideas
• We made the criteria
• We voted and ‘graded’ the topics
• We got 5 topics

Initial problems we have identified

1. lots of people throw recycling into the garbage
2. lots of people throw food into the garbage, not making it into compost
3. recycling paper depletes trees
4. mrfs have bad work environments and low wages.
5. How to get more efficient and precise sorting machines so we can have 99 or more % pure material to sell to people who remake recycled materials.
6. How to get people to buy used things rather than buy new, since people need material from nature, then we will keep on using the Earth’s resources. If we reuse, than we can save Earth’s resources.
7. How to get people to use hydroelectricity, solar electricity, and wind electricity (They’re better for the environment).
8. getting people to produce less trash
9. getting more people to recycle
10. people are making too many non-recyclable material.
11. hybrids cause contamination if put in just one place
12. many recycling facilities only collect certain types of plastics
13. plastic is not biodegradable, which causes problems for animals
14. leftover paint cannot be easily disposed
15. trash cans are too heavy to move, especially in harsh weather.