from

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Volume 1 Issue 1

The Buzztronz thank the

managers of the local Sonic
for his support in the
Graphics taken from
This article would be about the project we posted to the Limeades for Learning/DonorsLimeades
www.sonicdrivein.com Choose campaign Sonic
for Learning
contest.
ran in the month of September. We were awarded $437.73 for a resource library of technical books for the
students to fine tune their skills for the various challenges. It would include a thank you to the 3 Sonic Managers
that helped us get the votes we needed to win the funds for our project. We would also include the information
about Mr. Ferguson from Store #2829 coming by the visit the students. He was impressed with what they were
doing and took a few minutes to speak to them about the importance of an education.
 Look on Page 2 for how the Buzztrons Thanked Sonic in the Homecoming
Parade

Table of
Contents
In this article I would talk about the events we have
done this year. I would include our schedules. The HIS
and MPMS attendance information would be in this article
to show how much we had grown. I would briefly discuss
the things we have planned this year and info about A
and B day stuff changes we made.

In this article I would talk about the events we have

done this year. I would include our schedules. The HIS
and MPMS attendance information would be in this article
to show how much we had grown. I would briefly discuss
the things we have planned this year and info about A
and B day stuff changes we made.

Robot Mazes. . . . . . . . 2

Dates to Remember. .. . 3

Technical Tips. . . . . . . 4

Rankings. . . . . . . . . . . 3

nmjh
 This article would be short. It
You want to program a robot with would recap the activities and
a list of movement commands lessons we did this last summer
(Up, Down, Left, and Right) to get at Robocamp. It would highlight
it from Start to Finish. The robot the accomplishments of the
attempts to move one square at a individual students as well. But
time in the directions in its mostly have this story told in the
program. If the robot bumps into a pictures.
wall, it does not move. When it
runs out of instructions, it repeats
the instructions it has in a cycle.
Here's an example:
(above--Justin Britt shows off his
robot design for the Roboball
challenge. (
Below--Grant Miller works on his
robot’s extendable arm

Drew works on his robot for the line following

activity.

5 Moves

The Buzztrons students eagerly await the start of the Hornets

5 Moves Homecoming Parade October 15, 2009.

This would be another really short bit about how the

students participated in the parade on a float that
was dedicated to Sonic. Thanking them for the
donations of the resource library. The students had
fun on the float and celebrated being a part of such a
great and growing organization.
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 This is a motivating part of
our program. We release
these in the meetings
weekly, but if I had a
newsletter I would
definitely include the
Graphic taken from www.usfirst.com
rankings as part of it. I
think the students would
really enjoy it. We have 60
to 70 students so they
would take up a full
column. The students
In this article I would discuss what Smart Moves was
and how it relates to First Lego League. I would mention the Golden Master Chief-
teams that were going to attend. I would describe their
Silver Master Chief-
robots, technical approach to the play field and their
presentation topics. I would go into detail about how FLL is an Bronze Master Chief-
awesome opportunity for these students. I would also explain Master Chief-
that Nov. 14th is the qualifiers and all that place a certain level Chief-
there will be eligible to progress to the next level in Pearland
on Dec 5th.
General-
Lieutenant General-
In this article I would discuss what Smart Moves was
Major General-
and how it relates to First Lego League. I would mention the
teams that were going to attend. I would describe their Brigadier General-
robots, technical approach to the play field and their Colonel-
presentation topics. I would go into detail about how FLL is an Lt. Colonel-
awesome opportunity for these students. I would also explain
Major-
that Nov. 14th is the qualifiers and all that place a certain level
there will be eligible to progress to the next level in Pearland Captain-
Taken from: Martin, F. (Spring, 1999). The art of lego design. The Robotics Practitioner: The Journal for
Robot Builders, 1(2), 1-19.
Lieutenant-
2nd Lieutenant-
Sergeant Major-
A teams
1. You on Mondays-Nov.
can start a new sequence9, 16 and
beam 30,program
in your Dec. 7 and not from theMaster
(i.e.,14 Sergeant-
starting point, similar) by
holding down the “shift” key and moving your
B teams on Tuesdays-Nov. 10 and 17, Dec. 1, 8, and 15 mouse pointer Sergeant Firstsequence
perpendicular to the main Class-
beam.
C teams on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Sergeant-
2. To make a quick copy of a block, hold down “control”, click on the block, and drag and drop.
3. Clicking on a block in your program will bring up help in your help tab (lower right).
November:
4. Click
Corporal-
on the More help >> in the help tab. This starts a browser window with a more detailed
3rd—Give Back Night at Chili’s
explanation
th
of how to use the block. Private 1st Class-
14 —First Lego League Competition—Cypress, TX
5. Flow charts are immensely helpful in NXT software planning and design. Starting with a flow chart of
the control algorithm can greatly help in even moderately complex problems. Private-
6. Before
December: downloading a program to the brick, select “Save As” from the Recruit-
File menu to name your
program with a more meaningful name than the default “Untitled‐#”
5th—First Lego League Championship (for qualifying
7. If you are connected to the internet, “My Portal” contains links to web sites with ideas and example
teams)—Pearland, TX
programs.
th
8.8Screenshots
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taken for Buzztronz
during a NXT
Huntsville Software session
Intermediate Schoolfacilitate documentation and lesson creation.
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Consider
th adding a
441“sound”
FM 2821or “display”
East, block
Huntsville,
—Roboball Competition, all teams to
TXquickly
77340 make your program more interactive.
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design makes exploration both fun
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