Davis Creek Elementary
FLL Team #836
DC 5th grader programs her robot to deliver the ball into the basket
The FIRST LEGO League Challenge for the 2004-05 season is entitled, "NO LIMITS".  Students will work from September 15, 2004 until mid-December to program their robot to successfully run all the robotic challenges in 5 minutes.  Their is also a second part of the challenge where students must research and make a presentation on the subject of how technology helps all citizens to reach their full potential.  Mrs. Hamilton, a math instructor at MU Mathematics Department, offers this curriculum to many Cabell County students.  She can be reached by email at  hamilton@marshall.edu

Mrs. Hamilton introduces DC 5th grade to the 2004-05 FIRST LEGO League Challenge entitled, "NO LIMITS"

One of the robotic challenges will be to deliver eight balls to the basketball hoop.

DC has two robots programmed with different sensors to experiment with

The DC Mars Red Rover Project is another part of our classroom that the new 5th graders must learn how to operate

The DC Mars Red Rover has been a part of our classroom curriculum for many years

This is the scene from the MU Marrow Library on Saturday afternoons from 1:00-3:00pm

Taking advantage of the space, we meet to work on the FLL robotic challenges

The room has a projector, a dell computer, a robotic table set up, and lots of room to work

Parents, graduate students, students, teachers, and other interested people participate

Mrs. Hamilton, a math instructor at MU, works with a DC student on building and programming her robot

This DC 5th grader works to perfect her program to "dunk" balls into the basket
A full basket of eight balls, four red and four blue
Thr robot will have to climb these stairs

The fence guards the area, the gate must be opened, why are the kitty and dog in the red area?
Three chairs must be pushed into the table

The three chairs on the left must be pushed up to the table, the glasses in the top picture must be brought back to base, and the black CD holder will hold a CD that must be returned to its holder beside the keyboard.
Another view of the table

The shows base for the robot
This DC 5th grader has programmed her robot to hold four balls at a time and deliver them to the basketball hoop.

 
On Saturday, September 4, 2004, several interested people met to work on the robotic challenges of the FLL 2004 season, "NO LIMITS"
View of the FLL table showing the basketball hoop, table, CD holder, and base
FLL table showing the steps and area with the kitty, dog, and food basket
FLL table view from opposite base
Another view of the FLL
FLL table from the base side
Another opposite base view

FLL table showing base with the two ball holders, glasses, CD holder, table, basketball hoop, steps, bus stops, and food basket area.
Closer view of the opposite end
Davis Creek Elementary LEGO Site Map
LEGO Links of Linda Hamilton 

Created 9 - 6 - 04
S. Simon