Christmas Break Lego Club Meeting a Huge Success

We had a fun and productive morning getting ready for the chapel and competition. Here Lego Club Members are constructing a LEGO set and characters for our Lego skit.

Club members getting started on the LEGO attachment designs.

Here Marcus and Jordan are writing and acting with the Lego figures, designing the proper Lego set for our skit on Senior Lego Solutions.

Jackson is showing Mrs. Rogge how to glue the ears on our prototype robot dog.

The robot dog prototype during construction.

Victor and Marcus are constructing attachments that the robot will use during its missions.

Unique, Joseph, Marcus, Jordan, Jackson and Victor are rehearsing the Lego skit for chapel and competition.

The Club had a pizza party courtesy of Jordan's father, Mr. Bryant. Mrs. Oliva, Victor's mom provided drinks, chocolate and cookies for dessert. It was all delicious. The Lego Club appreciates all the support we get from parents. Happy Holidays. We will see you next year!!!

Club Interviews a Senior Citizen

The Menaul Robotics Club partner up with Mrs. Cordova-Andrews, Menaul school counselor at the Tinnin Center in a interview about senior citizen life.

Here Mrs. Cordova-Andrews talks about some of the problems people face when they get older

Here students ask Mrs. Cordova-Andrews which technological gadgets would she like to see developed in the future that could help senior citizens

Here Alec and Jordan exchange ideas for our LEGO prototype by creating a diagram, in the Media Center right after the interview

Here they are working on the diagram that will be used to create your "dog-memory-helper" prototype that will be constructed during Winter Break

Lego Robotics Tentative Upcoming Schedule

Thursday, December 13  (from 12 p.m to 2 p.m) - The students will interview a senior citizen, learning about the challenges senior citizens face, research and come up with solutions that might help senior citizens. Members will meet in Mrs. Rogge's class.

Thursday, December 20 (from 8 a.m to 12 am) - We need to meet over Christmas Break to work on our robot. We will be programming and building a Lego prototype. Pizza will be provided courtesy of Mr. Bryant! Members will meet in Mrs. Rogge's class.

Thursday, January 03 (from 3.20 pm to 4.30) - Students will finalize our Chapel presentation. Members will meet in Mrs. Rogge's class.

Wednesday, January 09 (from 9.35 a.m to 10 a.m) - Lego Club Chapel Presentation to Menaul School. All parents are invited. We will meet at Donaldson auditorium.

Thursday, January 17 ( from 3.20 p.m to 4.30 p.m) - Final preparation to our robot and prototype. Poster will be made. Members will meet in Mrs. Rogge's class.

Thursday, January 24 (from 3.20 p.m to 4.30 p.m) - Rehersal of missions, presentation and final touches before competition day. Members will meet in Mrs. Rogge's class.

Saturday, January 26 - Competition Day!  At the New Life Baptist Academy at 6900 Los Volcanes NW from 8:30 AM to 5:30PM. Please save the date!

Robotics Club Begins Programming The Robot and Designing Our Logo For Our Posters and T-shirts

Today the club worked on the Mindstorm programming for the robot missions and designing our club logo that will be used on our t-shirts and posters. The students continued working on the table that will be used for the robot missions.

 

Jordan, Unique and Joseph ( our 7th grader assistant) are designing a logo for our Team Panther Lego shirts.

Marcus, Aaron, Jackson are programming the first mission for our robot

Alec is making sure our Lego dog is functioning and properly placed for the robot mission

Marcus and Unique make sure all Lego structures they constructed are attached properly to the table

Dr. D, Mathias, Emiliano and Leon (our 9th grader assistant) are using the
Mindstorm robot computer program.

Lego Club will have one meeting during Christmas Break. We need to work on the robot missions and get ready for competition day! The Club will meet at Mrs. Rogge's class, Thursday, December 20th, from 8 am to 12 am. A pizza lunch will be provided by Jordan's dad, Mr. Bryant.

We are also organizing an email list that will allow us to better communicate with parents about upcoming events and hopefully set up some eastside/westside carpooling.  We will be sending parents an email soon.

The Club had an excellent time at the New Mexico Natural History Museum where they participated in a New Mexico Lego League Scrimmage. The Museum is a very family friendly place, and parents had the opportunity to check out the Lego League and the rest of the attractions in a relaxed atmosphere.

Our first tournament will be on Saturday January 26th at the New Life Baptist Academy at 6900 Los Volcanes NW from 8:30 AM to 5:30PM.

We would like to thank Dr. D and all the parents for a fantastic first scrimmage, where we got to share ideas with students from schools from all over Albuquerque.

Lego Club members arriving at the Museum

Aaron, Jordan, Unique and Alec creating a prototype Lego wheelchair for the Judges. The organizers commented that they our team was very cooperative when it came to problem solving - a core value of the Lego League.

The team explaining for  the judges our core values: respect, teamwork and sportsmanship.  They also described their ideas for the next step of the competition.

A local high school brought a very cool and sophisticated robot to the scrimmage. Our team was impressed and inspired.

Here, Aaron, Marcus, Alec and Jackson checking our robot

Our team advisor Dr. De La Rue and the team review for the judge questioning. 

Dr D. is an experienced Lego coach.