Wednesday, June 24, 2020

This blog is no longer monitored.

Check out our facebook page for newest info on the code crackers!  This page served as a journal and memory reflection for a new FLL coach. So for prosperity/core value ideas  it will stay up.

Coach Vicky switched platforms to best meet needs of current season students. Tweet @pixels for questions.

Our 2018 students created an info page here: https://codecrackersrobotics.weebly.com/

Our 2020 students created this:  http://trapnozap.weebly.com



Sunday, October 22, 2017

Pizza and Programming

We spend the early afternoon at a programming party today. Both teams worked very hard perfecting and building their runs. Our mentor, Coach Jamie, came down to lend a hand. The Mazzie family built the second board and planned the whole day for us. The kids enjoyed pizza and programming.
The girls perfected their runs, and the boys have three almost four missions completed. It's a good start. Time is quickly ticking away until our first event.

Afterwards some of the team headed to a corn maze. $30 dollars, and 7 minutes later they found their way out. What do you expect when you ask a few code crackers to solve a puzzle.. Regardless, we are always proud of our team. Great job kids.


We'll forge ahead on Wednesday!!





Monday, October 16, 2017

Borough Approval for Project

The Conyngham Borough Council unanimously voted for our project to be approved! They are very excited and impressed with the kiddos plan "Mystery at the Watershed". 

Earlier in the week we submitted a proposal. The council members had a copy to review at their closed session. We attend the board meeting and they seemed very excited about our project. They have been nothing but supportive and helpful to our team. We are so very thankful for their support.

We will be very busy the next few weeks pulling everything together. Can't wait to share more with you!



Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Learning from the experts!

Last night our team learned more about the human water cycle and the impact we have on the Susquehanna watershed! Did you know our community can impact the quality of our local streams with construction, agriculture, and even leaving grass clippings on sidewalks or roadways? 

A big thank you to the friends of the nescopeck and pennsylvania steward, Mr Leander, for taking the time to research our project and sharing his knowledge with us!

I know it was a late night for you kiddos. Thank you for listening, absorbing new information, and being respectful. There is always room to grow and hopefully you can now choose the 5 areas of awareness we need to develop our interactive scavenger hunt around.

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend and can get some rest!



Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Music Videos and Robot Design

Last Night the kiddos worked on their parodies, robot design and discussed projects. This weekend the boy team will continue recording their video(5pm at Kozlek home), and on Sunday there will be a Lego build party. More information to follow. It will most likely start 11:30 am and be in (church, or borough building). As soon as we know the details, we will post more info. The build party is to help build the second mat’s mission pieces. 
Students should have access to a cell phone device for direction pieces or preload pdf files to a tablet device from Fll website: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/missionmodelbuildinginstruct… (we usually don’t print files as they are 30+ pages for each mission, and easier to see in color on a device).

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Gummy Bears and Godzilla

We had another fun night at robotics! After visiting a rain garden, the ladybots voted and came up with a game plan for their project! 🐠💦. The girls also started thinking of robot design!
The Brobots decided on the parody songs, started programming their first mission, and will begin work on their project next week.
During our core values game: We all learned that when it comes to war, our children are ruthless. No fear of Godzilla attacking the library. 
See you next week! 
Agenda: Ladybots start designing project, work on song
Brobots, one team work on solving mission, second team design blueprints for app, third team storyboard music video and choreography. 
See you next Wednesday! Beware random trails of gummy bears.