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FIRST LEGO League
FLL Judging 2011
Before we START!
THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT:
STUDY THE COACHES MANUAL AS WELL AS ALL THE
OTHER DOCUMENTATION.
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Head Juges
Please note that the following persons will act as Head Judges
for the season:
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Projects
Ina Stapelberg
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Technical
Henk Burger
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Core Values
Liezl Theron
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Judge Advisor
Pieter Pretorius
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WHAT IS NEW?
Project
Judging
Technical
Judging
Champions
Award
Core
Values
Robot
Performance
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Awards!
• Champions Award
• Champions Award Second
• Project Research Award
• Project Innovation Award
• Project Presentation Award
• Mechanical Design Award
• Programmming Award
• Core Values: Inspiration
• Core Values: Teamwork
• Robot Performance 1
• Robot Performance 2
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Advancing to Nationals
The top 5 teams will advance to the nationals at each of the qualifier events
(Maximum teams 26)
According to the rules of FLL:
All qualifiers must use Champion’s Award criteria to determine team advancement
to Championships, including a Robot Performance game score in the top 40% of all
teams.
Teams participating in multiple events:
We are also reserving 4-6 places for special invitations to the SA finals. The core
values of teams as well as their improved performance (according to champions
award rankings) in multiple events will determine if a team will be invited.
• Please note a team will only be considered for an award at the first official
tournament that they attend.
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Award Nominees
Project:
To be eligible for Project Awards your team must have a live presentation that:
1. Describes the contamination or spoiling problem your team chose to research
2. Describes your team’s innovative solution
3. Describes how your team shared its findings with others
4. Uses media equipment only to enhance the live presentation
During your presentation, also be sure that your team:
1. Describes the food your team chose and what you learned about that food’s
journey to your table
2. Tells about at least one scientist, engineer, doctor, or other professional who is
working on the problem
3. Tells about the research your team did and the information sources that
helped to define your problem and solution
4. Can set up and complete your presentation in 5 minutes or less
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Award Nominees
Technical Presentation:
Important (Please inform the technical judges if you are going to use this
option at the tournament):
Each team have the option of preparing a technical presentation and may ask
the judges to start with a presentation. The presentation can be short but no
longer than 5 minutes, also showing how the robot perform some missions.
Teams must provide the following: (a 2-page document)
1. Describing the robot;
2. Describing the strategy the team has followed to solve the playing field
3. At least 1 copy of a program that the team has written for the robot
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Award Nominees
Core Values
Important:
The judges view Core values as the rules of FIRST LEGO League in much the
same way as one have to adhere to the rules of rugby or cricket. We expect the
teams to know the rules of FLL! We want teams to internalize these values!
Please note:
1. Anyone attached to a team will impact positively or negatively on a teams
performance in this category, that includes mentors, coaches, parents,
brothers and sisters attached to the team.
2. The Core Values must show the full integration of the team’s activities in all
the categoiries of the FLL tournament.
3. We also expect that teams will have a Core Values poster at a tournament,
showing how they approached FLL during the whole season.
4. Core Values will be judged in a room like technical and projects this year!
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Questions!