TTC Lego League
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| TTC Lego League - 2007 Team 530 | |
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| Rookie Year: | 2002 |
| US State Or Country: | South Carolina |
| City: | North Charleston |
| School: | Trident Technical College |
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History
FLL at Trident Technical College started in 2002. Our team is made up entirely of homeschoolers from 9-14 from the tri county SC area. The main goals of the team are to instill a sense of teamwork and gracious professionalism in its members and to impart valuable engineering, science and mathematics skills through LEGO robotics. We have been honored to twice win the South Carolina State Director's Award and represent our state at the FLL Championships. The team is entering its 5th season in 2006-2007 and looks forward to many more productive years.
Robots, Team Name and Number
- 2002-2003
Robot: Lord of the Snitch (the delivery system for the construction site pipes looked like a snitch)
Team Name: City Botz
Number: 1048
- 2003-2004
Robot: Destroyer
Team Name: Marz Botz
Number: 1425
- 2004-2005
Robot: (Un named)
Team Name: Incredibotz
Number: 24
- 2005-2006
Robot: Captain Jack Sparrow
Team Name: Beach Busters
Number: 164
- 2006-2007
Robot: Kerbot (like Kermit, parts of the robot were green)
Team Name: The Nano Ninjas
Number: 530
Events Attended
2005-2006
Trident Tech Scrimmage
Date Attended: December 10, 2005
For the second year in a row, Trident Tech and its FLL team, The Beach Busters, were able to host a scrimmage for Lowcountry teams. The theme of this year's event was "Catch the Tech Wave". In a non-competitive, fun event, teams were encouraged to mentor each another and share knowledge about robot design and programming. Each team completed several runs and a technical presentation. A Junior FLL event was also held with teams from local area elementary schools, community groups and homeschooled teams.
South Carolina State Tournament
Date Attended: January 14, 2006 (Day 2 of 2)
The Beach Busters (Team 164) had a great time at this year's South Carolina State Tournament. For the first time, the state tournament was held over two days and the team attended on the second day of competition. The Beach Busters won the State Director's Award for that day's tournament and received high marks from the judges. Congratulations also to the F.I.R.S.T Knights of St. John's Catholic School in North Charleston on being the Director's Award runners up.
2006 FLL World Festival
Date Attended: April 27-29, 2006
The Beach Busters were one of two teams representing South Carolina at this year's FLL World Festival. The team learned a lot and had several succesful table runs and presentations. We met a lot of people from across the globe and became good friends with the South African FLL team, the Explorobots, whom we were partnered with for the alliance exercise.
2006-2007
Trident Tech Scrimmage
Date Attended: January 13, 2007
For the first time, Trident Tech and its FLL team, The Nano Ninjas hosted a regional tournament. We had a great time with twenty one other teams and competed in the areas of performance, teamwork, robot design and research presentation quality. Team 530 was fortunate enough to win first place in the research presentation category. Special congratulations to The Atom Busters, Champion's Award winners.
South Carolina State Tournament
Date Attended: January 27, 2007 (Day 2 of 2)
The Nano Ninjas quite possibly had our best tournament this year at Saturday's State FLL Tournament. The team had lots of positive energy and teamwork as we competed in all areas and farewelled some of our team members and young adult mentor, for whom this would be their last year with FLl @ Trident Tech. Team 530 finished sixth in robot performance out of 58 teams. The Nano Ninjas were very proud to win second place in the Champion's Award and see Mr. Sam win not only the Outstanding Volunteer Award but also the Adult Mentor Award. All in all, a very succesful season!
Good luck to Doby's Mill Elementary (Friday's Champion's Award winners) and Oakview Elementary (Saturday's Champion's Award) in Atlanta!
Awards and Recognitions
2002-2003
- The City Botz (Team 1048)
Runner Up - SC State Director's Award
Highest Points Scored
Most Creative Research Presentation
2003-2004
- The Marz Botz (Team 1425)
SC State Director's Award Winners
9th in Robot Performance
Represented SC at 2004 FLL Championships in Atlanta, Georgia
2004-2005
- The Incredibotz (Team 24)
Team Spirit
3rd in Robot Performance
Winner - No Limits Name Game
2005-2006
- The Beach Busters (Team 164)
SC State Director's Award Winners (Sat)
9th in Robot Performance
Represented SC at 2006 FLL World Festival in Atlanta, Georgia
2006-2007
- The Nano Ninjas (Team 530)
Trident Technical College Regional
1st place in Research Presentation
FLL State Tournament
SC State Champion's Award Second Place (Sat)
6th (out of 58) in Robot Performance
Adult Mentor and Outstanding Volunteer Awards for Mr. Sam
Special projects
The Trident Tech FLL team has been very active in the community. Team members always help with Trident's LEGO robotics summer camps and often accompany mentors to help other teams during the FLL season. In January, mentors and team members help set up and run Trident Tech's regional event. In 2005, as a part of their research project for the "No Limits" challenge, the team built an assembly line to help mentally disabled workers pack first aid kits and other items. In 2006, the team is monitoring water quality near a oyster bed in a local creek. During the season, the team always has guest speakers and takes field trips relating to that year's challenge topic.
Members List
Students, Coaches and Mentors (oh my!)
For more information about our team please visit http://ttclegoleague.tridenttech.edu Special thanks to our two mentors for starting the team and sharing all their knowledge and time. Thanks also to the Trident Tech faculty for their support.
Mr. Sam
Mr. Sam, our mentor has been a wonderful asset to our team and to the Lowcountry FLL community. Without his time and guidance, we would not the equipment and space for a team. During each FLL season, he constantly inspires our team with gracious professionalism and engineering mentorship. Mr. Sam makes many visits each year to struggling or rookie teams to help them achieve the FLL goals of learning about science and technology through robotics. He also runs the Trident Tech regional robotics tournament every January.
In 2007, Mr. Sam was recognized at the state level with an Outstanding Volunteer Award and the Adult Mentor Award, two very deserved accolades. Way to go Mr. Sam!
Sponsors
Our team works out of Trident Technical College and was sponsored in 2006 by Trident Tech and Wal Mart. Past sponsors include Publix and Universal Software Solutions.
Trident Tech - www.tridenttech.edu
