Green city Challenge

[hastypete]

Has anyone seen these matierials? they are being offered on the registration website for $300. I'm very curious to find out what is included (more than the description that is given).

- Peter

[jsanchez]

As far as I know there are 2 versions. One version has just the field set up kit similar to FLL plus a training mat on the other side. That version goes for $174.99 and again is only the mat and pieces.
The $300 also includes a teachers binder which has what they called Activity pack which is a 7 training activities and student worksheet. you can look more in the lego website and there are several videos on Youtube

http://www.legoeducation.us/eng/prod...ombo_pack/2045

[hastypete]

Thank you for the link.
This looks like good materials for a rookie team.

- peter

[TeamLeader]

My (veteran) team and I have just spent the last week using the Green City Challenge kit to teach a collection of children during a school holiday robotics workshop.

IMO (and speaking purely from a robotics viewpoint) the set is a good resource for both rookie and veteran teams.

Each of the individual Missions operates on three levels of difficulty, meaning the set can challenge both novice and experienced students. I also threw in some "Extras" to challenge those that were getting a little too sure of themselves

There's plenty of opportunity for sensor use and creative solutions. The mat also fits on an FLL table, taking up about 2/3 of the board.

We finished the workshop with an FLL-style competition, with the students running their robots on the board under tournament rules. It worked VERY well and we hope to turn this interest into a new FLL team or two.

I'm more than happy to provide extra information if you need anything specific.