CoreValues

Team mNumbe er

Judg gingRoom m
Dir rections:Fore eachskillarea,clearlymarkt theboxthatbe estdescribest theteam'sacc complishments s.Iftheteamdoesnot asmany demonstrateskillinaparticula ararea,thenp putan'X'inthefirstboxfor NotDemonstrated(ND).Pl leaseprovidea wr rittencommen ntsasyoucantoacknowledg geeachteams shardworkan ndtohelpteamsimprove.W Whenyouhave ecompleted the eevaluation,p pleasecircleth heawardsforw whichyouwou uldlikethistea sidered. amtobecons

Discovery

Beginning

Developing g
emp phasisontwoas spects; on neaspectneglec cted

Accomplis shed
mphasisonallthr reeaspects em

Exemp plary
balancedemp phasisonall threeas spects

Balancedemphasisonallthreeaspects s(Robot,Projec ct,CoreValues s)ofFLL;it'sno otjustabout winningaw wards

Inspiration

spect; N emphasisononlyoneas ot thersneglected D

TeamSpirit t
N D

Enthusiasticandfunexpr ressionofthet teamidentity

min nimalenthusiasm mOR minimalidentit ty amisenthusiast ticandfun; tea clearident tity
teamengageso othersintheir enthusiasm&fun n;clearidentity

AND minimalenthusiasmA minimalidentity m

Integration
N D

Application nofFLLvaluesandskillsouts sideFLL(ability ytodescribecu urrentandpot tential examplesfromdailylife)

eatleast teamabletodescribe oneexample teamabletode escribe multipleexam mples
teamabletodes scribemultiple examples,incl.ind dividualstories

FLL teamdoesnotapplyF andskillsoutside eFLL valuesa

Comments: Effectiveness
N D mgoalsANDteam m team pro ocessesunclear

Problemso olvinganddecisionmakingpr rocesseshelpt teamachievet theirgoals

te eamgoalsORte eam clearteamgoa alsand clearprocessese enableteamto processesuncle ear processe es accomplishwelldefinedgoals Efficiency Resourcesusedrelativetow whattheteamac ccomplishes(tim memanagement t,distributionof frolesand responsibilit ties) dtimemanagem ment limitedtimemanagem mentOR exc cellenttimemanag gementand excellenttimem management limited N AN NDunclearroles unclearroles ro oledefinitionallow wsteamto androledefin nitionallows D accomplishmos stgoals teamstoaccom mplishallgoals

Teamwork

KidsDothe eWork
N D

Appropriatebalancebetw weenteamres sponsibilityand dcoachguidan nce

limit tedteamrespon nsibility ORex xcessivecoachguidance
G Goodbalancebetw weenteam resp ponsibilityandcoa achguidance

limitedte eamresponsibility yAND excessivecoachguidance

teamindepen ndencewith minimalcoac chguidance

Comments: Inclusion GraciousProfessionalism

N D

Considerationandapprec ciationforthe contributions(ideasandskil lls)ofallteammembers, withbalanc cedinvolvement

unbalancedteaminvolvement ORlackofappreciatio onfor contributions ancedteaminvolv vementAND bala app preciationforcont tributionsof mbers mostteammem balancedteaminv volvementAND appreciationforc contributionsof allteamm members

unbalancedteaminvolvem ment ANDlackofappreciation nfor contributions

Respect
N D

Teammem mbersactandspeakwithinte egritysoothers sfeelvaluedespeciallywhe ensolving problemso orresolvingcon nflicts

eviden ntwithmajorityofteam members al mostalwaysevi identwith allteammem mbers alwaysevident t,eveninthe mostdifficult tsituations

dentwithmajori ityof notevid te eammembers

Coopertitio on
N D

Teamcomp petesinthespiritoffriendly competitiona andcooperates swithothers

eviden ntwithmajorityofteam members al mostalwaysevi identwith allteammem mbers alwaysevident,evenin difficultsituatio onsandteam activelyhelpso otherteams

dentwithmajori ityof notevid te eammembers

Comments:

Aw wardsConsideration:

Inspiration n

Teamwo ork

Gracious Profession nalism

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Pro oject

Team mNumbe er Judg gingRoom m

Dir rections:Fore eachskillarea,clearlymarkt theboxthatbe estdescribest theteam'sacc complishments s.Iftheteamdoesnot asmany demonstrateskillinaparticula ararea,thenp putan'X'inthefirstboxfor NotDemonstrated(ND).Pl leaseprovidea wr rittencommen ntsasyoucantoacknowledg geeachteams shardworkan ndtohelpteamsimprove.W Whenyouhave ecompleted the eevaluation,p pleasecircleth heawardsforw whichyouwou uldlikethistea sidered. amtobecons

N D

Beginning

Developing g
mewhatclear;details som missing

Accomplis shed

Exemp plary

ProblemIde entification
clear;fewdetails s unc

Cleardefinitionofthepro oblembeingst tudied

clear;detai iled veryclear;ve erydetailed

SourcesofI Information

Research

Types(e.g.books,magazines,websites, ,reportsando otherresources)andnumber rofquality sourcescite ed,includingp professionalsin nthefield

two otypesofinform mation cit ted;severalsources
th hreetypesofinform mationcited; man nysources,including gprofessionals four(+)typesofinf formationcited; extensivesources,in ncl.professionals

N D

onety ypeofinformation cited;minimalsource es

ProblemAn nalysis
N D minim malstudy;notea am analysis

Depthtow whichtheproblemwasstudie edandanalyze edbytheteam

minimalstudy;some eteam analysis su fficientstudyan ndanalysis byteam m extensivestudy yandanalysis bytea am

ReviewExis stingSolutions Extenttow s whichexistingt theoriesandso olutionswerea analyzedbytheteam,Includ dingan efforttove erifytheorigina alityofthetea am'ssolution
N D minim malreview;noteam analysis minim malreview;som meteam analysis suf fficientreviewandanalysis m byteam e extensivereview wandanalysis bytea am

Comments: TeamSolution InnovativeSolution

N D culttounderstan nd diffic

Clearexplanationofthep proposedsolut tion

so omepartsconfusing understanda able easytounder rstandbyall

Innovation
N D

Degreetow whichtheteam'ssolutionmakes lifebetterbyim mprovingexisting goptions,developinganew applicationo ofexistingideas, ,orsolvingthep probleminacom mpletelyneww way contains originalsolution/app plicationwiththe solution/applicationc ation application existingsolution/applica oriiginalsolution/a ignificantvalue meoriginalelement(s) potentialtoaddsi som

Implementa ation
N D

Considerationoffactorsf forimplement ation(cost,easeofmanufac cturing,etc.)

som mefactorsconsid dered
factorswellconside red;some qu uestionaboutpropo sedsolution factorswellconside eredandfeasible solutionpr roposed

alfactorsconside ered minima

Comments: Presentatio onEffectivenes Messagede ss eliveryandorg ganizationofth hepresentatio on Presentation

N D arORdisorganiz zed unclea mewhatclear;minimal som organization mostlyclear;m mostly organized d v veryclearANDw wellorganized

Creativity
N D minim mallyengagingO OR unimaginative u

Imagination nusedtodeve elopanddelive erthepresenta ation

eng gagingORimagin native en ngagingANDim maginative veryengag gingAND exceptionallyimaginative

Sharing
N D

Degreetow whichtheteam msharedtheir Projectbefore ethetourname entwithotherswhomight benefitfrom mtheteam'se efforts

sharedwithonegroup aredwithonein ndividualor sha groupwhomay ybenefit
sharedwithmultipleindividuals orgroupswhomaybenefit

dual sharedwithoneindivid

Aw wardsConsideration:

Comments:

Research

In nnovativeSo olution

Present tation

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Robot tDesign

Team mNumbe er Judg gingRoom m

Dir rections:Fore eachskillarea,clearlymarkt theboxthatbe estdescribest theteam'sacc complishments s.Iftheteamdoesnot asmany demonstrateskillinaparticula ararea,thenp putan'X'inthefirstboxfor NotDemonstrated(ND).Pl leaseprovidea wr rittencommen ntsasyoucantoacknowledg geeachteams shardworkan ndtohelpteamsimprove.W Whenyouhave ecompleted the eevaluation,p pleasecircleth heawardsforw whichyouwou uldlikethistea sidered. amtobecons

MechanicalDesign

Durability
N D

Beginning
fragile;breaksalot quitef

Developing g
fre equentorsignifi icant faults/repairs s

Accomplis shed
rarefaults/re epairs

Exemp plary
soundconstr ruction;no repairs

Evidenceof fstructuralintegrity;abilityt towithstandri igorsofcompe etition

Mechanical lEfficiency
N D

Economicu useofpartsandtime;easyto orepairandm modify

ineff ficientpartsort timeto repair/modify y fpartsand ap propriateuseof timetorepair/ /modify streamlineduse eofpartsand timetorepa air/modify

sivepartsortime eto excess repair/modify r

Mechanizat tion
N D

Abilityofro obotmechanis smstomoveor ractwithappr ropriatespeed,strengthand accuracy forintende edtasks(propu ulsionandexec cution)
strength imbalanceofspeed,s anda accuracyonsom metasks propriatebalanc ceofspeed, app s strengthandacc curacyon mosttask ks a appropriatebala anceofspeed, strengthanda accuracyon task everyt

ength imbalanceofspeed,stre curacyonmostt tasks andacc

Comments: ProgrammingQuality
N D

Programsa areappropriate efortheintend dedpurposea andwouldachi ieveconsistent tresults, assumingn nomechanicalfaults

wouldnotachievepurpose ORw wouldbeincons sistent s shouldachievep purpose repeatedly s shouldachievep purposeevery time

Programming

notachievepurp pose wouldn ANDwo ouldbeinconsis stent

ProgrammingEfficiency

Programsaremodular,strea amlined,andun nderstandable ineffic cientcodeandchallenge tounderstand d propriatecodea andeasyto app understan nd streamlinedco andeasy ode foranyonetounderstand

ecodeanddiffic cultto N excessive understand D

Automation n/Navigation
N D

Abilityofth herobottomo oveoractasin ntendedusingm mechanicaland/orsensorfeedback (withminim malrelianceon ndriverinterve entionand/orp programtiming)
uentdriverinterv vention frequ toa aimORretrieverobot rob botmoves/actsa asintended r repeatedlyw/oc ccasional driverinterve ention r robotmoves/act tsasintended everytimewit thnodriver intervention

ntdriverinterven ntion frequen toaimANDretrievero obot

Comments: DesignProc cess Strategy&Innovation

N D

Abilitytodevelopandexplainim mprovementcy ycleswherealt ternativesareconsideredan ndnarrowed, sele ectionstested,designsimpro oved(appliesto oprogrammingaswellasme echanicaldesig gn)
sorganizedORpo oorly dis exp plainedimprovement cycles systematicand dwell e explainedimpro ovement cycles systematic,we ellexplained andwelldoc cumented improveme entcycles

ganizedANDpoo orly disorg explai inedimproveme ent cycles

MissionStrategy
N D

Abilitytocl learlydefinean nddescribeth eteam'sgame estrategy

noc cleargoalsORno oclear strategy cle earstrategytoa accomplish finedgoals the eteam'swelldef clearstrategyto oaccomplish most/allgam memissions

clear nocleargoalsANDnoc strategy

Innovation
N D

Creationof fnew,unique,orunexpected dfeature(s)(e. .g.designs,pro ograms,strateg giesor applications)thatareben neficialinperfo ormingthespe ecifiedtasks
nalfeature(s)wit thsome origin add dedvalueorpotential or riginalfeature(s)withthe po otentialtoadds significant originalfeature e(s)thatadd significan ntvalue

alfeature(s)with hno origina added dvalueorpotent tial

Aw wardsConsideration:

Comments:

Me echanicalDe esign

Programm ming

S Strategy&Innovation

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