First Lego League (FLL) meetings started back and this is Joshua's last year he is able to participate; it ages out at 14. The theme this year is Hydro Dynamics so obviously all about water.
Directly from the website: www.firstlegoleague.org
"On your mark, get set, flow! Drink in the 2017/2018 HYDRO DYNAMICSSM season and learn all about water – how we find, transport, use, or dispose of it. In the 2017/2018 FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge, students age 9 to 16* from 80 countries will make a splash with HYDRO DYNAMICS. What might become possible when we understand what happens to our water?
FIRST LEGO League challenges kids to think like scientists and engineers. During the HYDRO DYNAMICSSM season, teams will choose and solve a real-world problem in the Project. They will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under the FIRST LEGO League signature set of Core Values, celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism®."
So the boys meet every Tuesday afternoon to work on their robot and projects. This particular Tuesday they had a field trip and we were able to tag along. We visited a Chandler Water Distribution Facility. It was a great field trip and very informative. I think one of the most fascinating facts was learning that here in Arizona we still use the same canal systems that the Native Americans developed and used.
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