FIRST LEGO® League Coaches' Resources
This page is for teams who have already registered for the North Texas Regional Championship Tournament. Registration for the 2011 regional qualifiers begins in October, 2011. All teams must first register with FIRST beginning on May 2. For information about registering your team with FLL and the North Texas Regional FLL Championship Tournament, please contact Stacey Bucklin, Tournament Coordinator at the Museum of Nature & Science by emailing sbucklin@natureandscience.org or click here.
2011 Kickoff Event
On September 10, 2011, the Museum of Nature & Science will host its third annual FLL kickoff event. This free training event will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Science Building auditorium located at 1318 S 2nd Ave. This is an opportunity for coaches to see a completed field set-up, get an overview of the season, and network with other coaches. We will also go over the new rubrics and awards system in place for the 2011 Food Factor Season. In order to accommodate as many teams as possible, we kindly ask that only one representative per team attend this event. To reserve your seat for this free event, please call the museum’s reservation department at 214-428-5555 ext. 8.
Click here to download a PDF version of the kickoff presentation.
Ongoing Coach Training Sessions
Our head referee, Ken Berry, will be offering four coach training workshops on the University of Texas Dallas (UTD) campus. The workshop schedule is as follows:
September 24, 2011 – Teamwork and Strategy Training
October 8, 2011 – Building and Chassis Training
October 22, 2011 – Programming and Beginning Sensor Training
November 5, 2011– Attachments and Advanced Sensors Training
All workshops are free of charge and will be held at the Science and Engineering Education Center (SEEC) at the UTD. The workshops will be from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM each day. To RSVP, please contact Julia Hermann at jhh101000@utdallas.edu. Maps and parking passes will be sent via email a few days prior to each workshop. For questions, please contact Ken Berry at ksberry@utdallas.edu.
Online Coaches Group
Our head referee has been gracious enough to develop a coaches group online. This group was designed to allow coaches to interface and share tips, questions and concerns. To sign up go to http://groups.google.com/group/northtexasfll. For more information contact Ken Berry at ksberry@utdallas.edu.
Unofficial FLL Scrimmage at Coppell Engineering EXPO
Think your team would benefit from a practice run before the qualifiers in December? The organizers of the Coppell Engineering EXPO have invited FLL teams to participate in a scrimmage on November 6, 2011 from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. This scrimmage is for practice only and has no bearing on any official FLL tournaments (qualifiers and regional championship).
For questions or to RSVP, please contact coppellrobotics@gmail.com by October 15.
Click here to download a scrimmage flier.
North Texas Regional FLL Championship Tournament Announcement
The Museum of Nature & Science is pleased to announce that we will once again serve as the Operational Partner for the North Texas Regional Tournament. The date of the tournament will be January 21, 2012 at the Hockaday School. Please keep checking back to this site for further information, as updates will be added throughout the FLL season.
Tournament Schedule
This year's North Texas FLL Championship Tournament schedule will be available for download approximately one week prior to the tournament.
Tournament Score Sheet
For your planning purposes, the challenge game score sheet will be made available at the beginning of the FLL season to provide the complete list of missions and associated point values for the Challenge game.
Click here to download the Food Factor Mission Score Sheet.
Consent and Release Form
FIRST LEGO League requires all team members, coaches, and anyone else associated with your team to sign an FLL Consent and Release form before being allowed to compete at an event. It is also recommended that you bring with you a team roster to ensure that you have all of the forms for all of the members of your team.
Click here to download the 2012 FLL Consent and Release Agreement.
Sponsors, supporters and exhibitors:
Produced by the Museum of Nature & Science and hosted by The Hockaday School, the North Texas FLL Championship Robotics Tournament was presented by Lockheed Martin. Supporting sponsors were ExxonMobil, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, and Time Warner Cable’s Connect a Million Minds initiative. Qualifier hosts are University of Texas Arlington (College of Engineering); UT Dallas (Science and Engineering Education Center); Parish Episcopal School; Billy Ryan High School; and St. Philips School and Community Center. FLL exhibitors included SMU Innovation Gymnasium, Dallas Personal Robotics Group, and Dallas Makerspace.
