Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Open House

The robotics season is officially over. The boys, Jacob Socha, Ethan and Tyler Veldstra, and Jayce persevered and learned a huge amount about programming and robot design. Jayce built and rebuilt at least three different prototypes to try and conquer the mission table. The robot has to maneuver the table and complete specific things to earn points in the competition. We missed the local and district competitions because of my ankle so we decided to have an open house for our friends and family.

The boys gave a presentation about First Lego League and the mission table. Then they had "Robo", "Bot", and "Ics" have a try at completing the missions. As usual some did well and others did not, but everyone had a good time. Here is Ethan getting ready for a run by "Robo".
Tyler and Jacob programing "Ics" to grab a loop off the wall.Jayce with "Bot2" working on the retriever arm.Another view of the table and "Bot2" with a loop, and "Robo" starting up the bridge.
Jayce and "Bot3" during the open house.

While the big boys were making robots the other kids spent some time with Legos too. The Veldstra's are studying American History so they built an Native American villiage. It was pretty neat.Check out the papoose below.
The kids also gave their piano recital, Kathy Beachy teaches the Veldsta kids and her son Jordan, and Jayce and Emerald played as well. We recited Ecc. 3:1-8, 11 and the Veldstra's did Ps. 8. Emerald perfomed a poem"Mr. Nobody" about the person who causes all the messes in a family. The younger kids all wrote a report about an animal and made a diorama about their habitat. They also brought a craft they made as well. We had about 35 people and yummy refreshments.
Alexis wrote about Ocelots that live in the American jungles and showed off her hat.Alectra learned about Hippos and decided they were gross but she liked making them with clay. She also made some owls to put in her tree because she likes owls.
Arctic Fox was Emerald's choice and she wrote a fabulous report.
She did a great job making lots of tiny kits. She made a fish for the fox to eat and an Arctic Tern in a nest in the tree and one in the air.

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