Delhi's FLL competition is quickly approaching and I wanted to introduce my Jr. FLL team, Creature Reports!
It's been an interesting road mentoring a Jr. FLL team. I always find the younger the students are the more uninhibited and creative they are. Despite their age they have been able to independently tackle how they would like to research the black panther and which habitat that wanted to focus on. There were a couple times where enthusiasm had to curb a bit, but over all they were able to monitor themselves.
One resource that I used that has been very helpful is the Jr. FLL Team Meeting Guide. It has over 16 weeks of suggested lesson ideas starting with idea generation to model building. You can find it by clicking the image below.
I was pleasantly surprised with how well they collaborated together to democratically choose a topic to research. They're all motivated intrinsically to get this done, because they feel they have such a large stake in the success of the project which is awesome for six year olds! This week we'll be working on our Show Me Poster and fixing our simple machine.
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