This year (2018-2019 season) our team is going to state!

We’ve gotten two awards that qualified us for state:

• Winning Alliance
• Think Award

Winning Alliance:

At the third competition and on, the top four ranked teams get the opportunity to choose two other teams and they become the four finalist alliances. The alliances then compete against each other until there is one alliance left. The entire winning alliance then moves on to state!

Our Alliance was with CPR Eagles (11120) and Chickenados (8628)

What is the Think Award?

Removing engineering obstacles through creative thinking.

This judged award is given to the team that best reflects the journey the team took as they experienced the engineering design process during the build season. The Engineering section of the notebook is the key reference for judges to help identify the most deserving team. The team’s Engineering section must focus on the design and build stage of the team’s robot. Journal entries must include descriptions of the underlying science and mathematics of the robot design and game strategies, the designs, redesigns, successes, and opportunities for improvement.

Eligibility for the Think Award Includes:

• Team shows respect and Gracious Professionalism® to everyone they  at a FIRST Tech Challenge event.
• The engineering notebook must have an engineering section that includes entries describing underlying science, mathematics, and game strategies.
• The engineering notebook must show the team has a clear understanding of the engineering design process, with pictures or drawings and details documenting all stages of robot design.
• Notebook must recount the team’s journey, experience and lessons learned throughout the season.
• Engineering notebook must be organized and follow the Formatting Guidelines provided by FIRST and include a Summary Page.