Wednesday, February 10, 2010

In the News

We've been able to spread the message of FIRST programs and FLL throughout our state and beyond! Check out some of our press coverage that made it online this season:

The Manchester Union Leader

MIT Transportation Center News

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Don't Stop Thinking about FLL Now!

Hi teams,

FIRST is doing a cool new thing on YouTube! They are asking for video submissions for all parts of FLL. They are starting with project videos and tournament videos. FIRST's FLL Program Manager, Courtney Hoppe, and yours truly, the Inventioneers appear in the

Call for Tournament Videos clip (click here)!

FLL newcomers and rookie teams, check out the project videos and see the amazing range of creativity there is in the FLL community (click here).The clips are fun to watch but keep your team thinking outside the box and put your own magic into your research presentation. Remember, no team is as creative as yours!

Your friends,
The Inventioneers


Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Inventioneers Update

We are getting ready for the World Festival!



As many of you know,right now our team is getting ready to compete in the World Festival in Atlanta, Georgia! We are so excited to be retourning to the Georgia Dome to compete with FLL teams from around the globe! Here are some of the ways we are preparing:

* Building up our teamwork skills though games, snacks, and just having FUN
* Perfecting our robot and then running lots of reliability testing!
* Following through on our research down at MIT
* Spreading our Don't DUIT campaign to even more people
* Telling lots people about FLL


* Finding new ways to raise funds to make our trip to Atlanta possible (any help is greatly appreciated! You can email us at TheInventioneers@yahoo.com)

Those are lots of ways how we are preparing to compete at the World Festival but there is one last thing to do, start a packing list! =)

Monday, February 1, 2010

From the Inventioneers' Recipe Book

Here's a quick recipe for another of our favorite team meeting snacks. We only have one thing to say about Donut Muffins - YUM!

Donut Muffins

1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 milk
1 1/2 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 salt
1/4 nutmeg

Topping:
1/2 butter, melted
1 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 c sugar mixed