World Festival Tip: Connections

Between judging sessions and rounds on the competition table, your team will be really busy. Ahead of time, create a pit coverage schedule so that someone representing your team will be in your pit at all times. It can be disappointing to be ready to visit a team and find that there is no one in the "booth" area.

Parents and mentors can be easily prepared for "pit" duty when your team members can't be there. They should welcome people into your display area, be able to give a little team history, give a brief overview of your project, and to be able to say when team members will be back to the pit area to give more information.

If you have any giveaways, your "pit" crew should be generous in sharing these with visitors to your area. Also, your pit crew should

Inventioneers Post New Patent Tip on Patent Website

Patentability Test #3:  Find out more here.  Learn more about patents at www.InventioneersPatentScholarship.blogspot.com for tips for inventors.

Applications for the Inventioneers Patent Scholarship are being accepted until May 15, 2012.  Click the logo above to go to our online application.

Founding Member of Inventioneers is Dean's List Finalist

TJ, a team lead since the Inventioneers started in 2004, takes his FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Dean's List nomination to the World Championships in St. Louis in April.  TJ, captain of Londonderry High School's FRC team, the PVC Pirates, was selected as a Dean's List Finalist at the BAE Granite State State Regional (GSR) FRC tournament.

Inventioneers Earn Article in April 2012 Popular Mechanics Magazine

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FLL World Festival Pit Tip

We thought seeing a few World Festival pits would inspire those of you going to the event for the first time this year!

Inventioneers Featured on the Department of Education Website

Check us out at the NH DOE website (click image below)!

New Website Brought to You By the Inventioneers' Coach

Wondering what to do in the off-season?  Coach Evarts, our coach since we started in 2004, has started a new blog to share some strategies for new teams - Just Think Outside the Blocks.  

 

We'll be referencing some of her posts . . .