September 26

Today the team worked hard at the Pyramid for the Build-A-Thon. The goal was to use 500 bricks max. They talked and brainstormed to figure out the best way to use all the pieces and have a good structure. Teamwork was key and many things were learned through trial-and-error. After finding solutions to the problems they had and many reassembles, it was

complete!!! 500 bricks!!!! Good Teamwork!!!!!!

After the excitement of the Pyramid building, it was down to business. The RR's discussed which problem to focus on out of a list of local problems. The one they chose was bees. During a hot summer, the flowers are not plentiful and the bees are not able to collect enough nectar to survive the winter and they die from starvation. Now that the problem was decided, they must come up with a solution. In order to do that the team must first learn about bees, so each member has research to do. JackStone will find out how bees survive in the different seasons, Awesome Girl will learn how they make honey, Thomas will find out how hives are built and Builderbot will provide the average temperature of the local area during the summers of last and this year.

Next week the team will be working on controlling and guiding the robot.

Quotes from the Team!!

JackStone said "Today was Awesome!! I can't wait for next week, we start DOING STUFF!!!!"

Builderbot said "We now have a schedule to follow for each week. The 2 things that we did today were pick a topic to find a solution for, and built the pyramid."

Great Job and Remember to have Fun!!!!!!!