Lori, I have three (actually four) words for your team, "Y'all got it!" You summed up in your email exactly what we learned as well. I had kids who had never...
How the interviewing is handled likely varies by Hub, I know at Kansas BEST in my experience, (And I think other hubs do it this way as well) it's a team of...
I just noticed the flyer for the BEST National Conference in June at Auburn was online, and I was curious about when more details would be coming out? (If...
I think the crack at teachers is in poor taste.....Is this what educators get for spending all the extra time, money, let alone the time away from our...
I'm sorry that you find it offensive, but in many cases Great Educators are also Great Communicators and it depends on their specific objective if they need to...
I am going to post this because I have been asked to by my team, Mount Juliet Middle School. I want to preface all of this by saying that we had a BLAST at...
Cathy,  I agree with you that the object of BEST is NOT about winning. In fact, that is stated in the bestinc.org website under the "How to Win the BEST...
You know, I agree with you. It might be of benefit to have judges like the Olympics (except honest) that would sit and judge the team's attempt to perform the...
... the attempt to complete the designated task that would make it more desireable pointswise. Feel free to share ideas! ... I agree that a scoring system that...
I agree about the tradeoff nature. Suppose, however, we compare this game to working for NASA. How beneficial is it to get rocket parts scattered all over...
This sounds like a problem that could be easily fixed by setting up point systems that give a lot more points for each stage completed, and ensuring that ...
... Well if that was my game, I wouldn't give any points for scattering a rocket on Mars, so the game would be how fast can you safely land a rocket on Mars....
The info for the BEST National Conference has been posted on the BRI Website <http://www.bestinc.org/> . (You'll have to click the graphic on the front page) ...
If your students have been able to successfully make gears, can you tell me what tool they used to do so? Several of my students would really like to make...
It takes a lot of elbow grease, but I have seen some of our teams turn out some very nice gears out of the ½" aluminum stock just using a hand file set...
One of the parents of a member of our group owns a small milling machine so they bought a cutter for it that would cut gear teeth in the thick pieces of...
Gear 1: Use 1/4" plastic draw out circle- don't cut the circle yet mark dots evenly around circle no less than 1.25" apart center 1/2" wood drill on marks ...
I've seen plywood gears that follow patterns that can be found/generated on a number of web sites. Here's a link to one found with a quick web search...
Thanks to everyone who sent me info on how to make gears. It was helpful. We're finding that the actual cutting is the hardest part. Perhaps they just need...
I am following the steps to get into the teacher forum...but I can't seem to locate it. I registered here...but then I can't find a link here or on the home...
The area that has been established for BEST teachers is: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/best_teacher/ Unfortunately, I don't think this has been...
Thank you! I have submitted for acceptance to the group! Sharon Metro Homeschool Robotics ... From: tagrimley <tgrimley@...> Subject: [bestinc] Re:...
We thinking to start a mentoring training for employees of an Airplane Company in St.Louis, MO interested in BEST Robotics. The plan is to have a kick-off in...
... That is a fantastic idea! Mentors can be more specifically helpful if they have relevant experience using the same types of materials and tools....
I'd like to have a servo slowly and gracefully change from one position to another, rather than use the existing default "as fast as possible PID". Does anyone...
Joel, We are working in getting funding to acquire the full 2008 game field plus 4 robot "kits" from one of the hubs.... But if anyone is interested in getting...
... I placed an example in the files. I haven't been able to test it since we don't have a brain right now. I programmed the servo to have a constant speed...
Hello All, Very cool !!!. I wonder if there will be an "alternative fuel" aspect to the robot itself such as have solar panels as part of the parts...that will...
... Thanks, that was helpful to get me started. I don't anticipate having a long variable loop time, so I think the use of the RealTime clock is overkill for...
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