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Starting a FLL Team - Watertown Robotics Style

Watertown Robotics' Mission is to help educate youth on Engineering and Manufacturing in the Watertown. Teams partnered with Watertown Robotics will receive support for their team including; mentorship, aid, training, supplies, and more. This page is designed to give some insight as to what a Watertown Robotics Team does and how to get started...

What is the committment? First Lego League is a national organization educating youth on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Watertown Robotics wishes to utilize that goal in spreading the concept in our area.

As a local team, you would be;
• Recruiting youth members (6-10 middle school aged kids)
• Supervising open lab meetings for the youth to learn and build their robots
• Coordinate educational opportunities for the team
• Chaperone your team to and from FLL Tournaments

What are Open Lab Meetings?
• Teams need to "meet" to complete their robots...
• Teams generally meet twice a week, though once a week is possible.
• One style of meeting is to have different groups working on different weekly worknights
• Location can vary from a basic classroom to a public facility. (Not a home for liability...)

How much does it cost?
• $300.00 per Team Registration & $55.00 per Student Membership
• These fees include all major expenses of your Watertown Robotics League Team for the 2010 FLL season. Watertown Robotics will provide free for the first two years a Lego Mindstorm's Kit and Software (valued at $450.00), FLL Team Registration ($200), FLL Field Kit & Table ($90), Regional Entry Fee ($75), Coaches Training in May ($250), Spring Kick-off Meeting in September ($600), and more!!!
• Teams will be "on their own" for travel arrangements during the season.