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Jumping Up and Down!!!

Posted in Fun!, Power Puzzle 2007-08, World Festival on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We just found out we have been invited to the World Festival. I am so EXCITED!
Butterfly

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Canadarm demo

Posted in Outreach on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I just joined the W.A.F.F.L.E.S. in January, and I love being on the team.  Christine and all of her family are the nicest people I’ve ever met.
Yesterday, we went to the Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec, for a Lego Canadarm demo in the Children’s Museum.  People came to see our robotic Canadarm during the workshops [...]

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Minnesota

Posted in Outreach, Power Puzzle 2007-08 on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We just found out that we have been chosen to represent Ontario at the HTK FLL International Open in Minnesota. It’s all very exciting as we’ll have an opportunity to meet teams from all around the world.
Dragonfly
P.S. Don’t forget to look for us Sunday at the Museum of Civilization where we will be [...]

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News From the Team

Posted in Building, Outreach on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Everyone is hard at work and getting things done. Snake is working on a program for our Canadarm, Butterfly is rebuilding our jig, Squirrel recently designed a new research organization system for next year and I have been doing a bunch of smaller jobs like finalizing the construction of the Canadarm, helping Butterfly with the [...]

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W.A.F.F.L.E.S. Challenges

Posted in Teamwork on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The team trying to figure out how to lift the bucket as a group, but only using their backs.
Building a marshmallow and toothpick bridge over the Toilet Paper River.
Last season I introduced, what we affectionately refer to as, “W.A.F.F.L.E.S. Challenges” to the team. The idea is to build up teamwork and communications [...]

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Some EXCITING News

Posted in Outreach on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well I don’t even know where to begin.
We’ve been asked to build our own Canada Arm and run it at the Museum of Civilization on February 24th 2008. We have researched the Canada Arm and learned how it works. We built our own models of the arm and have run into the same [...]

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