The final Cougar Class took place on December 14th, 2016. As students entered the classroom, Michael Leicht started his presentation about the importance of responsibility and sharing personal anecdotes to entertain and educate the students. At the end of the presentation, all the students learned an important lesson: one should Read more…
TEAM 1403 COUGAR ROBOTICS PROJECT/ACTIVITY: Building Contraption Date: 11/30/2016 Where: Montgomery High School Number of Students: 50 Number of Mentors: 6 Action Items: list, paper, pencils Impact on Team: Mrs. Leicht started the 4th Cougar Class by giving a presentation about mannerisms and etiquette. She educated students on skills such as Read more…
TEAM 1403 COUGAR ROBOTICS PROJECT/ACTIVITY: Building Contraption Date: 11/17/2016 Where: Montgomery High School Number of Students: 50 Number of Mentors: 5 Action Items: Skewers, small and big straws, Popsicle sticks, paper, hot glue guns, tape Impact on Team: In the third cougar class, the students focused on critical thinking. First, the Read more…
TEAM 1403 COUGAR ROBOTICS PROJECT/ACTIVITY: Building Car/Rocket Date: 11/02/2016 Where: Montgomery High School Number of Students: 30 Number of Mentors: 5 Action Items: wheels, straws, Popsicle sticks, hot glue gun, wooden blocks, tape, skewers, scissors, metal rods, paper Impact on Team: The second Cougar Class started off with Michael Leicht giving Read more…
TEAM 1403 COUGAR ROBOTICS PROJECT/ACTIVITY: The Tape Measure Ramp Date: 10/19/2016 Where: Montgomery High School Number of Students: 60 Number of Mentors: 5 Action Items: tape measure, coffee cup-, rubber ball, Masonite, skewers, pipe cleaners, large straws, small straws, scissors, glue guns, paper, pencils, tape Impact on Team: Team 1403’s Read more…
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 6 Entering our last week of Build Season, FIRST Team 1403 is collectively working together to put their final touches on their product. After a successful five weeks of build season, all of the sub-teams are almost finished with all of Read more…
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 5 As the end of build season draws closer, the Robotics room is filled with the frenzied energy typical of Week 5 of the build season. Each subteam is focused on keeping the momentum to make the necessary progress to Read more…
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 4 . The progress during the past couple weeks has been hindered due to the snowstorm but Team 1403 has bounced back this week and made significant headway. Each sub team worked tenaciously during the week to get back on track. Read more…
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Weeks 2 and 3 Despite Winter Storm Jonas’s decimating the east coast this past week, FIRST Team 1403 still maintains its level of progress. As shown through interviews with Team 1403’s captains, the entire team is working together cooperatively to finalize Read more…
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 1 The screech of the drill press driving through metal becomes the melody to the whirs of the handsaw, and the clattering of keyboards accentuating the bass line of productive discussion. As week one of the build season comes to Read more…