Team 1403
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Cougar Class #3 In the third cougar class, the students focused on critical thinking. First, the team was introduced with the metaphor of a body to illustrate a robot. The controls were the brain; the blood was the electrical system, and the skeleton was the frame. By comparing a […]
FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Cougar Class #2 The second Cougar Class focused on the design of the robot. It started off with Michael Leicht giving a presentation, talking about the factors that have to be considered when designing a robot. This included being able to identify the different forces acting on an object, […]
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 always take responsibility for his […]
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 placing utensils on the table […]
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 team was introduced with the […]
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 a presentation about the design […]
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 first Cougar Class of the […]
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 their assignments Team Captain Rhea […]
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 be ready for the quickly […]
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. As the fourth week of […]