Our Lady of Victory 

Catholic School

Each team meets weekly from 6:15-8:00 p.m., in the OLV computer lab.

FLL:  First Lego League

     FLL is a fun mentor-based experientially STEM program for students in grades 4 and 5.  It is an alliance between FIRST Robotics and Lego to inspire young people.  It is designed to enrich today's technological life skills and kids interests in STEM so that they become innovative problem solvers.  Each year, FLL Teams are presented with a real-world theme and they must identify a problem and compete to solve it.  www.firstinmichigan.org/fll.  Adult mentors / participation required.
 

FTC:  First Technology Challenge

     FTC is a fun skill-building STEM program for middle school students.  It is an alliance between FIRST Robotics and Lego to inspire young people.  It is designed to enrich today's technological life skills and kids interests in STEM so that they become innovative problem solvers.  Each year, FTC Teams must design, build, program and rebuild (as needed) a robot capable of playing a difficult field game against other robots.  The emphasis is not on winning but on learning new skills, working as a team and respecting new ideas.  www.firstinmichigan.org/ftc.  Adult mentors / participation required.
 

RoboParade

     Great for new engineers (beginners)!   The Robotics team has a Christmas-themed Robot Parade at the annual OLV Dad’s Club Santa Breakfast.  Student engineers will design and construct a parade “float” and program a robot.  The robot will pull the float (like a car pulling a trailer) around an oval track.  CougarBOT engineers must program the Robot to “follow the line” and “pause” for traffic.  In addition, they must design and build a structurally stable platform for their float and it must contain gear systems which run moving parts.  Groups consist of 2-3 students.  Two (2) Parent Classroom Managers are required each week.  A flexible sign-up schedule is available.   Robotics experience NOT necessary.