Yesterday, the long awaited box of parts arrived for the FLL competition field creation help that we signed up to do. Volunteers were asked to create pieces that would be used on the game fields used at the Shawnee Mission Rumble for the FIRST Lego League teams in the area next Saturday. We were assigned to build a power plant, and along came 1,568 Legos that we had to assemble to be TONS of different parts. Our pieces are due Wednesday, and we started and completed the all of the pieces after school today.
We had a group show up right after school and after discussing multiple plans to make the building more efficient, we all just opened the bags, poured all the parts on the floor, took one set of instructions for a part, and started building. Each of us built our own item.

It was pretty hard to move in an already small space. We couldn’t knock anyone else’s over (Lego’s can fall apart pretty easily…) and no one likes Lego’s digging into their skin.

I built a house! (with some help later on.) The instruction booklet was pages long (as everyone else’s were also), and I was doing great until everyone else was done and I was still working. Therefore, the teamwork kicked in and with the help of Logan, Gage, and Luke, the house was completed.

Sierra built wind turbines. Hurray!

Logan’s uh…oil plant?? I forgot again.

Gage’s train car.

It moves!!

These had multi purposes. Corn (yes, corn) and something else

Luke’s dam.

?I think Jacob built this.

Craig’s truck!!

James’ hydrogen car

Logan’s oil something.

Sierra’s wind turbines!

Kate modeling Sierra’s turbines.

Trees. They came assembled. : )

Veronica’s awesome power lines

Something Sarah worked on. It was very detailed, after she left, Luke finished it up for her.

And the best piece yet…the house!! Check out that cat! (it also came assembled. )

Overall, the Broncobots showed their great teamwork skills and completed a task I figured would take forever. Now lets hope it makes it till Wednesday without anything falling apart! (Knock on wood.)

T-shirts and hoodies:

Polos:

How about that crazy awesome horse head design? All thanks to Richard at http://www.ryzart.com/

Safe Halloween!

(Left to right: Mrs. Griffith, Andrew, Alison, Kate, Lee, Nina)

Tree that members of the Broncobots pitched in to buy for Mr. Reynolds

I’m sure most of you have heard about the Broncobots build site loss. Make a long story short, sadly, Universal Plumbing is closing their doors therefore the Broncobots had to move all their stuff from the facility. To take 6 straight weeks of getting used to the building and creating a second home to many, taking everything out in about an hour was only a little difficult. Mr. Reynolds, Lee, Emma, Thand, and I worked together to move everything the Broncobots have down stairs and into Mr Reynold’s truck.

Here’s some pictures of the packing up and moving out.

Hole from testing of the arm : )

Holes from the chair being rammed into the ceiling. I think.

Emma helped.

Home number two, hopefully temporary, the upstairs storing room above the tech classes at school.

: )