Files and Documents
Useful and/or interesting materials for download. (Right-click link & choose to Save Target As)
eDocuments (downloadable)
Designing for FLL with LEGO Mindstorms - Hints and Tips (54 slides, .pdf format)
SYRA Coaching 101 PowerPoint presentation (71 slides, .pdf format).
Photos from FLL competitions in MA over the years - teams and robots (ideas?).
Download a .pdf FLL Team Information Sheet.
Download a .pdf FLL Tournament Participant Consent form.
Download .pdf directions to the Worcester state tournament.
FIRST LEGO League - the unofficial guide (Kelly & Daudelin, no starch press 2008)
Your guide to Excel in First Lego League: Robot Architecture, Design, Programming and Game Strategies (Sanjeev and Rajeev Dwivedi (Kindle Book 2017) - just became aware of this book from two experienced FLL coaches, seems on=point but haven't finished reading it yet
FIRST Building and Coding Resource Page
NXT Resources
Winning Design! LEGO Mindstorms NXT Design Patterns for Fun and Competition (Trobaugh, Apress 2010) exceptional!
Building Robots w/ LEGO MindStorms NXT (Astolfo, Ferrari & Ferrari, Syngress 2007)
LEGO MindStorms NXT-G Programming Guide (Kelly, Apress 2007)
EV3 Resources
Winning Design! LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Design Patterns for Fun and Competition (Trobaugh, Apress 2017) - exceptional!
Your Guide to Excel in FIRST LEGO League (Dwivedi, Amazon Digital Services 2017) - new and very topical!
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Discovery Book (Valk, No Starch Press 2014) - good building and programming general reference
Unofficial LEGO Technic Builders Guide (Kmiec, No Starch Press 2016) - good reference for LEGO mechanical assemblies
The LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Idea Book (Isogawa, No Starch Press 2016) - great mechanical ideas for EV3
TechBrick website page for EV3 Resources - always useful resources!
BuilderDude35 website - cool Youtube tutorial videos
EV3Lessons.com - focused on coding
LEGO.COM - Learn to Program EV3
Presentation Resources
Youtube videos of various FLL Project Presentations from previous seasons
Youtube videos of various FLL Technical Presentations from previous seasons
Useful and/or interesting materials for download. (Right-click link & choose to Save Target As)
eDocuments (downloadable)
Designing for FLL with LEGO Mindstorms - Hints and Tips (54 slides, .pdf format)
SYRA Coaching 101 PowerPoint presentation (71 slides, .pdf format).
Photos from FLL competitions in MA over the years - teams and robots (ideas?).
Download a .pdf FLL Team Information Sheet.
Download a .pdf FLL Tournament Participant Consent form.
Download .pdf directions to the Worcester state tournament.
FIRST LEGO League - the unofficial guide (Kelly & Daudelin, no starch press 2008)
Your guide to Excel in First Lego League: Robot Architecture, Design, Programming and Game Strategies (Sanjeev and Rajeev Dwivedi (Kindle Book 2017) - just became aware of this book from two experienced FLL coaches, seems on=point but haven't finished reading it yet
FIRST Building and Coding Resource Page
NXT Resources
Winning Design! LEGO Mindstorms NXT Design Patterns for Fun and Competition (Trobaugh, Apress 2010) exceptional!
Building Robots w/ LEGO MindStorms NXT (Astolfo, Ferrari & Ferrari, Syngress 2007)
LEGO MindStorms NXT-G Programming Guide (Kelly, Apress 2007)
EV3 Resources
Winning Design! LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Design Patterns for Fun and Competition (Trobaugh, Apress 2017) - exceptional!
Your Guide to Excel in FIRST LEGO League (Dwivedi, Amazon Digital Services 2017) - new and very topical!
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Discovery Book (Valk, No Starch Press 2014) - good building and programming general reference
Unofficial LEGO Technic Builders Guide (Kmiec, No Starch Press 2016) - good reference for LEGO mechanical assemblies
The LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Idea Book (Isogawa, No Starch Press 2016) - great mechanical ideas for EV3
TechBrick website page for EV3 Resources - always useful resources!
BuilderDude35 website - cool Youtube tutorial videos
EV3Lessons.com - focused on coding
LEGO.COM - Learn to Program EV3
Presentation Resources
Youtube videos of various FLL Project Presentations from previous seasons
Youtube videos of various FLL Technical Presentations from previous seasons