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)
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!
Winning LEGO Mindstorms Programming (Trobaugh & Lowe, Apress 2012) - FLL applicable coding guide
Programming LEGO EV3 My Blocks (Harding, Apress 2018) - new FLL coding ideas
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)
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!
Winning LEGO Mindstorms Programming (Trobaugh & Lowe, Apress 2012) - FLL applicable coding guide
Programming LEGO EV3 My Blocks (Harding, Apress 2018) - new FLL coding ideas
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