Assignment 1: Team Analysis

Describe the impact of the FIRST program on team participants with special emphasis on the current season and the preceding two to five years FIRST has impacted team members in a number of ways. Students learn skills such as public speaking, leadership, building, programming, teaching, organization, and many more. Students on the team describe an increased sense of belonging when they join the FIRST community. Members enjoy exploring new interests and making lifelong friendships. Alumni from the team have gone on to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Describe the impact of the FIRST program on your community with special emphasis on the current season and the preceding two to five years Over
A few years back, we presented what FIRST was to a local school. They could not generate enough interest for a FIRST robotics team but they did not give up. They created a FIRST Lego League team and slowly worked their way up the ladder. After two years of having a FLL team, this school has joined forces with a nearby FRC team to add another program of FIRST to their school.
Describe the team’s initiatives on assisting other FIRST teams (including Jr. FLL, FLL, FTC & FRC) with progressing through the FIRST program Every fall the 7 Rivers Robotics Coalition hosts a day long training summit. This is mostly for rookie members but veterans and alumni also attend. At the event students learn a host of skills, which include logistics of running a team to managing different subsystems within the robot. Many members and mentors from the Sir Lancer Bots run the presentations. Throughout the year many teams both FRC and FLL seek our assistance because of our experience in FIRST.
Describe how your team works with other FIRST teams to serve as mentors to younger or less experienced FIRST teams (includes Jr. FLL, FLL, FTC & FRC
FIRST teaches students how to work on real-world challenges, public speaking, problem-solving, and many other useful skills. FIRST gives students a place to belong and provides a fun and interesting learning environment. FIRST inspires youth around the world to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Briefly describe other matters of interest to the FIRST Judges, if any The Sir Lancer Bots started over 10% of the current teams in Wisconsin. Team 2977 is the founder of the 7 Rivers Robotics Coalition, non-profit 501 (c)3. At competitions our mentors are usually volunteering. Of our mentors, we have a lead robot inspector, 3 robot inspectors, a game announcer, a referee and a field reset volunteer. Students on our team have also volunteered at competitions doing field reset and working the safety glasses stand. Everywhere we go, we spread the message of