An Overview of the FIRST LEGO League Program at New Braunfels Public Library

FIRST® LEGO® LEAGUE @ NBPL

An Overview of Participant History

in the New Braunfels Public Library’s

FIRST® Robotics Program

New Braunfels, TX

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FIRST® LEGO® LEAGUE – YEAR 12011-2012

LIBRARY SPONSORED

TEAMS2

Capacity(16 members)

Open

Filled 80% Male

Female

100%

4 Volunteer Coaches

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FIRST ® LEGO® LEAGUE – YEAR 22012-2013

Capacity(25 members)

Open

Filled 83%

4 Volunteer Coaches

LIBRARY SPONSORED

TEAMS3

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Male

Female88%

12%

FIRST ® LEGO® LEAGUE – YEAR 32013-2014

Capacity(57 members)

Open

Filled 95%

LIBRARY SPONSORED

TEAMS69 Volunteer

Coaches

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Male

Female84%

16%

FLL 2014-15 SEASON REPORT

A summary of participant information and feedback about the 2014-15 season of FIRST® LEGO® League Robotics at the New Braunfels Public Library.

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FLL 2014-15 SEASON REPORT

6LIBRARY SPONSORED1

1+ TEAMSINDEPENDENT

15 Volunteer Coaches

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1 “Library sponsored” means the library paid for team registration and supplies. “Independent” teams are self-funded.

DEMOGRAPHICS

Gender

Male Female

11%

4

1011

12

98

2

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Age

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89%

Capacity

Open Filled

(562 members)

80%

2 Five(5) team members discontinued the program early on and were not included in those surveyed.

FEEDBACK

86%ON A SCALE OF 1-10

ENJOYMENT

ENJOYMENT AT 8 OR

ABOVE

RANKED OVERALL

SURVEY DATA512 TEAM MEMBERS AND PARENTS SURVEYED VIA

CUSTOMIZED SURVEYMONKEY SURVEY.

45 TEAM MEMBERS / PARENTS RESPONDED.

See Resources (last slide) for additional information.

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2 Five(5) team members discontinued the program early on and were not included in those surveyed.

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Interest in STEM

Ability to work with others

Confidence in problem solving

Communication Skills

Research skills

Critical thinking skills

percent of respondents

SKILLS GAINED

Definitely Increased Slightly Increased No Change

FEEDBACK

3

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3 See Resources (last side) to see how these skills and benefits align with the 40 Developmental Assets for youth.

FEEDBACK

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

Improved planning and / or decision making

abilities75%

Increased interest / engagement in learning new skills

75%

Positive relationships with adult role models

70%

Conflict resolution skills59%

Improved understanding of personal feelings and how to handle them

57%

Chance to positively impact their community

43%

3

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3 See Resources (last side) to see how these skills and benefits align with the 40 Developmental Assets for youth.

FEEDBACKTIME OF PRACTICE DAY OF PRACTICE FACILITY SAFETY

STAFF SERVICE COACH SERVICE

EASE OF REGISTRATION

N/A EXCELLENTSATISFACTORYPOOR

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LOOKING FORWARD

4LIBRARY SPONSORED

TEAMS

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1INDEPENDENT

+ TEAMMeeting off-site

Increase ratio of female : male team members

Bring in 50% new team members

Assist teams in becoming more self-sufficient

2015-16 GOALS

LOOKING FORWARD

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50%

13%

24%

13%

2015-16 PREDICTIONS

Returning

Progressing to FTC

Unsure/Unknown

Not returning

4

4 FIRST Tech Challenge is the next level in the progression of programs, for high school students ages 14-18.

FIRST ® Impact Study

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RESOURCES

How FIRST ® programs fulfill the

40 Developmental Assets® for Youth

Copy of the SurveyMonkey Survey used to collect data

Analysis of Educational Standards of FIRST ®

WWW.USFIRST.ORG

Data collection and infographic design by Megan Clark, Youth Services Library Technician.

E: [email protected]

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