ByGrace3 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 My ds was a part of a FLL this year and it was a wonderful experience. It was his first year to participate and I had him do Education Exploration Physical Science to compliment it. It has been a great year. My younger dd (9) is considering joining FLL next year as well. It would be about 6 hour a week commitment. Is anyone familiar enough with FLL to help determine if she needs additional science studies if she does this? She will be in 4th grade, and I am kind of thinking maybe a MP study like birds to go along with it? Super light . . . or maybe nothing else? I was originally planning Apologia Anatomy but I think that might be more than we need right now . . . thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Is the FLL team meeting year round or are they just meeting up through competition season? You could wait until it is over and then compact a science study over the spring since you will have 6 hours freed up by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3gemmama Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I second Calbear's advice, if your FLL team is not busy year-round. We did FLL four year, primarily during competition season, and that was all the science we did during those months. Between the robotics/engineering/programming and the project, they learned a ton each year. FLL was a large commitment during the fall, so waiting till spring to do more science worked well for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 I'm not sure what they will do next year, but this year they are doing year round. After season was over they combined the FLL and Jr FLL to do additional training in programming and robotics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 The year we did FLL my kids were still in a science class at co-op, so they got some exposure and hands on there on other topics, but the FLL topic and research was enough for a study for us for most of the year. There was Robotics, plus science involved in researching their invention for their theme that year. We did several field trips as a group to learn more also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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