You just received your mat and stuff for the playing field. –  aka the 2013 Nature’s Fury Field Setup Kit  (part number:  779664).

 

Now What?

 

We would recommend teams that can meet before Kickoff do these things:

 

1. Have the team build the field setup kit!  This is likely to take more than one meeting. And new for 2103 season,  the individual bags of pieces are tied to the models being built.  This makes it much easier for teams!    
2. Start having the team looking into the challenge field overall.  What are the many different areas.  Remember don’t get too attached or too focused on any specific topic or subject until after the Challenge project details are released.
3. Start some teamwork activities  – make them fun !  
4. Start learning the software and how to use sensors.  Both the retail and educational software versions have tutorials/training materials included  – turn these into  fun “mini-challenges”
5. Figure out team’s meeting schedule and get this on everyone’s family calendar!

 

Here are more ideas.   We welcome your input on the community site  (Blog – need to be logged in to see/add comments).      What is your team doing now?