FIRST LEGO League Team 355
Mythical Dragons

Coached by Hollis Schuler & Andrew Sommers

Ross Mythical Dragons is one of the five Rambotics FIRST LEGO League teams at Ross Middle School. FLL introduces students in grades four through eight to STEM principles through construction of a LEGO robot to complete tasks on a themed playing field as well as through a real-world engineering research project. Teams, guided by their imaginations and by adult coaches, discover exciting career possibilities and learn to make positive contributions to society.

The Project.

For the City Shapers season, the Mythical Dragons were tasked with identifying a real-world problem our community faces. They discovered that the world is wasting energy by inefficiently heating and cooling homes and buildings.

Their solution is to use shape memory alloys to create “smart” vents that passively respond to temperature changes. By improving the efficiency of heating and cooling in homes and buildings, we reduce energy waste.
Shape Memory Alloy Cooling
The Mythical Dragon's innovation brings about improved energy efficiency through "smart" vents.

The Learning.

Mythical Dragons at HELIX
Ross Mythical Dragons at the HELIX innovation center.
This season, Ross Mythical Dragons visited the Emerson HELIX Innovation Center to learn about heating and cooling techniques. Team members also met with Dr. Koo from Miami University who is an expert in shape memory alloys.

The Dragons are in it together! All team members enjoy working on the project, robot game and core values, which allows them to share the workload and gain experience in different areas.

Ross Mythical Dragons' favorite Core Value is "Fun," and for good reason. One crazy team building activity this year involved transferring an Oreo from forehead to mouth-- without hands.

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