Author Archive: tmw2010

Getting to the Ultimate Goal

What a ride the season has been so far. We realized we hadn’t posted an update to the Guess the Game game. Galactic Squirrels up in Gainesville won!

The season to date from September on has been an interesting one, to say the least. Meeting online at the start of the season, we moved to in person meetings by late September, and have been meeting in-person and online ever since, masked and with lots of hand sanitizing. And we also gained four new team members!

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It’s Time for TDTs Guess the Game Game!

It’s that time of year again! It’s time for Team Duct Tape’s annual Guess the Game Game!

Keep your eye on the FIRST Tech Challenge blog between now and Ultimate Goal Kick Off on September 12, and give us your best guess for the 2020-21 FIRST Tech Challenge game, based on the clues shared at the blog and teaser video. The guess closest to the actual game, as decided by Florida FIRST Tech Challenge program partner, Hans Wolf, wins a handmade duct tape prize!

Deadline to submit you guess is Friday, September 11.

TDT Intro to CAD Class – July 10-12

As we move to more online programming, one of the our first offerings this summer is a three day “Intro to CAD” class offered by team member, Maalav.  With several students set to graduate this year, we want to make sure everyone is cross trained on as many team roles and skillsets as possible,  especially our new team members.

Our introductory Computer Aided Design class runs July 10-12, 11am to noon each day. Continue reading →