Judge Questions
Please use the questions and prompts in the colored boxes below as time allows. The
color coding corresponds to your rubrics and is as follows:
Red – Core Values; Blue – Innovation Project; Green – Robot Design
Team Welcome
Rubric/Award Area Elicit information to complete your rubric with the following questions or prompts
Breakthrough and Rising All- ®
While you’re setting up - can we just ask you to raise your hand if this is the first year you have
FIRST
competed in
Star Awards – helps to establish ®
LEGO League Challenge? Great, now raise your hand if it is your second year, third year etc.
team’s starting point
Tell us about your team meetings. How did you organize the work and who did what?
All Core Values
How do you all know each other and how did the team get together?
Innovation Project
Rubric/Award Area Elicit information to complete your rubric with the following questions or prompts
IDENTIFY Describe the problem that you were trying to solve in one sentence.
Discovery Core Value What was the most helpful resource you used in your research and what did you learn from it?
DESIGN
Innovation Core Value Did you have a lot of ideas and what is most innovative thing about the idea you chose?
Inclusion Core Value How did you ensure that everyone had an important task to do and that their work was valued by the team?
Describe the steps your team took to develop your project solution.
CREATE
What have you been using to help explain and share your solution with others?
Who did you choose to share your solution with and what did they say?
ITERATE
Did you make any changes or improvements after sharing your solution and if so, what did you change?
COMMUNICATION How did you decide on the style of your presentation and what creative part are you most proud of?
Impact Core Value How will your solution help others and has your solution already made an impact on your community?
Judge Questions
Robot Design
Rubric/Award Area Elicit information to complete your rubric with the following questions or prompts
IDENTIFY Which missions did you choose and why?
Discovery Core Value How did you make sure everyone on your team developed their building and coding skills?
DESIGN How did you organize building the robot and writing the code, and why did you do it that way?
Innovation Core Value Explain the most innovative part of your robot and your code.
Tell us about how your robot uses attachments or sensors to complete missions.
CREATE
Explain your different codes and how they make your robot act.
How did you check that your robot was consistent at scoring points on a mission?
ITERATE
Describe one way your robot got better through the season.
COMMUNICATE Explain the steps your team took to design, build and code your robot.
Inclusion Core Value How did you ensure every team member was involved and understood the robot and coding?
Core Values Reflection
Rubric/Award Area Elicit information to complete your rubric with the following questions or prompts
Describe the toughest challenge your team faced and how you overcame it.
Of all the things your team accomplished, what are you most proud of?
All Core Values
How did your coach help you this season?
How did you resolve any conflicts or disagreements that your team had?
Answers Innovation Project
1. Describe the problem that you were trying to solve in one sentence.
2. What was the most helpful resource you used in your research and what did you learn from it?
3. Did you have a lot of ideas and what is most innovative thing about the idea you chose?
4. How did you ensure that everyone had an important task to do and that their work was valued by the team?
5. Describe the steps your team took to develop your project solution.
6. What have you been using to help explain and share your solution with others?
7. Who did you choose to share your solution with and what did they say?
8. Did you make any changes or improvements after sharing your solution and if so, what did you change?
9. How did you decide on the style of your presentation and what creative part are you most proud of?
10. How will your solution help others and has your solution already made an impact on your community?
