2014-2015 Jr FIRST Lego League 4-H Club Member Application Application Form Team: Harrison County Extension Office 1) Contact Information : Name________________________________ Age ________ Gender M _____ F _____ First MI Last Address_____________________________________Town________________Zip___________ Home Phone_________________________Email_____________________________________ Parent Cell Phone _______________ School __________________Birthdate _______________ mm/dd/yyyy Parent(s)/Guardian(s)____________________________________________________________ Grade 2014-2015 school year _______________ 2) Your Interests and Abilities: 1) Briefly describe your interest in being a member of a 4-H Jr FIRST Lego League Club: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2) Please list/tell us about your interests, hobbies, and talents. Have you ever been part of a school project or participated in a team project? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) Briefly describe the good things you bring to a team from your past experiences as a part of a team in school or in another youth organization or sport: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4) What do you hope to get or learn from being a member of the 4-H Jr FIRST Lego League Club? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5) What experiences have you had in building things? ___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6) Are you willing to commit 2 hours every other week between February and March to work with your team in learning the basics in Lego Robotics Programming and building and to complete the tasks required in the Jr. First Lego League Challenge? ___Yes ___No Are you willing to share ideas and listen to the ideas of others? ___Yes ___No Are you committed to gathering input from others? ___No ___Yes Are you willing to do research and prepare a presentation on a project that relates to the 2015 theme Think Tank “Redefining Learning” taking a look at where and how learning happens every day? ____Yes ___No Are you open to using communication techniques such as email, instant messaging and computer conferencing? ___Yes ___No 3) Required Recommendations: a) You must have a parent/guardian fill out and sign the parent/guardian recommendation form. 4) Required Medical Information Release Form: a) You must have a parent/guardian fill out and sign the Medical Information Release form. Return this completed form, the parent recommendation form and the Medical Information Release to the Harrison County Extension Office, 304 East 7th Street, Logan, IA 51546. You can email the application as an attachment to seilstad@iastate.edu or fax to 712/644-2100.