Note about links

Regarding my last posting with different web sites to check information about the pine beetle, when you access the City of Boulder Wildlife Open Space and Mountain Parks web site, please click on the link "Mountain Pine Beetle", which takes you to three different documents. 

Pine beetles 101

Here are some stuff on Pine Beetle
-pine beetles double each year
-some trees produce Resin to pitch out Pine Beetles
-during a drought trees produce less Resin
-trees turn blue when a beetle gets in
-woodpeckers and checkered beetles feed on pine beetles
-people can't stop the pine beetle epidemic

Information about the Pine beetle

The following web sites contain information about the Pine Beetle. 

The first link is an article that recently came out in the local news:  

pine beetle in the local news

The next is from a City of Boulder Web Site:

facts about the pine beetle

pine beetle reseach

here are some things I learned on pine beetles

-if you cut open a pine beetle attack tree you would see blue rings and tunnels.
-the most common trees to get attacked are ones that are not growing quickly and droght or fire.
-after a pine beetle attack there are many younger trees that are well spaced.
-to protect a tree from beetles you can spray it or you can spray the beetles.
-once MBP infests a tree there is nothing worth doing that would work well.

--
Brad

Pine Beetles Infestation In Colorado!

The pine beetles are the most important insect pest in Colorado.The pine beetles prefer the really weak trees so better keep your trees healthy if you want them to live.The global warming is attracting the pine beetles to Colorado.The pine beetles are the source of all the red and orange trees.

Global Coolers Team Project: Pine Beetles Infestation of Colorado Forests

The team will research how pine beetles are destroying Colorado forests and how the spread and intensity of the infestation are related to climate changes. The team will them create an innovative solution to this problem, share the research and the solution, and present the project at the FLL competition. Comment on this post to describe your personal experiences, observations, materials and resources related to the project, and ideas about experts the team could talk to.

Team meetings: Sept. 26 & 27

Global Coolers met in the library on Friday and at CU on Saturday. Both locations worked well. The team made progress finalizing the robot platform (based on spinner), building the robots and attachments and starting work on missions. On Saturday, we discussed two project ideas: (1) pine beetle infestation in Colorado forests, and (2) drought and shrinking water supply in Colorado. Both problems are likely related to climate changes. Jeremy presented to the team his science project from last year, showing increasing temperature trends in Boulder. The team unanimously voted to work on the pine beetle infestation problem.

University of Colorado meeting place

Google map: 1120 Engineering dr, Boulder, CO, 80309

Examples of 2007 robot designs and missions

Peak Energy at the regional qualifier
FLL World Festival 1st Place Design
"Spaarlampjes" FLL Power Puzzle perfect 400 score
FLL Power Puzzle Perfect 400 in 90 seconds
Power Puzzle First Lego League 400 point run
Ginnie & Mack 400 point run in 2:20

Global Coolers Team Documents

Meeting sign-up schedule
Robot selection matrix

First Post

This is the blog site for the "Global Coolers" team from High Peaks Elementary for the 2008 First Lego League competition.