Project Groups

Projects

Club members join one or more project groups depending on their interests. In many projects, Byte by Byte members work side-by-side with members from other clubs, sharing mentors and working together in multi-club teams and groups.

Robotics Project - FIRST Lego League (FLL)

Byte by Byte runs robotics teams in partnership with FIRST Robotics. Team size is limited according to FIRST rules, so robotics teams are first come, first serve, with preference given to continuing members.

FIRST Lego League teams meet Tuesday or Wednesdays at 6pm in the Machias area of Snohomish.

Ages 5-8: FIRST Lego League Explore teams meet every other week from 6:30-7:30pm starting in October. Teams exhibit their project in the spring.
Ages 9-12: Beginner FLL Robotics teams meet every other Wednesday from 6pm-6pm. Teams work through all the skills needed to build and program a robot in the first half of the year. In the second half, they'll test their skills aganst the Challenge lego field.
Ages 9-12: FIRST Lego League Challenge competition teams meet weekly from 6pm-8pm from September through December, and every other week from January through July. Teams attend an FLL competition in December. Post-competition activities throughout the spring build skills for next season.

Robotics Project - Advanced Robotics

Byte by Byte runs advanced robotics teams in partnership with FIRST Robotics for ages 13-18. Advanced Robotics meets 9am-noon on Saturday at our site in the Machias are of Snohomish.

Competitions run from November through January. After the final competition, the team meets every other week to build a parade robot and work on areas of interest for next year.

Depending on the year, enrollment numbers, and the capabilities of the youth involved, youth build a robot for the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), the FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC), or both.

Please contact us ASAP if you're intersted in robotics for this age group!

If we don't have enough youth to run a competitive team, builds may be non-competitive.

Modeling with Minecraft

Our members work cooperatively to create large group builds on our 4-H Minecraft server. Have fun with Minecraft and build amazing things while learning about project management, server administration, and more.

The group is open to all youth ages 5-19 and meets Fridays at 6:00pm on Zoom. Youth must use the Java edition of Minecraft.

From April 2020 through May 2021, our members worked on a scale model of the Evergreen State Fairgrounds. The realistic model was based on photos, maps, and measurements. Check out our youth-produced May, 2021 Minecraft group presentation on YouTube!

Computer Science with Girls Who Code

We're rolling out programming education for youth ages 12-19 using Girls Who Code curriculum. Members will learn to code in Python while having fun and making connections with like-minded friends.

This group is open to youth of any gender and any experience level, from beginner on up. No previous coding experience is required.

This group will meet at our site in Machias about twice per month on Wednesday stating around January.

Cats

Byte by Byte will offer the Cat project for youth who wish to learn more about cat care, history, physiology, breeds, and cat showing. The Cat project group meets for 60-90 minutes on the 4th Monday of the month at our site in the Machias area of Snohomish.

Youth interested in Cats should own a healthy cat that has been spayed or neutered and is vaccinated for rabies and FVRCP. Your cat does not need not be purebred.

Aviation/Aerospace & Sewing Projects

These projects are on hold because we don't currently have volunteers who can commit to running them.