Saturday, April 28, 2007

Possible Resource: First Lego League

Anyone know anything about this or participated in this? If anyone is interested in setting something like this up let me know so that I can spread the word!

http://www.firstlegoleague.org/

FLL is a result of an exciting alliance between FIRST and the LEGO Company. Guided by adult mentors and their own imaginations, FLL students solve real-world engineering challenges, develop important life skills, and learn to make positive contributions to society

FLL puts children in charge. Teams mix curiosity and imagination with LEGO bricks, sensors, motors, and gears to invent unique, autonomous robots capable of completing various missions.

* Team registration opens in early May and closes when capacity is reached or late September, whichever comes first.
* The annual Challenge is revealed in mid-September
* Tournament application begins in early October
* Qualifying events and tournaments are held November through January

Anyone can form a team. It could be a school classroom, after-school program, extracurricular group, home school, neighborhood group, club, or civic organization. A team consists of three to 10 kids, ages 9-14 (16 outside of U.S. and Canada), and at least one adult coach

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