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ELEMENTARY TEAMS ROCK ROBOTICS CHALLENGE
01/29/2009
CLEAR CREEK ISD ELEMENTARY TEAMS ROCK ROBOTICS CHALLENGE
League City – On a recent January weekend (Jan. 10) 92 teams from around Texas competed in the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Lone Star Championship held at The University of Houston. Clear Creek ISD was represented by 19 elementary robotics teams and nine of them placed in the competition.
FIRST LEGO League is a global program created to get kids excited about science and technology. Geared for ages 9-14, FLL utilizes theme-based Challenges to engage children in research, problem solving, and engineering. The cornerstones of the program are its Core Values, which emphasize contributions of others, friendly sportsmanship, learning, and community involvement.
Each annual Challenge has two parts, the Project and the Robot Game. Working in teams of up to 10 students and guided by at least one adult coach, team members have about 10 weeks to:
Build an autonomous robot that will, in 2 minutes and 30 seconds, complete pre-designed missions
Analyze, research, and invent a solution for a given assignment
Create a clever presentation about their solution to perform in front of a panel of judges
For many teams the culmination of all that hard work is the FLL Lone Star Championships. Just like in sporting events, referees monitor and score the robot game. Judges review team presentations. Teams earn awards and trophies. These are the awards that the CCISD schools received:
Champion's Award
2nd Place: Solar Bears, Brookwood Elementary
3rd Place: Techno Stars, Ward Elementary
Robot Performance Award
2nd Place Solar Bears, Brookwood Elementary
3rd Place: Techno Stars, Ward Elementary
Robot Design Awards
Robot Design Award - Quality Design
2nd Place: Weber Wired, Weber Elementary
3rd Place: Nanobots, League City Elementary
Robot Design Award - Innovative Design
1st Place: Go Forth Explorers, Goforth Elementary
Project Presentation Awards – Research Quality
3rd Place Falcon Pass Elementary
Project Presentation Awards – Innovative Solution
1st Place Thunderboltz, Clear Lake City Elementary
2nd Place Techno Turtles, Armand Bayou Elementary
Project Presentation Awards – Creative Presentation
2nd Place Hall Lego Dominators, Hall Elementary
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