FIRST Lego League

Most people think First Lego League (FLL) is just fun and games. I even used to think so. Now that I am actually a part of FLL, I realize that it is a lot harder than it sounds. We are having practice almost every day after school, which takes up tons of free time. The three most important parts of FLL are the project, teamwork, and the robot. Doubtless, the project is probably the hardest part of FLL. We have to make some sort of presentation about our problem, and we have to have a good reason

one streak of paint. All these colors combine on one canvas to create me, Srivinay Tummarakota. I participate in various activities and have many interests in both the fields of music and academic achievement. One activity I participate in is First Lego League Robotics. Throughout all three of my years in robotics, our team has searched for solutions for real world problems, built and programmed a robot to perform certain tasks, and have worked together as a

than creating objects with your own abilities. At the age of eight, I had a taste of dream coming-true: my parents bought me a Lego Robotic Command eXplorers (a robot kit that contains software and hardware to create customizable and programmable robots). I built the robot’s body structure using limited Lego blocks and gave it life by programming. In the next 9 years, Lego robot kits have been an essential component of my childhood. I learned basic robotic rules and skills in primary school, practiced

Team 5339 from Houston, MN, explained in an interview, “the La Crescent team, the Sir Lancer Bots, were excellent mentors. The Hurricanes couldn’t have done it without their support and expertise.” We are FIRST Team 2977 Sir Lancer Bots from La Crescent, Minnesota. Our dynamic journey with First Robotics Competition started in 2009.. During our rookie season, the team consisted of only nine members; this was a great learning endeavor for all involved, we persisted and learned as much as we could.

Team 5339 from Houston, MN, explained in an interview, “the La Crescent team, the Sir Lancer Bots, were excellent mentors. The Hurricanes couldn’t have done it without their support and expertise.” We are FIRST Team 2977 Sir Lancer Bots from La Crescent, Minnesota. Our dynamic journey with First Robotics Competition started in 2009. During our rookie season, the team consisted of only nine members; this was a great learning endeavor for all involved, we persisted and learned as much as

I may not do “FLL” anymore, but it was a heck of a ride. The long three years were stressful, and creative at the same time. FLL was a program where you would build complex robots with a gigantic kit of complex legos. The robots would complete tasks on a wooden board with lego contraptions. They would have to complete tasks to score points at a tournament or“scrimmage.” Also, there is also a project/solution you have to do as well. The project/solution consisted of solving a certain world issue.

I am on an FLL (FIRST Lego League) team called the Twisted Toys. Our project that year was incredible. We had a model of it as our project presentation board, it met all of the requirements, and we scored perfectly on it at the regionals competition. I am a programmer on the team, apart from helping with project and core values. My dad has been the coach of this team for 7 years, ever since it was created. He was also a coordinator for the STEM Center, a building with about 10 FLL teams, 2 FTC teams

Yugoslavia in the 20th century underwent great political turmoil, unrest, war, and ethnic conflicts. Throughout the existence of this unstable nation, soccer was the most popular sport with the most devout supporters. The sport and its various teams held strong ties to the political structure of Yugoslavia, being run and controlled often by government institutions. It is for this reason that soccer in Yugoslavia can serve as a political barometer to understand the underlying concerns, ideologies

wages, earning 29 percent more than their non-STEM counterparts”. So, how are you going to prepare your child for this ever changing job market? FIRST, which stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is a great way to get your child involved with STEM while still having a fun and enjoyable experience at the same time. FIRST is a global organization dedicated to the promotion and expansion

could something walk, talk and react to outside stimuli on its own. In fifth grade, I was enrolled in First Lego League, a robotics league for elementary school children. This was the first time I was actually exposed to the coding and engineering aspect of science. Even though the code was merely a bunch of drag and drop icons with substitutable variables and the “engineering” was putting together Lego pieces to form simple life machines, it was the introduction into the world of coding and engineering