In Explore, teams of students ages 6-10 focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real-world problems, learn to design and code and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 and LEGO Spike Essential.
Each team was recognized in a different category and received a medal. The awards and recipients are listed below:
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Award |
Winners |
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Challenge Solution Award |
Team #2619 “LEGO Engineers,” Mineola Team #3697 “Team Epic,” Locust Valley Team #6183, “Cargo Coders,” Mineola Team #22977, “Blue Bird,” Flushing |
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Core Values Award |
Team #22, “Kung Fu Team,” Syosset Team #103, “Bright Robotic Narwhals,” Locust Valley Team #6174, “The LEGO Transporters,” Mineola Team #6175, “LEGO Monstars,” Mineola |
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Coding Award |
Team #20544, “Light Speed LEGOS,” Baldwin Team #20045, “Team Champion,” Flushing Team #24307, “LEGO Girls,” East Islip |
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Team Model Award |
Team #104, “The Convertibles,” Locust Valley Team #2726, “Terrific Transportation.” Mineola Team #2728, “LEGO Learners,” Mineola Team #9258, “The Experts,” Roslyn Team #12829, “LEGO Champions,” Port Jefferson Station Team #24383, “Brick Designers,” Roslyn |
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Team Poster Award |
Team #2730, “Builders Connect,” Mineola Team #6176, “Team Universal,” Mineola Team #13877, “LEGO Giants,” Woodbury Team #24170, “Six Million IQ,” Syosset |
* Award descriptions are available upon request.
In addition, two teams will represent Long Island at the FIRST World Festival, which will take place at the George R, Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on April 20-23: Team #22 “Kung Fu Team” from Syosset and Team #25839 “Robotessori Team” from Baldwin.
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About FIRST®
Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering. With support from over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies and more than $50 million in college scholarships, the not-for-profit organization hosts the FIRST® Robotics Competition for students in Grades 9-12; FIRST® Tech Challenge for Grades 7-12; and FIRST® LEGO® League for Grades PreK-8. Gracious Professionalism® is a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST, go to www.firstinspires.org
About FIRST® LEGO League
FIRST LEGO League introduces science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to children ages 4-16 (ages vary by country) through fun, exciting hands-on learning. FIRST LEGO League participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences through a guided, global robotics program, helping today’s students and teachers build a better future together. In FIRST LEGO League, students engage in hands-on STEM experiences, building confidence, growing their knowledge and developing habits of learning. FIRST LEGO League’s three divisions inspire youth to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.
FIRST LEGO League Discover – PreK- Grade 1:
For children ages 4-6, this playful introductory STEM program ignites their natural curiosity and builds their habits of learning with hands-on activities in the classroom and at home using LEGO® Duplo bricks.
FIRST LEGO League Explore – Grades 2-4:
In Explore, teams of students ages 6-10 focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real-world problems, learn to design and code and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO Education WeDo 2.0.
FIRST LEGO League Challenge – Grades 4-8:
Friendly competition is at the heart of Challenge, as teams of students ages 9-16* engage in research, problem-solving, coding and engineering – building and programming a LEGO robot that navigates the missions of a robot game. As part of Challenge, teams also participate in a research project to identify and solve relevant real-world problems.
About School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc.
School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI) DBA FIRST® Long Island is a fully volunteer-run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1984 by Fred Breithut with the goal of developing partnerships between local high schools and businesses. His goal was to provide students with practical experience and curriculum development, while helping the business community develop its future workforce, which resulted in the formation of over 100 partnerships. In 1999, SBPLI brought the FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to Long Island, which featured just eight FIRST® Robotics Competition high school teams. Since then, the Long Island Regional FIRST® Robotics Competition has grown to two events with over 80 teams competing each year. SBPLI also hosts Long Island’s annual FIRST® LEGO League Qualifying and Championship Tournaments and the FIRST® LEGO League Junior Expos, in which over 2,000 elementary and middle school students from Nassau and Suffolk Counties take part each year. In 2016, SBPLI added the FIRST® Tech Challenge to its roster of programs. For more information about the programs, or to learn how to become a sponsor, visit www.sbpli-lifirst.org.
