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January 14, 2008 - Newsday - Building a Better Robot
January 16, 2007 - Students and their Robots Explore the Tiny but Vast World of Nanotechnology
April 30, 2006 - Over 9,700 Students Combine Sports and Technology at the FIRST Championship
January 17, 2006 - Long Island Students Explore Our World in "Ocean Odyssey"
Massapequa's Berner Middle School
Earns
Top Spot at
SBPLI-LI FIRST
LEGO League Tournament
Pictured is Berner Middle School’s Team Elite 1337 of Massapequa, NY. They stand victorious as the champions of the SBPLI-LI FIRST LEGO League Tournament in 2008. The annual competition featuring 49 elementary and middle schools across Long Island was recently held at Longwood High School in Middle Island.
Building a Better Robot
Robots did battle to make the world a better place yesterday, only they weren't in some far-off galaxy, but in the stretch of Suffolk County known as Middle Island. And instead of shooting lasers, they moved wind turbines, all at the touch of a button.
It was all part of an eco-friendly competition among 45 teams, each consisting of up to 10 kids between the ages 9 and 14, who combined their love of Lego with their scientific know-how in the fourth annual LI FIRST Lego League Tournament Power Puzzle at Longwood High School.
Long Island Teams Receive Numerous Awards at SBPLI-LI FIRST Lego League Championship Tournament
(Melville, New York) – Following eight weeks of research and design,
49 teams from elementary and middle schools across Long Island demonstrated
their problem-solving skills, creative thinking, teamwork, competitive play
and sportsmanship at this year’s SBPLI – LI FIRST LEGO League
Tournament that took place on Sunday, January 13 at Longwood High School
in Middle Island. This year marked the fourth year of the tournament on Long
Island.
This year, FIRST collaborated with organizations including the Gulf Coast
Combined Heat and Power Application Center, the Department of Chemical Engineering
at the University of South Carolina and the Second Hill Group, an independent
consultant that specializes in issues including energy, environment and green
design, to create a theme that challenged students to find sustainable options
to meet our planet’s growing energy needs in environmentally sound
ways.
Teams Solve Real-World Problems through Robot Design and Research at SBPLI - LI FIRST LEGO League Championship Tournament
Long Island Teams Receive Numerous Awards
(Melville, New York) Some 35 teams from Long Island elementary and middle schools got to demonstrate problem-solving skills, creative thinking, teamwork, competitive play, and sportsmanship at this year’s SBPLI - LI FIRST LEGO League Tournament that took place Jan. 21 at Longwood High School in Middle Island.
Sponsored by Batelle and Brookhaven National Laboratory, this year’s challenge called for teams to research and present their own creative applications of nanotechnology to improve people’s lives. The FLL competition is judged in four areas: project presentation; robot performance; technical design and programming of the robot; and teamwork.
Students and their Robots Explore the Tiny but Vast World of Nanotechnology
Teams Solve Real-World Problems through Robot Design and Research at SBPLI - LI FIRST LEGO League Championship Tournament
(Melville, New York) - Eight weeks of research and design will culminate on Jan. 21 at the SBPLI - LI FIRST LEGO League Tournament where teams of children and mentors will demonstrate their problem-solving skills, creative thinking, teamwork, competitive play, sportsmanship and sense of community. Among the participants are 9- to 14-year-old children from 35 elementary and middle schools on Long Island. This action-packed event is free and open to the public. The Tournament will take place at Longwood High School on Sunday, Jan. 21 from 12 pm to 4 pm and marks the Third Annual LEGO League Tournament on Long Island.
Over 9,700 Students Combine Sports and Technology at the FIRST Championship
Inventor Dean Kamen recognizes best of young robotics competitors in "Super Bowl of Smarts"
ATLANTA April 30, 2006 Three teams from New York City, Michigan, and Montreal emerged victorious at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta this weekend. It was the climax to weeks of competition involving over 1,130 teams from the United States and six other nations, including Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.
Long Island Students Explore Our World in "Ocean Odyssey"
Teams Solve Real-World Problems through Robot Design and Research at SBPLI-LIFIRST LEGO League Tournament to be held at Longwood High School on Sunday, January 22nd
Event Marks 2nd Annual LEGO League Tournament on Long Island
(Melville, New York) - Children from Long Island have been tasked with the challenge and excitement of designing and building an original robot in the SBPLI-LIFIRST LEGO League program. This weekend, eight weeks of research and design will culminate in the SBPLI-LI FIRST LEGO League Tournament where teams of children and mentors will demonstrate their problem-solving skills, creative thinking, teamwork, competitive play, sportsmanship and sense of community. Among the participants are 9 to 14 year old boys and girls from 30 elementary and middle schools on Long Island. This action-packed event is free and open to the public. The tournament will take place at Longwood High School on Sunday, January 22nd from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
