Thirty-Nine Local FIRST® LEGO League Teams Head to Long Island Championship

Event to Take Place at Longwood High School on Sunday, March 3
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Event to Take Place at Longwood High School on Sunday, March 3 Following a series of qualifiers, 39 FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO® League teams from Nassau and Suffolk Counties are set to compete at the Long Island Championship at Longwood High School on Sunday, March 3. During the event, presented by School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI), students ages nine to 14 will present their LEGO robots to address the challenge set forth in this year’s theme – FIRST INTO ORBITSM.

These teams were among the more than 200 that worked hard this season to research, design, build, program and test LEGO robots that address a problem astronauts have faced during space travel. Students evaluated current solutions to the problem they identified, and designed, built and tested an innovative solution using a LEGO MINDSTORMS® kit.

Students presented their solutions during one of six qualifier tournaments that were held at Mineola High School and Huntington High School in late January and early February. At the Championship, these teams will look to advance to the FIRST World Festival in Detroit on April 24-27.

This will be the 15th year that FIRST LEGO League has enabled students on Long Island to explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through building and problem-solving. In addition, 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the SBPLI Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST’s history and long-lasting impact on Long Island will be honored at all events this year.

“It’s wonderful to see so many students getting excited about the FIRST LEGO League challenge this year,” says Stephanie Stern, Program Co-Director and FIRST Long Island representative. “I was so impressed by each team’s performance during the qualifiers and enjoyed seeing how many skills they picked up by participating in the program—everything from teamwork to Gracious Professionalism® to STEM education. I can’t wait to see what the students bring to the championship. Join us between 10 am and 2 pm, there is no admission fee.”

The following 39 teams have advanced to the SBPLI Long Island FIRST LEGO League Championship, which will take place on Sunday, March 3 at Longwood High School:

Number Name Town
92 Sea Lions Seaford
376 RoboHawks Jericho
684 STOBOR Syosset
1087 BRAINSTORMERS Bayport
1139 HBT BOTS Syosset
2438 Camolbots Floral Park
2757 The Space Falcons Locust Valley
2758 Robotic Fire Lazer Falcons Locust Valley
4756 Diamond Cube Jericho
5357 Imagination in a Nutshell Jericho
6116 Rocky Point Robo Eagles Rocky Point
6435 Fire Dragons Rocky Point
8085 Rocky Point Radical Robotix Rocky Point
10425 Harborfields Library Purple LEGO Eaters Centerport
11362 Solar Flare Bears Stony Brook
11363 Bear Force One Stony Brook
13071 Indians Floral Park
14823 Teach Me How To LEGO Baldwin
15261 Rocken Robos Plainview
15262 Mattlin Pride Plainview
16174 Meteorites Hicksville
16286 The Humanoids Lake Grove
16374 Robo Innovators East Meadow
23785 Meteorites Squared Hicksville
26166 IP Pineapples Island Park
27741 Think Outside the Earth Jericho
27743 The Robosaurus Stony Brook
28779 Bethpage RoboEagles Bethpage
31704 Jack Abrams STEM-Agrinauts Huntington Station
33410 Taco Brothers Garden City
36990 Roslyn Space Turkeys Roslyn
37506 Microchip Cookies Plainview
37507 WALL-E-Workers New Hyde Park
37857 Time Travelers Island Park
38503 Techno Queens Jericho
39704 STEAM Mates New Hyde Park
39029 Mindstorms Masters Dix Hills
41891 Techo Clan Great Neck
41971 OLOW Nachoritos Port Jefferson