December 11, 2009

Northwood Elementary LEGO Team competes in robotics tournament; wins Research Quality award

Northwood Elementary School students' FIRST LEGO League Team #4178 made it to the Championship Tournament at the University of Rochester on Dec. 6 by winning a Research Quality award at the Qualifying tournament at Churchville-Chili November 21 according to REACH teacher Ed Donnelly.  "The championship was an awesome event and the teamwork was excellent," Mr. Donnelly said.

Teams from around Monroe County tested robots that they designed and built out of LEGO pieces which were required to perform a variety of tasks such as navigating to difficult-to-access places and retrieving objects in a 4-by-8-foot arena with a series of obstacles. Students were also asked to give a presentation on the year's theme, transportation.

Teams were asked to pick a real-world transportation challenge, research it, and draw up a poster, skit, or other demonstration dealing with the issues involved. Teams work on both engineering and communication skills.  For more information, and videos from previous years' tournaments, visit http://www.hajim.rochester.edu/FLL.

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