Ballard students to put LEGO skills to good use
Ballard students to put LEGO skills to good use
On Saturday, Ballard High School will host one of the many FIRST® LEGO® League regional qualifying tournaments happening across the state. Participants are tasked with building and programming robots using LEGO® MINDSTORMS technology that also solve real-world problems.
Courtesy of Lego
Wed, 11/30/2011
On Saturday, Dec 3, more than 3,000 Washington students will compete in FIRST® LEGO® League regional qualifying tournaments across the state.
One of these tournaments will take place right here in Ballard.
Ranging from ages 9 to 14, these future engineers, scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs are tasked with building and programming robots using LEGO® MINDSTORMS technology that also solve real-world problems.
This year, students face a “Food Factor Challenge.” Teams will be judged on how their robot performs and demonstrates innovative food safety solutions.
Winning teams from the 13 regional competitions will advance to state finals in January.
With 375 teams competing statewide, the event marks the largest FIRST® competition in Washington.
Parents, educators, community and business leaders, elected officials and the general public are invited to attend the free events to cheer on Washington’s future workforce.
In Ballard, the competition will take place at Ballard High School and begin at 1:00 p.m. An awards ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m.
For more information about this year’s FIRST® LEGO® League competition and Food Factor Challenge, please visit http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2011foodfactor.
