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2013 FSFLL Championship at Delaware Air National Guard base

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Last Saturday, February 15, over 400 area youth grades K-8 participated in the FSFLL Champion’s Tournament held at New Castle Air National Guard Base (166th Airlift Wing), New Castle, DE. Opening event speakers included DE US Senator Chris Coons and Brigadier General Carol A. Timmons, Assistant Adjutant General (Air).

Delaware National Guard troops were on hand with displays that showcase military technology and robotics, many with special tie to the students’ challenge theme. For this year’s challenge students used engineering design and processes to come up with a plan to prepare for, survive or recover from a natural disaster.

“Prepare. Respond. Recover.”

“Prepare. Respond. Recover.”

“The competition showcases all the best of LEGO bricks and robotics and the excitement of kids applying STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – wrapped up in an atmosphere of science and the NCAA Basketball Finals, with high energy music in the background,’ said Lou Rosanio, First State FIRST LEGO League Director. “One of the goals of the competition is to help facilitate kids going from users of robotics, to designers of robotics.”

Major Gen. Frank Vavala, adjutant general, Delaware National Guard, said, “The themes of ‘Nature’s Fury’ and ‘Disaster Blaster’ in this year’s competition perfectly fit the National Guard, because on any day our Airmen and Soldiers may be called to duty to help citizens of our state, nation or world respond when a natural disaster threatens. We are also a technology-intensive organization, so we appreciate the kinds of problem-solving that these youth will engage in while facing a simulated natural disaster.”

Photos and video online

DE Online news article and video here   Includes video of DE US Senator Chris Coons, opening ceremony speaker, wearing his new neck tie made entirely of LEGO plastic bricks!

More photos from the DE News Journal/DE Online here

Watch Air guard video interview with DE FSFLL director, Lou Rosanio

Smithsonian reporters: From Denmark to Delaware

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When the Smithsonian magazine assigned a reporter and photographer to cover the story of LEGO and FIRST for an article on ideas and innovation, we were happy to have them to see the multi-age multi-level FSR Championship event at the Bob Carpenter Center last January.

Every year, the event is one of the largest single-day robotics competitions of its kind in the world and three program events take place in the same venue. This was the tenth anniversary year and over 100 student teams from six states participated, with students ranging in age from six to eighteen.

The article is available online, “How Lego Is Constructing the Next Generation of Engineers”

Read here:  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/How-Lego-Is-Constructing-the-Next-Generation-of-Engineers-204137981.html#ixzz2YQ9MA5AS
There are additional pictures on the photographer’s web site: http://elimeirkaplan.com/blog/?p=1484

FIRST Lego League Team registration opens May 2013

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Important Dates!

DE FSFLL Director, Lou Rosanio reminds new and returning mentors that FLL registration opens in May for 2013 competition season, Nature’s Fury. Registration remains open until all slots are filled- usually in late September. Robot Kits and field kits will begin to ship in May and August– but you must register your team first!

Introducing  the 2013 Challenge!

Nature’s Fury Project Video- here

Nature’s Fury Robot Mission Video- here

Jr. FLL team registration opens August 1 for the new challenge, Disaster Blaster.

To register for FLL, go to https://gofll.usfirst.org/

First State Event registration opens in October–event qualifiers for FLL and the Expo events for Jr. FLL. To learn more, visit their website: http://www.firststatefll.org/.