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7th
Annual FIRST LEGO League Tournament
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Founded by inventor
Dean Kamen, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition
of Science and Technology) was created to inspire
young people’s interest and participation in science
and technology. FIRST LEGOâ
League
is an international program for 9 to 14 year-old
children created in a partnership between FIRST and
the LEGO Company in 1998. Each September, FIRST LEGOâ
League
announces the annual
Challenge to
teams, which engages them in authentic scientific
research and hands-on robotics design. Using LEGO
MINDSTORMSä
technologies and LEGO bricks, children work
alongside adult mentors to design, build and program
robots to solve real-world challenges. After 8
intense weeks, the competition season culminates at
high-energy, sports-like tournaments.
Since it’s
beginning, FIRST has had a positive impact on
students and academic communities. “We need to show
kids that it’s more fun to design and create a video
game than it is to play one,” said Dean Kamen, FIRST
Founder. “In FIRST LEGOâ
League,
kids discover career possibilities and learn to make
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Comby achieves National Beta Award
The Choctaw Central Junior Beta Club attended the
National Beta Club Convention that was held in
Myrtle Beach, North Carolina. A student from CCMS
won a second place award for her entry of original
needle work. She qualified to attend the National
Beta Convention by placing at the convention held in
March at Tupelo, MS. The Beta student is shown
holding the Native American sash that she designed
and created for the project. |
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Teams solve
real-world problems through robot design and
research at the 7th
annual Choctaw Tribal Schools FIRST LEGOâ
League Tournament, November 22, 2008.
Children from
the Choctaw communities have been tasked with the
challenge and excitement of designing and building
an original robot in the FIRST LEGOâ
League
program (www.firstlegoleague.org).
Saturday, November 22, 2008, at the Pearl River
Elementary School Gymnasium, eight weeks of research
and design will culminate in the Choctaw Tribal
Schools FIRST LEGOâ
League
Tournament where teams of children and mentors will
demonstrate their problem-solving skills, creative
thinking, teamwork, competitive play, sportsmanship
and sense of community. This action-packed event is
free and open to the public.
This year’s
Challenge, “Climate Connections”, calls for teams to
embark on an exploration of the earth's climate.
Discover the links between science, people,
resources and communities. Unearth how we learn
about past climates and delve into questions
surrounding our current and future climatic
conditions. Join
FLL teams in
creating a global game plan as they make these
Climate Connections!
The competition
is judged in five areas: research and presentation;
robot performance; technical mechanics of the
robot’s construction; teamwork; and gracious
professionalism. The highest honor will go to the
team that best exemplifies the spirit and values of
the program. |
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