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What is the FIRST Lego League?
The FIRST LEGO League (FLL)
introduces young people, ages 9 to 14, to the fun and excitement of science and technology while
building self-confidence, knowledge
and life skills.
FLL challenges kids to think like
scientists and engineers. Alongside
adult mentors, FLL teams solve problems using engineering concepts,
presentation techniques and robots.
FLL has expanded its reach from 2,000 children in 1998 to over 25,000 children across the United States and over 5,000 children from countries around the world. This is the organization that provides the challenge, the participation materials, and the tournament guidelines. Poudre Lego League (PLL) is the local branch of these organizations. We will host the 2004 regional tournament, provide support during the challenge season starting this fall and host the tournament at Poudre High School in Fort Collins, CO. >> The Official FIRST Lego League Website |
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Are you Interested?
Teams of students (ages 9-14) design, build, & program robots using the LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System. Teams create an FLL robot during a given Challenge Season capable of accomplishing the challenge objectives (problems emulating real-world need). The teams then compete in the tournament using their robots. Teams are recognized for teamwork, programming, problem solving, strategy, project management, creativity, persistence and design concept.Get More Information here at the Poudre FIRST Lego League (PLL) Website. |
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Nano Quest "Exploring existing sciences at the molecular level" Teaser: There is a new frontier that will impact every facet of society, from medicine to computers to the environment. As visionaries and scientists, the 2006 FIRST LEGO League teams will explore unimaginably amazing new technologies that start in the Nano world and lead to the things we do and use every day. Teams will discover the secrets of everyday stuff through this cutting edge field of research, where carbon Nanotubes, Buckyballs, molecular motors and quantum dots will be considered part of daily conversations. Sure it sounds like science fiction, but the future has arrived! Description: Imagine a wire as thin as a toothpick that lifts a car off the ground... Imagine clothes that never get dirty... Imagine a world where gravity doesn't matter... Imagine a fleet of programmed molecules that find and kill cancer cells, leaving healthy cells alone... Imagine going into space on an elevator made of tiny tubes... What do all of these have in common? Nanotechnology! FLL teams have been to space, searched the oceans, and explored ways to help humankind. We now zoom from the world we know, through a super high-powered atomic microscope, to the strange world of individual atoms. Here, in a world 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a strand of hair, everything jumps and shakes. As visionaries and scientists, FLL teams will explore unimaginably amazing new technologies that start in the Nano world and lead to the things we do and use every day. FLL teams will discover the secrets of everyday stuff through this cutting-edge field of research, where carbon Nanotubes, Buckyballs, molecular motors and quantum dots will be considered part of ordinary conversation. Sure this sounds like science fiction, but the future has arrived! |
