Lego League
Our Goal is continued expansion.
Below we have details about what that will take.
Questions about the program?
Is your child interested in being a part of St. Peter's Lego League?
Contact Tim Brown
Mr. Brown is the dedicated parent of 3 children at SPCS, who introduced the program to our school in 2006. He is coordinating our FLL again this year!
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2009: Smart Move Congratulations to the St. Peter Cathedral Robotics teams which competed in the Pittsburgh First Lego League (FLL) championships this weekend at the Carnegie Mellon National Robotics Institute. The "Turbo Dukes" and the "Building Bots" competed against 70 other teams from around Pennsylvania. The teams were judged in 5 categories The teams set as their goal for this competition to improve their robot scores from the earlier Local Competition held in Girard. Each team accomplished this goal!! The Turbo Dukes scored a high score of 205 during the 2.5 minute Robot Competition, more then doubling their high of 95 during the Erie Competition. This placed them 21st out of 72 teams in that category! The Building Bots high score in Erie was 165. They scored 130 during the first 2 rounds in Pittsburgh, but then they pulled together to score a 245 during the last round. This placed them 8th among the 72 teams!! Scores, Teams photos and other info will be available at this link sometime this week. http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/content/lego/competitions/index.htm This competition concludes the Lego season for 2009. Thank you to everyone who supported the St. Peter Cathedral School teams. Hopefully the kids had fun and learned a little bit about Science and Engineering along the way. CONGRATULATIONS TURBO-DUKES AND BUILDING BOTS! Three First Place Trophies in the Erie FIRST Lego League Tournament Turbo-Dukes received first place for teamwork and Building Bots received first place for research project and team spirit. Both teams will be travelling to the Championship Tournament in Pittsburgh at the Carnegie Mellon National Robotics Institute on December 5. |
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2008: Climate Connections Year Three: We again fielded 2 teams, this year with 18 students participating. Our teams:
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2007: Power Puzzle Year Two: We expanded the program to field two teams with a total of 19 students. Our teams:
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2006: Nano Quest Year One of the program! We fielded an Initial Team of 10 students, all 4th and 5th graders. Our team:
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Continued Expansion
What do we need to continue expanding the First Lego League?
- Kids - Interested Student in grades 4-8.
- Mentors - Two Adult Mentors per team. The job of the Mentors is simply to organize the kids. You do not need to have a science or technology background. The basic principle of FLL is that "the kids do the work". There are plenty of resources on-line to help you guide them, and keep them focused on tasks that need to be accomplished. Here is a link to the coaches handbook.
- Funding - New teams need approximately $600. Returning teams need approx $300. Numerous options are available here including, CAPE, having kids pay a nominal fee, fund raising, or getting sponsors. Most teams at the competitions had numerous sponsors listed on their shirts.