Area Youth Recognized for Teamwork and Innovation at FIRST ® LEGO® League Explore Remote Festival

April 8, 2022

Contestants ages 6 to 10 took part in the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League (FLL) Explore Festival, which was held remotely on March 13th due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s theme was CARGO CONNECT, in which teams researched how cargo is transported to and from their community and around the world. The teams embodied the program’s Core Values of teamwork and showed great innovation in their LEGO models and Show Me Posters that they shared with Reviewers remotely.
 
In Explore, teams of students ages 6-10 focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real-world problems, learn to design and code and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 and LEGO Spike Essential.
 
Each team was recognized in a different category and received a medal. The awards and recipients are listed below:

Award

Winners

Challenge Solution Award

Team #2619 “LEGO Engineers,” Mineola

Team #3697 “Team Epic,” Locust Valley

Team #6183, “Cargo Coders,” Mineola

Team #22977, “Blue Bird,” Flushing

Core Values Award

Team #22, “Kung Fu Team,” Syosset

Team #103, “Bright Robotic Narwhals,” Locust Valley

Team #6174, “The LEGO Transporters,” Mineola

Team #6175, “LEGO Monstars,” Mineola

Coding Award

Team #20544, “Light Speed LEGOS,” Baldwin

Team #20045, “Team Champion,” Flushing

Team #24307, “LEGO Girls,” East Islip

Team Model Award

Team #104, “The Convertibles,” Locust Valley

Team #2726, “Terrific Transportation.” Mineola

Team #2728, “LEGO Learners,” Mineola

Team #9258, “The Experts,” Roslyn

Team #12829, “LEGO Champions,” Port Jefferson Station

Team #24383, “Brick Designers,” Roslyn

Team Poster Award

Team #2730, “Builders Connect,” Mineola

Team #6176, “Team Universal,” Mineola

Team #13877, “LEGO Giants,” Woodbury

Team #24170, “Six Million IQ,” Syosset

 * Award descriptions are available upon request.
 
In addition, two teams will represent Long Island at the FIRST World Festival, which will take place at the George R, Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on April 20-23: Team #22 “Kung Fu Team” from Syosset and Team #25839 “Robotessori Team” from Baldwin.