West Tennessee FLL

Now that the season is officially over, we have a number of FLL “Into Orbit” fields kits that we would like to give away. Please use the “Contact Us” form to let us know you are interested in receiving one.

Please note that those interested in forming NEW teams within the West TN Region next year will have priority (so make sure to include that in the submission if that is the case).

We have two articles of clothing that were found at the end of the tournament. Use the “Contact Us” to claim. Please include a description of the missing item.

From: WREG News Channel 3
Posted Jan 27, 2019

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Students from Memphis and Shelby County competed in the West Tennessee FIRST LEGO League 2019 championship.

FIRST LEGO League is an international competition hosted by an organization called FIRST.

Each year, teams are tasked with researching a real-world problem and developing a solution. Teams design, build and program robots using LEGO bricks, and then compete in the Robot Game. Teams also design their own costumes and display boards.

The competition was held Saturday at the University of Memphis under the direction of Dan Kohn, associate professor of engineering at the University of Memphis, and Frank Niedzwiedz, president of R & N Systems Design, a Memphis-based engineering company.

Out of the 46 teams that competed, 38 of them were from Memphis, Collierville, Germantown, Bartlett, Cordova and Arlington. The teams were made up of five to 10 students who were between the ages of 9 and 14.

This year’s challenge was “Into Orbit,” and teams had to complete tasks related to going into space.

The competition included programming a robot to complete certain tasks with a 2-and-a-half minute window, explaining FIRST LEGO League’s core values to the judges and performing a project presentation to a second set of judges. Around 350 students and 150 parents and teachers attended.

On Saturday, Jan 26, 2019, the West TN FLL Championship was held at the University of Memphis. Teams from across West TN competed in four qualifiers to earn the right to compete in the Championship.

We would like to thank our Qualifier Hosts:

We would also like to thank the Coaches for all the time and effort they put into their teams!

We would also like to thank our sponsors for their support for West TN FLL!

Lastly, we would like to thank all the volunteers that help out in the planing and execution of all our West TN FLL Events!

Here is a list of the awards from the event:

A description of awards can be found HERE.

Pictures and video will be posted shortly (watch this site for updates).

Coaches will be emailed the judging rubrics for their teams(s) shortly (an announcement will be posted when we send out the results).

Thank you all for participating and we hope to see you all for the 2019-20 season.

Teams,

With the Championship coming up Saturday Jan 26, 2018 we wanted to post the following information for you:

Championship Manual

Team Schedules (by team number)

Pits and Judging Rooms Map (Detailed – Use browser zoom -/+). Please note: Core Values Judging will be on the 2nd floor of the UC, all other activities will be on the 3rd floor.

University Center Map General Map of University Center for FLL Championship.

Visitor Handout

Teams will receive a packet (including Championship Manual and multiple copies of the team schedule and the UC Map during check it).

There will be Visitor Handout available at the check in desk.

See you all Saturday!