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Energetic Kick-Off

  • 2007-12-02

The FIRST organization will launch the Lego League, taking place in Israel for the fourth year, on Wednesday, December 5.  Fifty teams from all over the country signed up for the league this year, including groups from Tel Aviv, Arad, Tamra, Haifa, Herzliya, Misgav and Baka al-Gharbiya. The motto of this year’s competition will be “The Riddle of Energy – Meeting World Standards.”

Energetic Kick-Off

FIRST’s Lego league is an international robotics program conducted with the Lego group.  The league is for students ages 9-14 and is made of groups of 4-10 members who fill roles in a similar model to an industry structure.  The students use Lego blocks, sensors, motors, gears and a sophisticated control interface to build and plan an autonomic robot that can carry out various tasks while moving in a defined space.

The challenge is based on a series of global problems and is made of two parts: first is building a robot to complete the robot challenge and the second is studying and solving a real global problem facing scientists and presenting the solution.  Every year the national final is held at the Yad Eliyahu sports arena and the first-place winners represent Israel in the world championship in Atlanta, while the second-place winners represent Israel at the European contest in Norway.

FIRST (www.usfirst.org) is a nonprofit organization that operates in the US, Canada, Brazil, Britain and Israel.  The organization offers motivation and access to technology and science studies among youngsters through robotics.  One of the focuses of FIRST’s activity is the FLL contest.

Following is the schedule of the league opening event on Wednesday, December 5th:

  • 2:00 - 2:30: Registration and gathering
  • 2:30 - 2:45: Opening ceremony
  • 2:45 - 3:45: Revealing Lego League challenge 2007/2008
  • 3:45 - 4:30: Distribution of content kits

The event will take place at the Air Force House, Jabotinsky Street 15, Herzliya.  Information about the contest can be found at the FLL website.

For further information and RSVP: Libby 054-2457682

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