More than 60 teams, each made up of 9- to 14-year-old children, from across the state competed Saturday in the 18th annual Maine FIRST LEGO League State Championship at the Augusta Civic Center.
According to the program, the league is designed to encourage the natural curiosity and creativity of children, in the belief that those qualities are key to understanding complex problems, imagining new possibilities, and developing innovative solutions. The league actively engages 9- to 14-year-old children to experience the world using science and technology as their guides. Using a real-world context and hands-on experimentation, FLL empowers teams of children to teach themselves how and why things work as they discover and develop diverse interests and skills that help bring their future into focus.
Awards were distributed as follows:
GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM AWARD
1st place: Noble Nezinscot Nerds
2nd place: Coyote Pups — Alpha
RESEARCH AWARD
1st place: H2O07 (from Lawrence Junior High School)
2nd place: Yellow Submarines
PRESENTAION AWARD
1st place: Hydro Llamas
2nd place: Gardiner Lego Robots 2 (from Gardiner Regional Middle School)
ENERGIZER AWARD
BE EV3’s
T-SHIRT AWARD
1st place: System Overload
2nd place: Drought Scouts
MECHANICAL DESIGN AWARD
1st place: Blue Jesters
2nd place: Salty Savages
PROGRAMMING AWARD
1st place: Hydro Hawks
2nd place: Excelerators (from Winslow)
STRATEGY AND INNOVATION AWARD
1st place: The Leaky Sinks
2nd place: Robo Cougars (from Mt. Blue Middle School)
INSPIRATION AWARD
1st place: Aye Sea Legos
2nd place: Who Are We?
TEAMWORK AWARD
1st place: The Snail People
2nd place: Noteworthy Nezinscot Nerds
INNOVATIVE SOLUTION AWARD
1st place: Coyote Pups — Gamma
2nd place: Waterville Junior High Team
CHAMPION’S AWARD
1st place: Water Those?
2nd place: Pipe Patrol
3rd place: SmartFun Engineers (from Farmington)
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