Dec. 5, 2008
Students Learn Science and Math During LEGO Robotics Competition
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Students from several area schools will compete Saturday, Dec. 6 to show off their skills in building and programming LEGO robots at Marshall University’s Huntington campus.
The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League program is offered each year to local students to make learning fun and to help students improve their creative thinking.
This year’s theme centers on the earth’s climate and how it affects the environment around us. Many of the tasks programmed by the robots center on this theme and the students also have done research to learn the information needed for their projects.
The competition also helps students learn math, since they must use their math skills to program the robots to perform certain tasks. The contest measures the students’ abilities to get their robots to perform the tasks in a limited amount of time, and points are based on formulas related to how much of the task was performed.
Teams that win at the local level will go on to the state competition in Wheeling later this month.
The schools involved Saturday include Barboursville Middle School, Mil ton Middle School, St. Joseph Middle School, Village of Barboursville Elementary, Spring Hill Elementary, St. Joseph Elementary, Kellogg Elementary, Central City Elementary and Southside Elementary.
Public demonstrations and competitions begin at 11 a.m. on the first floor of the Morrow Library on 3rd Avenue. The event ends at 2 p.m. with an awards presentation.
For more information contact Linda Hamilton, LEGO specialist at Marshall, at 304-696-7166, or parent volunteer Lena Burdette at 304-634-1951.
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Students Learn Science and Math During LEGO Robotics Competition
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Students from several area schools will compete Saturday, Dec. 6 to show off their skills in building and programming LEGO robots at Marshall University’s Huntington campus.
The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League program is offered each year to local students to make learning fun and to help students improve their creative thinking.
This year’s theme centers on the earth’s climate and how it affects the environment around us. Many of the tasks programmed by the robots center on this theme and the students also have done research to learn the information needed for their projects.
The competition also helps students learn math, since they must use their math skills to program the robots to perform certain tasks. The contest measures the students’ abilities to get their robots to perform the tasks in a limited amount of time, and points are based on formulas related to how much of the task was performed.
Teams that win at the local level will go on to the state competition in Wheeling later this month.
The schools involved Saturday include Barboursville Middle School, Mil ton Middle School, St. Joseph Middle School, Village of Barboursville Elementary, Spring Hill Elementary, St. Joseph Elementary, Kellogg Elementary, Central City Elementary and Southside Elementary.
Public demonstrations and competitions begin at 11 a.m. on the first floor of the Morrow Library on 3rd Avenue. The event ends at 2 p.m. with an awards presentation.
For more information contact Linda Hamilton, LEGO specialist at Marshall, at 304-696-7166, or parent volunteer Lena Burdette at 304-634-1951.
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