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

May 12, 2021

Contestants ages 6 to 10 took part in the annual FIRST LEGO League Explore Festival , which was held remotely on April 10th and 11th due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s theme was PLAYMAKERS, and teams explored ways to have people become more active. 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.

Each team was recognized in a different category and received a medal. The awards and recipients are listed below:

TEAM #	TEAM NAME	TOWN	AWARD
#103	Bright Robotic Unicorns	Locust Valley, NY	Challenge Solution Award
#104	The Convertibles	Locust Valley, NY	Core Values Award
#2619	Building Beavers	Mineola, NY	Coding Award
#2726	Everywhere We Go, It’s Time For Fun!	Mineola, NY	Core Values Award
#2728	Mini Builders	Mineola, NY	Core Values Award
#2730	Nifty Neurons	Mineola, NY	Team Model Award
#3697	Team Epic	Locust Valley, NY	Team Model Award
#6174	Building Tater-Tots	Mineola, NY	Team Model Award
#6175	Lego Elements	Mineola, NY	Core Values Award
#6183	Team Playmakers	Mineola, NY	Challenge Solution Award
#11164	Lego Pros	Locust Valley, NY	Team Model Award
#18478	Lego Angels	Ridge, NY	Team Poster Award
#23522	Gu Spirit	Port Washington, NY	Team Poster Award
#23601	Boss Baby	Syosset, NY	Team Model Award
#23781	The Gaming Masters	Jericho, NY	Coding Award
#23862	Vik’s Game Roboter	Short Hills, NJ	Coding Award
#24170	Six Million IQ	Syosset, NY	Team Poster
#24171	Kungfu Team	Syosset, NY	Coding Award
#24180	Livingston FLL Explorers	Livingston, NJ	Coding Award
#24190	Team Miracle	Williston Park, NY	Core Values Award
#24196	5 Brickeneers	South Setauket, NY	Coding Award

The Challenge Solution Award:
These teams showed excellent problem-solving skills to create an innovative and helpful solution to the challenge.

The Coding Award:
These teams gave effective explanations about how their code made their team models move and showed good communication skills.

Team Poster Award:
These teams showed creativity on their team poster and clearly explained what they had learned through their FIRST LEGO League Explore team journey.

The Core Value Award:
These teams demonstrated great teamwork as they explored the challenge, showing they fully understood the FIRST Core Values.

Team Model Award:
These teams displayed innovation and creativity through the design and building of their models.

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