BETTENDORF, IOWA (December 6, 2019) — Creativity, engineering, and high energy will come together this weekend at the 11th Annual, Quad Cities — Davenport FIRST LEGO League Qualifiers on Saturday, December 7, and Sunday, December 8. Fifty-eight FIRST LEGO League teams will be completing.
In FIRST LEGO League, teams of students in grades 4-8 research a real-world engineering challenge, develop a solution, and compete with LEGO-based autonomous robots of their own design.
For 2019, the challenge is CITY SHAPER. Students will observe how cities and buildings grow, thrive, and change. They'll create new, innovative solutions to help shape an optimal future, using our environment and modern-day tools and technology to make it last.
The competition is judged in three areas: Project; Robot Design, and Core Values, which embody aspects of teamwork and good sportsmanship. Top robot game-scores are also honored.
The top qualifying teams will move on to the State of Iowa Championship in January with the chance to make it to the FIRST World Championship in Detroit in April.
18 FIRST LEGO League Junior teams of students age 6-10 will be participating in expos displaying their LEGO Models with their Show Me poster showing what they learned.
Schedule:
8:40AM Opening Ceremony
9-11:30AM Judging Sessions & Robot Competition Rounds
12:30-2:10PM Judging Sessions & Robot Competition Rounds
2:45PM Awards and Closing Ceremonies (Approximate time)
Link to detailed schedule & list of teams for December 7
Link to detailed schedule and list of teams for December 8
The event is free and open to the public.
Note: The Quad Cities — Moline Green & Yellow FIRST LEGO League Qualifier with a record 36 teams will be held on Saturday, December 14, at the John Deere World Headquarters in Moline.
The events are organized locally by the non-profit Quad City Engineering and Science Council (QCESC) in partnership with FIRST Illinois, John Deere, Iowa State University of Engineering, and The Putnam Museum. Further information the QCESC is available at www.qcesc.org.
