Students from all across B.C. and the Yukon demonstrated just how scientific LEGO can be at the recent FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge BC/Yukon Championship.

Meadowridge School hosted the event on March 9, with more than 400 people showing up to either compete or watch the children demonstrate their technical prowess.

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91裸聊视频淥ver 80 volunteers, with around half from the Meadowridge students and families, helped make the day a success,91裸聊视频� said a Meadowridge School representative.

91裸聊视频淚t was a long day from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with presentations to judges about their innovation project and robot in addition to the timed robot runs where the teams tried to complete as many missions to earn points as possible.91裸聊视频�

As part of the competition, student groups were judged on four key areas, which included their innovation project, the design of their LEGO robot, the score from the robot obstacle course, and their teamwork/initiative.

It always blows my mind to see how smart these kids are at sych a young age 馃く

Meadowridge also explained that other smaller events were set up throughout the school for people to enjoy.

91裸聊视频淭here were also games for the kids such as a build challenge and a scavenger hunt organized by some of our high school students,91裸聊视频� said the school91裸聊视频檚 representative.

91裸聊视频淭here was even a small event for four Grade 2 to 3 FLL explore teams where they were able to show off their building, coding, and teamwork.91裸聊视频�

Six of the 36 teams competing at the championship event were from Meadowridge, with the local teams putting on quite the performances and even earning a few awards.

The following teams won awards at the 2024 FIRST LEGO League Challenge BC/Yukon Championship:

91裸聊视频� Teamsters (Nanaimo) 91裸聊视频� Champion91裸聊视频檚 Award First Place

91裸聊视频� FIFA (Richmond) 91裸聊视频� Champion91裸聊视频檚 Award Second Place

91裸聊视频� Doges (Richmond) 91裸聊视频� Champion91裸聊视频檚 Award Third Place

91裸聊视频� Fireweed Robotics (Whitehorse) 91裸聊视频� Core Values Award First Place

91裸聊视频� WASPS (Richmond) 91裸聊视频� Core Values Award Second Place

91裸聊视频� Captain Ducks (Richmond) 91裸聊视频� Innovation Project Award First Place

91裸聊视频� Team Mischief (Richmond) 91裸聊视频� Innovation Project Award Second Place

91裸聊视频� MDR KFC (Maple Ridge) 91裸聊视频� Robot Design Award First Place

91裸聊视频� The Unknown Code (Esquimalt) 91裸聊视频� Robot Design Award Second Place

91裸聊视频� MDR Failure Management (Maple Ridge) 91裸聊视频� Engineering Excellence Award

91裸聊视频� Slipper Guys (Richmond) 91裸聊视频� Engineering Excellence Award

91裸聊视频� HMS-3 (Kelowna) 91裸聊视频� Breakthrough Award

91裸聊视频� MDR MnM (Maple Ridge) 91裸聊视频� Rising All-Star Award

91裸聊视频� MMMMM91裸聊视频� Marshmallows (Burnaby) 91裸聊视频� Motivate Award

91裸聊视频� Brendan Stanford of DRK-1 (Kelowna) 91裸聊视频� Coach/Mentor Award

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Several of the award winners were also invited to compete at international FLL events, with Teamsters, FIFA, and Doges all headed to U.S. events later this year.