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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B次元官网网址淥ver 80 volunteers, with around half from the Meadowridge students and families, helped make the day a success,B次元官网网址� said a Meadowridge School representative.

B次元官网网址淚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.B次元官网网址�

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.

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

B次元官网网址淭here were also games for the kids such as a build challenge and a scavenger hunt organized by some of our high school students,B次元官网网址� said the schoolB次元官网网址檚 representative.

B次元官网网址淭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.B次元官网网址�

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:

B次元官网网址� Teamsters (Nanaimo) B次元官网网址� ChampionB次元官网网址檚 Award First Place

B次元官网网址� FIFA (Richmond) B次元官网网址� ChampionB次元官网网址檚 Award Second Place

B次元官网网址� Doges (Richmond) B次元官网网址� ChampionB次元官网网址檚 Award Third Place

B次元官网网址� Fireweed Robotics (Whitehorse) B次元官网网址� Core Values Award First Place

B次元官网网址� WASPS (Richmond) B次元官网网址� Core Values Award Second Place

B次元官网网址� Captain Ducks (Richmond) B次元官网网址� Innovation Project Award First Place

B次元官网网址� Team Mischief (Richmond) B次元官网网址� Innovation Project Award Second Place

B次元官网网址� MDR KFC (Maple Ridge) B次元官网网址� Robot Design Award First Place

B次元官网网址� The Unknown Code (Esquimalt) B次元官网网址� Robot Design Award Second Place

B次元官网网址� MDR Failure Management (Maple Ridge) B次元官网网址� Engineering Excellence Award

B次元官网网址� Slipper Guys (Richmond) B次元官网网址� Engineering Excellence Award

B次元官网网址� HMS-3 (Kelowna) B次元官网网址� Breakthrough Award

B次元官网网址� MDR MnM (Maple Ridge) B次元官网网址� Rising All-Star Award

B次元官网网址� MMMMMB次元官网网址� Marshmallows (Burnaby) B次元官网网址� Motivate Award

B次元官网网址� Brendan Stanford of DRK-1 (Kelowna) B次元官网网址� 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.