Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois is hosting the Southwestern Illinois Junior FIRST LEGO League (JrFLL) Expo on Saturday, March 21, 2015. The Expo will be held at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL and run from 9:30 am to Noon.
JrFLL is for children ages 6-9 and captures young children's curiosity and directs it toward discovering the wonders of science and technology. This program features a real-world scientific concept to be explored through research, teamwork, construction, and imagination. Guided by adult Coaches, teams use LEGO® bricks to build a model that moves and develop a Show Me Poster to illustrate their journey.
Through JrFLL Children get to: design and build a challenge-related model using LEGO® components, create a Show Me Poster and practice presentation skills, explore challenges facing today's scientists, discover real-world math and science, begin developing teamwork skills, choose to participate in expos and showcases, engage in team activities guided by Jr.FLL Core Values
Girl Scout Teams scheduled to compete are:
Knights of the Round LEGO,
O’Fallon & Coach Winnie Kenney
8548 Cowgirls, Anna & Coach Celeste Borders
The LEGO League Thin
Mints, O’Fallon & Coach Kevin Ponciroli
Pink Peacocks, O’Fallon & Coach Michelle Sparks
LEGO Brownie Bots,
O’Fallon & Coach Stacy Young
E. St. Louis Dunbar
Elementary School & Coach Wenona Woolfolk
Effingham & Coach Sasha Hudson
Additional Teams:
Brain Train, St. Louis
Brain Freeze, St. Louis
Royal LEGOs #1, Red Bud
Royal LEGOs #2, Red Bud
Kennard CJA, St. Louis
Smart Imaginative
Engineering Kittens, Staunton
Clever Little Foxess,
Arnold MO
Laughing LEGO Cyber Bots,
Glen Carbon
Bionic Bots, Edwardsville
Junior LEGO Masters,
Fenton MO
For more information about GSSI's Girl Scout Robotics program, please contact STEM Program Manager Mary Buchanan at 800.345.6858, ext. 1115 or e-mail mbuchanan@gsofsi.org.
