GSSI held it’s second annual Southwestern Illinois JrFLL Expo on Saturday, March 8, 2014. Thirteens teams from throughout southern Illinois participated in the Expo. All ten of the GSSI teams that participated displayed exceptional work. These teams of kindergarten – 3rd grade girls spent several weeks studying natural disasters and simple machines. They then displayed their work at the Expo through creating a "Show Me" science-fair type poster and a LEGO model with a simple machine and a motorized part.
Congratulations to the following teams and coaches:
The Lego Girls of Washington Park coached by Aleta Placide
The Pink Tigers of Effingham coached by Derek Hudson and Mindy Jenkins
The Flood Girls of Mascoutah coached by Dawn Waller and Jessica Silvia
The Tornado Girls of Mascoutah coached by Dawn Waller and Jessica Silvia
The Blizzard Busters of Maryville/Collinsville coached by Lisa Ferguson
Team LEGO of Charleston coached by Diane Ratliff
8548 Earthquakes of Anna coached by Betsy Back
The Blue Robot Cat Machines of Highland coached by Yumi Hohm
The Knights of the Round Lego of O’Fallon coached by Winnie Kenney
The Creative Kitties of O’Fallon coached by Megan Terrell
For more information about encouraging a love of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math through GSSI robotics teams contact Mary Buchanan at mbuchanan@gsofsi.org.
