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FIRST Lego League  What is the FIRST LEGO League (FLL)? The FIRST Lego League (FLL) is for students who are 9 to 14 years old. There is also a Junior level of the FIRST Lego League for students in the age group of 6 to 9 years old. The goal of FLL and Jr. FLL is to introduce and get students involved in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). More information about FLL can be found at this link. FLL and JrFLL has a set of core values similar to many school character values: Friendly sportsmanship, Learning and community involvement or more to the point as FIRST prefers to states it “Gracious Professionalism”
Lancer Robotics Fields 2.5 FLL Teams
The Lancer Robotics FLL teams are very grateful for their mentors who took the time to assist with the presentations, building and programming challenges.
Lancer Robotics hosts a District FLL Tournament In November 2009, Lancer Robotics hosted the East Honolulu District A Tournament at Sacred Hearts Academy. All participants received a certificate acknowledging their participation in this event. Six teams competing in this district tournament earned the right to advance to the Hawaii State championships: Team 3180 Moanalua Elementary, Team 2716 Highlands Intermediate, Team 509 Laulima from Kaahumanu Elementary, Team 3185 Pauoa Elementary, Team 4115 Lancer Robotics Junior High, and Team 4116 Lancer Robotics Elementary (6th grade). For other HFLL 2009 District Tournaments Results, please go to the following website: http://www.hawaiifll.org/documents/09distawards_001.pdf Lancer Robotics thanks the judges, timers, referees and volunteers who helped make this experience possible for the competing teams. A special thanks to Mr. Luis Fung who provided lunch for the judges, timers and referees, students mentors of Team 2437.
Hawaii FLL Championships 2009 The HFLL State Championship was held at the Blaisdell Arena on December 19 and was sponsored by Hawai‘i Robotics Organizing Committee (ROC), Women in Technology, Hawaiian Electric Company, TESORO Corporation, City & County of Honolulu - HTA - CPEP, UH Manoa College of Engineering, Honolulu Community College - Construction Academy, Hawaii Department of Education, and isisHawaii. Team 4728, Punabots Blue, comprised of students from Punahou and other schools, will travel to Atlanta, Georgia to represent Hawaii at the FLL Championship, April 15 – 17, 2010. The Lancer Robotics Junior High Lego Team 4115, placed 12th out of the 48 teams who competed. For complete results: http://www.hawaiifll.org/documents/09champawards.pdf FLL in the NEWS
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Each year at the beginning of the school year FIRST announces a challenge to all the FLL teams. Each year the challenge is different and unique from previous years so students, even those who have been previously involved in other FLL challenges, are constantly challenged to expand their knowledge and skills. This year’s challenge dealt with Transforming Transportation and was called Smart Move. For more information about Smart Move: 
The challenges consist of a research project on a contemporary issue, and a robotic task challenge. The robotic task has a specific 4’x 8’ playfield with obstacles and tasks the robot needs to perform within a 2½ minute time limit. From the announcement of that year’s research and robotic challenge the FLL teams have 8 weeks to complete their research, design and build a robot capable of performing the required tasks and then program the robot to complete the challenge autonomously. 
In its 3rd year of robotics the high school team competing in the FRC challenge again mentored the Junior High School team. During the 2009 FLL challenge, Sacred Hearts Academy fielded two FLL teams, Team 4115 consisting of students in the 7th and 8th grades and Team 4116 comprised of students mainly from the 6th grade cohort. Lancer Robotics additionally sponsored an unofficial 4th grade team which submitted a presentation, but chose to compete yet with their robot.