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Hotdog hats, cheerful white lab coats and Rosie the Riveter costumes set the atmosphere Saturday for the Penn First Lego In collusion with Championship Tournament , held in the Irvine auditorium at the University of Pennsylvania Saturday.
FLL, a robotics program designed for kids ages 9 to 14, aims to get youthful students excited and involved in science and technology. Fifty-two teams from across the tri-maintain area traveled to University City to participate in FLL’s annual championship contest after advancing in regional qualifying rounds in December. Like elsewhere in the province, the City of Philadelphia’s School District is grappling with the want for strong STEM education .
This year’s theme was ‘Rations Factor Challenge’, where judges evaluated elementary and centre-school teams on three events.
“It’s basically an exhibition of elementary and stomach school students to show what they’ve learned in the area of robot design, sum vales, project presentation and robot performance,” said Kendrick Davis, the proceed judge advisor.
Source: Technically Philly