City of First FLL Qualifying Tournament
The FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Introduces younger students to real-world engineering challenges by building LEGO-based robots to complete tasks on a thematic playing surface. FLL teams, guided by their imaginations and adult coaches, discover exciting career possibilities and, through the process, learn to make positive contributions to society.(usfirst.org)
The first, FIRST FLL Qualifying Tournament will be held on November 19th at Kokomo High School. The tournament is scheduled to run from 9am until roughly 4:30pm.
EVERYONE is welcome to attend.
The event is being organized and run by volunteers from Western High School’s PantherTech, Taylor High School’s Robo Titans, North Western High School’s CyberTooth and Kokomo High School’s Technokats.
Any questions can be adressed to:
Other Technokats involvement
Scrimmage
Nov. 4th, 2009 marked the first annual Kokomo FLL Scrimmage hosted by the TechnoKats. The scrimmage allowed FLL teams to practice robot performance, the research presentation, the teamwork judging, and the technical presentation in a constructive environment. TechnoKats team members provided on-the-spot feedback and mentoring. Four Indiana teams attended, with one team sending members to observe.
Sponsorship
The TechnoKats sponsored the creation of one FLL team in 2009. The team funded the NXT robot kit and constructed the FLL table on the right.
Mentoring
Multiple past and present students spend time mentoring local FLL teams. Many FLL students go on to become TechnoKats members once in high school.