Bates team making last minute preparations in the pit area with Coach Martin. Bates received an award for the design of their robot called ‘Johnny Cash’.  The kids programmed their Johnny Cash robot to ‘walk the line’ (i.e., the important core skill of robot line following using the light sensor) in order to navigate around the board.

Bates team showing the team spirit that placed them 7th in a field of 16 in robot performance.

Great for a rookie team!

Freetown kids exhibit gracious professionalism giving away blow pops to kids of another team. Gracious professionalism is an important core value of FLL whereby teams compete to win and at the same time make friends and cheer for other teams’ accomplishments.

Bywater team presenting their research project on transportation challenges facing their families in their neighborhood. Their conclusion is that public transportation is the best mode of transportation because it is available to the younger and older members of their families. They also stated that bike transportation is great for kids.

Admiral Oaks team delivers their research project on the safety of transportation in their Admiral Oaks neighborhood. This is important as the kids in this neighborhood play on the sidewalks and streets.

Freetown team has some fun while they wait outside the room before they deliver their presentation to a panel of three professional engineers on the design of their robot.  These kids are confident and relaxed.

Carlos from our Meade Village team enjoying a moment between robot performance runs.

Our Meade Village team lines up for their robot performance run. Hey, is everything we need in our equipment box?