TCTC FLL Regional Tournament rescheduled

The Fifth Annual Tri-County Technical College FLL Regional Tournament will take place this Saturday, February 9 from 9am to 3pm.  The tournament was originally scheduled for February 2 but icy weather forced its postponement.  Eighteen teams, representing students from Upstate elementary and middle schools, will compete in a regional qualifying event for FIRST LEGO League teams.  Around 200 students, ages 9 – 14, along with coaches and parents, are expected to attend. FIRST LEGO League is a program created by the FIRST organization.  It 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. In this year’s “Senior Solutions Challenge,” FLL teams will identify problems senior citizens face today (memory loss, reaction time, flexibility, recovery from an injury and keeping up with technology). Students have interviewed their clients (senior citizens) and developed ideas for solutions that they will present at the tournament. The event is comprised of the robot game, robot design, research project and core values.