More Than 200 Teams Take Part in the Twelfth Annual FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. Expos
For two days, hundreds of students, parents and volunteers convened for learning, technology and fun at this year’s FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO® League Jr. Expos. The events were held on February 29 at Mineola High School and March 1 at Longwood High School and presented by School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. dba FIRST® Long Island.
During the two Expo days, children ages six to nine from teams across Long Island presented their projects for this year’s challenge, BOOMTOWN BUILDSM, in which teams explored the growing needs and challenges of the people in their community. Using LEGO Education WeDo 2.0, they helped to imagine and create a building that solves a problem and makes life easier, happier or more connected for the people who use it. They also learned to present information through a Show-Me Poster and kept track of what they learn in their Engineering Notebook. Throughout their experience, teams operated under the signature set of FIRST Core Values.
Listed below are the awards given during the morning session on February 29:
Award |
Team No. |
Team Name/Town |
Design and Show Award |
2728 6175 12829 20829 20871 21505 |
Wrecking Balls/Mineola Boomtown Ducks/Mineola Lego Fairies/Port Jefferson Station St. Patrick’s Little League 2/Huntington St. Patrick’s Little League 3/Huntington Robotics We/Garden City Park |
Innovative Model Award |
2726 2730 10045 13665 20952 21870 |
Boom Builders/Mineola The Boomtown Makers/Mineola Baseball Builders/Dix Hills Lego Jedi/Merrick SEC Monarchs Jr./Syosset Astro Girls/Syosset |
Discover and Program Award |
11163 14102 21405 22684 |
Bayville Engineers/Bayville Jaguar Insight/Huntington Star Tech/Jericho Flower Hill Star Foxes/Huntington |
Explore and Design Award |
14101 17669 20832 |
The Jefferson Jaguars/Huntington CHC Boomtown Bots/Elmont Bionic Bulldogs/Elmont |
Innovative Explorers Award |
16482 21229 21276 22685 22686 |
Alden Mini-Bots/Valley Stream Super Weirdos/Floral Park St. Patrick’s Little League #4/Huntington Flower Hill Fox Bro’s/Huntington Flower Hill Brick Foxes/Huntington |
Cooperative Model Award |
2619 6174 6176 6183 20359 |
Boom Boys/Mineola Boomtown Builders/Mineola Boomtown Legends/Mineola Boomtown Creators/Mineola St. Patrick’s Little League/Huntington |
Listed below are the awards given during the afternoon session on February 29:
Award |
Team No. |
Team Name/Town |
Innovative Explorers Award |
103 2545 10238 22620 22783 22977 |
Bright Robotic Unicorns/Locust Valley LEGO Einsteins/Floral Park Brick Creators/Hicksville Cyber Stars/Port Washington The LOCAL/Great Neck Blue Bird/Great Neck |
Innovative Model Award |
104 4433 13877 21323 22339 |
The Convertibles/Locust Valley Beach Bricks/Long Beach Team LSW Go/Syosset Bright Bolts/Garden City NHP-GCP/New Hyde Park |
Discover and Program Award |
4644 11164 13493 17055 20615 22299 |
Bay Boom Builders/Bayville LEGO Pros/Bayville Progressive School of Long Island/Merrick Moonrovers/Syosset Exploding Red Rainbows/Massapequa Park LEGO Masters 1/Roslyn Heights |
Design and Show Award |
9258 18632 19854 21197 21571 22356 |
Dragon/Roslyn LEGO Lambs/Floral Park Team Awesome/Merrick Exploding Blue Rainbows/Massapequa Park Team11791/Syosset DIVAneerettes 2/Garden City |
Explore and Design Award |
20544 21732 22045 22109 22111 22147 |
Super LEGO Bros/Baldwin DIVAneerettes/Garden City Team Champion/Flushing The Masters/Woodhaven Team Boomtown/Woodhaven Educational Robotic Masters/Flushing |
Cooperative Model Award |
4612 13670 19876 20950 22079 22110 22112 |
Super Robotics/Locust Valley Magical Bots/Garden City Robotic Knights/Plainview Immortal/Albertson Rosie Robotics/Garden City Jewels/Woodhaven LEGO Empire/Woodhaven |
Listed below are the awards given on March 1:
Award |
Team No. |
Team Name/Town |
Innovative Explorers Award |
2855 12320 18356 18357 18359 18656 |
Jr. Crazy Engineers (Glassnapp)/Middle Island Aqua Architects/Port Jefferson Roblox Super Builders/Rego Park Super Mega Builder Maker/Rego Park Excellent Robotics Building/New York City Team Lollipop/Patchogue |
Innovative Model Award |
2852 3697 18478 19752 |
Jr. Lego Leaders (Kiang)/Middle Island Team Epic/Locust Valley Lego Angels/Ridge The Lego Snipes/Riverhead |
Discover and Program Award |
2850 2856 3645 23134 |
Jr. Legoman Crushers (Rubino)/Middle Island Jr. Boom Boys/Middle Island Jr. LYSA Lego Squad (McGlaughlin)/Middle Island The Engineering Robot/Syosset |
Explore and Design Award |
449 2849 12321 16527 |
Jr. LYSA Lego Cats (Bossert)/Middle Island Lego Mindcrafter/Middle Island P.J. Planners/Port Jefferson Robo Patties/Island Park |
Cooperative Model Award |
2848 2853 6317 23285 |
Jr. Brick Builders (Luna)/Middle Island Crane City Craniacs/Middle Island LEGO Boomtown Girls/Patchogue Jack Abrams STEM Lego Builders/East Setauket |
Team #17669 “CHC Boomtown Bots” in Elmont received the Explore and Design Award at the FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. Expos on February 29 at Mineola High School and on March 1 at Longwood High School.