More Than 200 Teams Take Part in the Twelfth Annual FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. Expos

This Year’s Challenge was BOOMTOWN BUILD

Team #103 “Bright Robotic Unicorns” of Locust Valley take part in the Crane Team Challenge during the FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO® League Jr. Expos at Mineola High School on February 29 and at Longwood High School on March 1. This year’s challenge was BOOMTOWN BUILDSM.

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

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.