What is a FIRST LEGO League State
Championship?
It's a event at which 60 or more teams
compete for the coveted Champion's Award which
provides and invitation to the world
championship in Atlanta in April. The teams have
typically been working for hours beginning in
late August to perfect the four areas of the
competition. The highest combined score wins the
Champion's Award.
The four areas are:
- A research project: This year the
teams must identify a building in their
community, research its energy usage, and
propose solutions to improve the building.
- A teamwork interview: The team is
interviewed and given some challenges to
solve. They are scored on their ability to
work together to accomplish the task.
- A technical interview: The
team's robot and programming is reviewed by
a group of engineers and scored for
efficiency, innovation, and effectiveness.
- The table challenge: This is the
big public event full of exciting
accomplishments and agonizing failures. The
teams have 2.5 minutes to complete a number
of tasks on a table using autonomous robots.
The missions must be flawless, the execution
perfect. The goal: 400 point perfect score.
Want to see how much fun it
is?
Check out our pics from the past
three years.
Public Schedule
| Time |
Event |
What to See... |
| 7-8am |
Registration |
|
| 9am -12pm |
Judging
begins
Practice Matches |
- Watch the practice matches as
teams make final adjustments in
preparation for the main
competition.
- Port Discovery should be there
around 11am.
- There will be a LEGO play area
as well.
- Engineering education related
activities that will run through to
the afternoon.
- There will be a couple of campus
tours going on as well as a info
session about the college.
- Note that the technical,
project, and teamwork interviews are
not open to the public.
|
| 10:00am-11:30am |
The JFLL
Expo, Judging, and Displays |
- See the work of ten or
more teams of young engineers (5-9
years).
- Explore their projects and
research.
|
| 12pm - 1 pm |
Opening
Ceremony for FLL and Closing for JFLL
with keynote speakers. |
- See the JFLL teams receive their
rewards.
- Hear the keynote speakers for
the event.
- Enjoy the excitement of more
than 700 enthusiastic young
engineers.
|
| 1pm - 4pm |
Matches |
- Watch 72 teams battle it out for
the best consistent scores in the
robot challenge.
|
| 4pm - 4:30 pm |
Final
championship elimination rounds. |
- The final 8 battle it out for
the top score and hopefully a path
to the Champion's award.
|
| 4:30 |
Ceremony for FLL |
- Teams are recognized for their
hard work.
- Major awards given out.
|
Where exactly is the
FLL State Tournament?
The expo will be held in
conjunction with the Maryland FIRST LEGO Tournament at
UMBC in the Retriever Activities Center.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000
Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/
http://www.umbcretrievers.com/info/facilities/
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MD State Championship