Westford Elementary School's four FIRST LEGO League (FLL) teams (serving grades 4-6) have all advanced through regional qualifiers. They will participate in the Vermont State Championships hosted at GlobalFoundries on January 18.
This season's theme, SUBMERGED, encourages teams to research all aspects of exploring our oceans. One portion of the competition focuses on the Robot Game. Teams have been working since September to design, build, and code autonomous robots to complete as many missions as possible during 2 minutes and 30 seconds of match play. Equally important is the Innovation Project, where teams research, design, prototype, and present their solution to a problem they've identified to aid in ocean exploration.
Westford teams (Atlantic Pandas, Pacific Pandas, PanDucks, and Prodigy Pandas) have each put in almost 80 hours of work to reach this milestone, developing teamwork, leadership, resilience, and perseverance along the way.
For more information on upcoming events, visit firstinvermont.org.