This year, the Chattanooga Engineers Club is working with teams from:
Each team will create and maintain a web site as a part of the research and presentation portion of the challenge. Click on the links above to follow their progress
On December 1, more than 75 went to Cookeville for the state competition (47 students and coaches and more than 40 parents). While we brought home no trophies this year, three teams finished in the top quartile for robot performance (60 teams competed). Congratulations to Brainerd Baptist School (Lego Wasps) for 15th in robot performance (extraordinary for a first-time team and coach), a 13th for Team Terastorm (also first-time team and coach), and 11th for the Tyner Tybots (our most experienced coach, with a first-year team). Brooke Marsh, from Brainerd Baptist, deserves special recognition for a first-time coach with TWO first-time teams AND they are an ELEMENTARY school!
Two teams placed in the top quartile in overall performance, which includes teamwork and research project performance. The Tybots were 10th overall and the David Brainerd Christian School Wildcats were 11th. This is great performance, in all phases of the competition and against 60 of the best schools and teams in the state. Lora Aycock and Jeff Allen are great coaches, both with teams with no previous experience.
This year's theme was "Power Puzzle" and dealt with the use of energy. Next year's theme (2008) will focus on weather and climate change. For information about the 2008 challenge and the First Lego League, visit the FLL web site.
For information on starting a local team in the Chattanooga area, contact Cathy Burnett or Ed Chapin. For information on starting teams anywhere else in Tennessee, visit the Tennessee First Lego League
If you, or your firm, would like to support this project, please download the attached document.
