Lego Robotics

Unearthed - Northboro' Qualifier

It was a long and arduous day but the three teams from Central performed brilliantly on the robot missions. Both Tsunamis and Dino Nuggets improved their scores over the course of the day and finished comfortably in the center of the pack.

Lego Bots Finished an impressive FOURTH out of forty six. 

 

NO robotics Monday Jan 12

YES robotics Tuesday Jan 13

 

Demolition party will be January 13

 

Spring session begins Tuesday Jan 20 - fill out the form on the robotics classroom or see Mrs Mastico.

 

 

Lego Robotics at Central Middle School 

What we do at Central: 

  • coaches are Mrs Mastico and Mrs Whigham

  • we have 12 robot brains to work with

  • students form teams of 2-10 members

  • we work towards the FLL challenge of the season

  • three teams compete in the regional qualifier usually at Revere High School, early December

  • the other teams compete in an in-school challenge

What is the Robotics program at Central?

Lego Robotics is run by Ms. Mastico and Mrs Whigham. It is mostly focused on the First Lego League robotics competition. A table has missions to be completed,  the students build and program the robot that will do as many of those tasks as possible. 

Fall robotics

The year begins with the international First Lego League competition. Students are organized into teams of two to ten people, and develop a robot to do this year’s tasks. This year we have been promised three teams to be entered into the official regional FLL qualifier and they move on to State if successful. The three official teams are also required to complete a research and design project that complements the theme of the challenge.

After the qualifier, there will be an in-house competition to see who built the best one. Following this there will be a challenge arranged by your coaches, one year was burglar alarms, the next was Sumo bots. This challenge is only at Central and is informal. 

Spring robotics

Later in the spring, Quincy hosts the President's Cup, a citywide competition between the middle schools. This is usually a past FLL challenge and consists of all the aspects of an official competition.

Signing up

It is a very competitive program, especially at the beginning while everyone is figuring out what they want to do (there are a lot of options at Central).  There are a lot of students and not a lot of places in the club. In order to manage the requests, students must stop by the library before or after school, or at SSB in order to get a permission slip.