Learn about FIRST Lego League Jr. at Feb. 3 open house
Fox Valley Robotics/Batavia Robotics brings its sixth annual FIRST Lego League Jr. season to the Fox Valley area with the 2018 "Aqua Adventures" open house at Fermilab from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3.
This year's open house features 16 teams of as many as six children per team, plus team coaches and mentors, involved with this year's topic "Aqua Adventures".
FIRST Lego League Jr. teams are tasked with researching and learning all about water - where it comes from and what happens on its way to us. In the 2017-2018 Aqua Adventure Challenge, over 40,000 children ages 6 to 10 look at water in a whole new way.
The grade-schoolers will exhibit projects and posters demonstrating their research about where water comes from, how it gets to us, and possibly some improvements. The open house is intended to give students an opportunity to present their research and celebrate the hard work they've done as a team, while at the same time, highlighting how water is an important part of the environment and our lives. It is not a competition, so all the teams are celebrated.
"Aqua Adventures" gives 6- to 10-year-old kids a hands-on, real world experience allowing them to use their imaginations and creativity in combination with science and technology, and lets them experience firsthand the very real and exhilarating struggles and successes that the world faces. The FLLJr program and challenge are designed by the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) as part of the FIRST Challenges. The FIRST Lego League Jr is for children 6 to 10 years old to introduce them to basic design skills and a hands-on approach to science and technology through the familiarity and fun of Lego building.
The open house, organized by Fox Valley Robotics and Batavia Robotics, will be 1 to 3 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony from 3 to 4 p.m. It will be held in the atrium of Fermilab's Wilson Hall, off Pine Street in Batavia. Admission is free.
The event will show kids of all ages what robotics is about.
To learn more, visit www.foxvalleyrobotics.com/flljrevent.