2011 Food Factor Challenge: Keeping Food Safe

Can FIRST® LEGO® League teams improve the quality of food by finding ways to prevent food contamination? In the 2011 Food Factor Challenge, over 200,000 9-16* year olds from over 55 countries will explore the topic of food safety and examine the possible points of contamination our food encounters – from exposure to insects and creatures, to unsterile processing and transportation, to unsanitary preparation and storage – then find ways to prevent or combat these contaminates. In the Food Factor Challenge, teams will build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT to solve a set of Food Safety missions as well as research, develop, and share their innovative food safety solutions. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under FLL’s signature set of Core Values.

500 Pictures

Here is a 500 photo gallery of the 2010 Wyoming FLL Championship!
http://gallery.me.com/jeffbrewster#100081

Video by NCTV

Here is a great 2010 Wyoming FLL video created by NCTV. It includes excepts from Story Musgrave's talk and footage from the Championship.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1785926612943

Enjoy!

2010 Award Winners

Champions Award
1st Place: Automaton Lords of Laramie from Laramie
2nd Place: Supernova Destruction from Green River
3rd Place: Cyclonic Robots from Casper (CY Middle School)

Project Presentation Award
1st Place: Seek and Destroy from Lusk
2nd Place: The LEGO Brick Masters from Cheyenne
3rd Place: The 4-H Tied Dyed Dominators from Evanston

Robot Performance Award
1st Place: Automaton Lords of Laramie from Laramie (280 points)
2nd Place: The Wolverines from Evanston (225 points)
3rd Place: Pinedale 2 from Pinedale (205 points)

Creative Presentation Award
1st Place: The Spy Ders from Casper (Poison Spider)
2nd Place: The Funky Beats from Casper (Bar Nunn)
3rd Place: The Troll Soldiers from Newcastle

Innovative Solution Award
1st Place: Electric Chargers from Casper (Fort Caspar Academy)
2nd Place: Pinedale 2 from Pinedale
3rd Place: The Asthmaniacs from Casper (Manor Heights)

Research Quality Award
1st Place: Veni Vidi Duci from Casper
2nd Place: The Laser Blazers from Casper (Oregon Trail)
3rd Place: The Robokings from Casper (Verda James)

Teamwork Award
1st Place: Dr. Robotos from Big Piney
2nd Place: the Buffalo Braniacs from Buffalo
3rd Place: the St. ARS 2/IQ from Casper (St. Anthony's)

Robot Design Award
1st Place: SVMS Warriors from Afton
2nd Place: Sage Valley Eagle Geniuses from Gillette.
3rd Place: The Wolverines from Evanston

Judges' Award
Techno Bandits from Buffalo

Team Spirit Award
Star Valley Superstars from Afton

Adult Mentor Award
Jason Katzmann

Young Adult Mentor Awards
Taylor Hill from Buffalo
Chrissy Joreski from Casper (CY Middle School)

Outstanding Volunteer Award
Russ Forney
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Jr. FIRST LEGO League Expo Awards
Jr. FLL is a robotics program for students 6 to 9 years old.

Amazing Movement Award - The Doctors from Evansville
Gracious Professionalism Award - NanoKings from Verda James
Complexity and Decoration Award - Eye Pods from Paradise Valley
Most Explosive Award - Team Heart from Park
Robust Design Award - AutoBots from Summit
Construction Innovation Award - LEGO Building Mountain Lions from Mt. View
Teamwork Award - Robotic Kids from Bar Nunn
Inquiring Minds Award - PacemakersLite from Woods Learning Center
Out of the Box Award - Lego Dragons from Crest Hill
Master Builders Award - Blazin’ Dragons from Crest Hill
Effort and Learning Award - LEGO Doctors from Midwest
Creative Method Award - LEGO Inventors from Bar Nunn
Bonnie Dunbar Award - Starbotics from Sagewood

2010 Championship Schedule

Wyoming FLL Championship

Friday, December 3^rd and Saturday, December 4th, 2010

Casper Events Center

Friday, December 3rd

6:00 PM Special Guest Speaker Story Musgrave; former NASA astronaut

7:15 PM Practice Round

Saturday, December 4th

7:00 AM Team Registration Opens (upper concourse)

7:20 AM Meetings:

• Judges - Team Staging Area
• Coaches – Robot Game Area
• Volunteers – Pit Area

8:00 AM Judging Begins

• Session 1 8:00 – 8:20
• Session 2 8:20 – 8:40
• Session 3 8:40 – 9:00
• Session 4 9:00 – 9:20

9:20 AM Judging Break (10 Minutes)

• Session 5 9:30 – 9:50
• Session 6 9:50 – 10:10
• Session 7 10:10 – 10:30
• Session 8 10:30 – 10:50
• Session 9 10:50 – 11:10

11:00 AM Referee Meeting

11:10 AM Lunch Break

11:45 PM FLL Opening Ceremony (includes Jr. FLL Expo awards)

12:15 PM Judges Award Meeting

12:30 PM Robot Rounds

• Round 1 12:30 – 1:45
• Round 2 1:45 – 3:00
• Round 3 3:00 – 4:15

4:30 PM Closing Ceremonies Begin

• Award/Trophy presentations