General Information about the FIRST LEGO League in Maine
Information on the 2005 "Ocean Odyssey" Challenge
The 2006 Challenge
Nano Quest
“Exploring existing sciences at the molecular level”
See the SCALE OF THINGS to find a nanometer!
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December 2nd, 2006
Northern Maine FIRST LEGO League Tournament
Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine
RESULTS:
Tournament Champions: RoboHornets from Hancock Grammar School
Performance:
1st: Kings of Chaos from Trenton
2nd: Surry Tigers
Project:
1st: RoboHornets
2nd: Mini-Mighty-Mega-Molecules from Orono
Programming:
Design: EdGEbots from the Maine Sea Coast Mission EdGE Program
Teamwork: Persnickity Pink Penguins from Trenton
Team Spirit: Techno Eagles from Oakland
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December 9th, 2006
Southern Maine FIRST LEGO League Tournament
Jay Maine School Department
RESULTS:
Tournament Champions: Belfast LEGO Lions
Tournament Champions, runner up:
Performance:
1st: When LEGOs Attack... Again! from St. George
2nd: Belfast LEGO Lions
3rd: Shaw's/Applebee's Robotic Rebels from Westbrook
Project:
1st: Belfast LEGO Lions
2nd: When LEGOs Attack... Again!
3rd: Krazed Killer Mini Monkeys from Damariscotta
Programming: Nano Knights from Bethel
Design: Nano Techs from Acton
Teamwork: The Fighting Nano Bots from Jay
Team Spirit: When LEGOs Attack... Again!
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Cost per team: $100 for either the Northern or Southern Tournament.
Description:
Imagine a wire as thin as a toothpick that lifts a car off the ground...
Imagine clothes that never get dirty...
Imagine a world where gravity doesn’t matter...
Imagine a fleet of programmed molecules that find and kill cancer cells, leaving healthy cells
alone…
Imagine going into space on an elevator made of tiny tubes...
What do all of these have in common? Nanotechnology!
FLL teams have been to space, searched the oceans, and explored ways to help humankind. We
now zoom from the world we know, through a super high-powered atomic microscope, to the
strange world of individual atoms. Here, in a world 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a
strand of hair, everything jumps and shakes.
As visionaries and scientists, FLL teams will explore unimaginably amazing new technologies that
start in the Nano world and lead to the things we do and use every day.
FLL teams will discover the secrets of everyday stuff through this cutting-edge field of research,
where carbon Nanotubes, Buckyballs, molecular motors and quantum dots will be considered part
of ordinary conversation.
Sure this sounds like science fiction, but the future has arrived! It's a very small world with big
ideas and big debates…
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NOTE: LEGO is now shipping the new MindStorms NTX kit. You can use either the new kit or the
older RCX based kit in the FIRST LEGO League. The new kit is dramatically different than the old
and may/may not be compatible for mixing between kits. The kit is only a little more expensive and
has some good new features. Check out the www.mindstorms.com website for more general
information.
Computer requirements for the new NXT software.
Windows
Intel® Pentium® processor or compatible, 800 MHz minimum
Windows XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2
256MB of RAM minimum
Up to 300MB of available hard disk space
1 available USB port
CD-ROM drive
Compatible Bluetooth adapter (optional)*
Macintosh
PowerPC® G3, G4, G5 processor, 600 MHz minimum
Apple MacOS X v. 10.3.9 or 10.4
256MB of RAM minimum
Up to 300MB of available hard disk space
1 available USB port
CD-ROM drive
Compatible Bluetooth adapter (optional)*
For more information on knowing what to purchase go here:
Purchasing a MindStorms Kit (Word) (PDF)
For a school informational poster: (PDF-p1) (PDF-p2)
For Information on starting up an FLL team: (WORD)
NanoLinks:
Molecular Expressions, a site with high resolution images found on chip sets. Some
are in the nanoscale, but most are in the microscale.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/index.html
NanoScale Science Education
From the North Carolina State University
http://ced.ncsu.edu/nanoscale/nanoteched.htm
Nanotechnology Introduction
http://www.zyvex.com/nano/
Researchers at the University of Maine take on Nanotechnology
http://www.umainetoday.umaine.edu/Issues/v4i1/tinytech.html
National Nanotechnology Initiative
http://www.nano.gov/
Nanokids website by Rice University
http://cohesion.rice.edu/naturalsciences/nanokids/
A Nanotechnology clearing house website
http://www.nanotech-now.com/
Wikipedia's entry for nanotechnology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology
How Things Work website entry for nanotechnology
http://www.howstuffworks.com/nanotechnology.htm
Information on the 2005 "Ocean Odyssey" Challenge
The 2006 Challenge
Nano Quest
“Exploring existing sciences at the molecular level”
See the SCALE OF THINGS to find a nanometer!
__________________________________________________________________
December 2nd, 2006
Northern Maine FIRST LEGO League Tournament
Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine
RESULTS:
Tournament Champions: RoboHornets from Hancock Grammar School
Performance:
1st: Kings of Chaos from Trenton
2nd: Surry Tigers
Project:
1st: RoboHornets
2nd: Mini-Mighty-Mega-Molecules from Orono
Programming:
Design: EdGEbots from the Maine Sea Coast Mission EdGE Program
Teamwork: Persnickity Pink Penguins from Trenton
Team Spirit: Techno Eagles from Oakland
_________________________________________________________________
December 9th, 2006
Southern Maine FIRST LEGO League Tournament
Jay Maine School Department
RESULTS:
Tournament Champions: Belfast LEGO Lions
Tournament Champions, runner up:
Performance:
1st: When LEGOs Attack... Again! from St. George
2nd: Belfast LEGO Lions
3rd: Shaw's/Applebee's Robotic Rebels from Westbrook
Project:
1st: Belfast LEGO Lions
2nd: When LEGOs Attack... Again!
3rd: Krazed Killer Mini Monkeys from Damariscotta
Programming: Nano Knights from Bethel
Design: Nano Techs from Acton
Teamwork: The Fighting Nano Bots from Jay
Team Spirit: When LEGOs Attack... Again!
_________________________________________________________________
Cost per team: $100 for either the Northern or Southern Tournament.
Description:
Imagine a wire as thin as a toothpick that lifts a car off the ground...
Imagine clothes that never get dirty...
Imagine a world where gravity doesn’t matter...
Imagine a fleet of programmed molecules that find and kill cancer cells, leaving healthy cells
alone…
Imagine going into space on an elevator made of tiny tubes...
What do all of these have in common? Nanotechnology!
FLL teams have been to space, searched the oceans, and explored ways to help humankind. We
now zoom from the world we know, through a super high-powered atomic microscope, to the
strange world of individual atoms. Here, in a world 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a
strand of hair, everything jumps and shakes.
As visionaries and scientists, FLL teams will explore unimaginably amazing new technologies that
start in the Nano world and lead to the things we do and use every day.
FLL teams will discover the secrets of everyday stuff through this cutting-edge field of research,
where carbon Nanotubes, Buckyballs, molecular motors and quantum dots will be considered part
of ordinary conversation.
Sure this sounds like science fiction, but the future has arrived! It's a very small world with big
ideas and big debates…
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: LEGO is now shipping the new MindStorms NTX kit. You can use either the new kit or the
older RCX based kit in the FIRST LEGO League. The new kit is dramatically different than the old
and may/may not be compatible for mixing between kits. The kit is only a little more expensive and
has some good new features. Check out the www.mindstorms.com website for more general
information.
Computer requirements for the new NXT software.
Windows
Intel® Pentium® processor or compatible, 800 MHz minimum
Windows XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2
256MB of RAM minimum
Up to 300MB of available hard disk space
1 available USB port
CD-ROM drive
Compatible Bluetooth adapter (optional)*
Macintosh
PowerPC® G3, G4, G5 processor, 600 MHz minimum
Apple MacOS X v. 10.3.9 or 10.4
256MB of RAM minimum
Up to 300MB of available hard disk space
1 available USB port
CD-ROM drive
Compatible Bluetooth adapter (optional)*
For more information on knowing what to purchase go here:
Purchasing a MindStorms Kit (Word) (PDF)
For a school informational poster: (PDF-p1) (PDF-p2)
For Information on starting up an FLL team: (WORD)
NanoLinks:
Molecular Expressions, a site with high resolution images found on chip sets. Some
are in the nanoscale, but most are in the microscale.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/index.html
NanoScale Science Education
From the North Carolina State University
http://ced.ncsu.edu/nanoscale/nanoteched.htm
Nanotechnology Introduction
http://www.zyvex.com/nano/
Researchers at the University of Maine take on Nanotechnology
http://www.umainetoday.umaine.edu/Issues/v4i1/tinytech.html
National Nanotechnology Initiative
http://www.nano.gov/
Nanokids website by Rice University
http://cohesion.rice.edu/naturalsciences/nanokids/
A Nanotechnology clearing house website
http://www.nanotech-now.com/
Wikipedia's entry for nanotechnology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology
How Things Work website entry for nanotechnology
http://www.howstuffworks.com/nanotechnology.htm
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