| 2007 FIRST LEGO League Challenge: The POWER PUZZLE FIRST participant release form (required for all team members and coaches) Volunteers always needed. Call us at 866-4340 if you would like to volunteer either on December 1st or 9th. Doors open to teams at 8:30 am on the day of the tournament. Team pit area is in the cafeteria. Opening Ceremonies will begin at 9:30 am. Team judging and presentations will begin at approximately 10:00 am. Lunch is being sold by the Bonny Eagle Soccer Boosters Club Once judging is complete we will start the table top competition in the Gym. We should be done with everything by around 3:00 pm. Team Registration Forms: WORD or PDF Payments should accompany the registration or be submitted on our MR Order Page Any payment not received by November 9th will have to register at the rate of $150 per team instead of the standard $100 per team. Get those registrations in. The Power Puzzle season has been officially kicked off by FIRST! On September 5th the Robot Game (Missions) and the Project were announced. You can now go to the www.firstlegoleague.org website to see both. Just select "United States" and then select "2007 Challenge" and you will be looking at the main screen. The Southern Maine Tournament is now set! It will be at the Bonnie Eagle High School in Standish, Maine. The Tournament will be December 1st. The Northern Maine Tournament has been set! It will be at the Maine Maritime Academy on December 9th (its a Sunday, we know). We have always been hosted marvelously by MMA and scheduling only allows us so many choices. REGISTRATION: Cost per team: $100 ($150 if received after 11/9) All teams must be from Maine. All teams must be registered nationally with FIRST. Process: You must register by October 26th and pay your registration fee by November 9th. Forms and payment link are on our MR Order Page. ALL TEAMS will have space at the tournaments, as long as you don't ALL go to the same one. There are 40 teams registered Nationally, so the two tournaments will likely be in the 15-25 team range (each). The Official release for the POWER PUZZLE challenge was September 5th! So tune in to the www.firstlegoleague.org website for challenge information! There are a lot of delivery and retrieval missions this year so get to work on that! Biofuels, alternative energy vehicles, recycling, oil power, coal power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power, hydroelectric power... There is something for everyone. And the Project this year is to do an energy audit of a local building. What is being done now? What are some problems? What could be done differently? And you have to go back to the owners (of the building) and explain what you found and what recommendations you would make. FIRST alternates between a "global" objective and a "local" objective. This year is a definite local project year, but with definite global impact! Some useful links: Oak Ridge National Laboratory www.ornl.gov/ornlhome/energy.shtml National Energy Education Development Project www.need.org/curriculum.php Eastern Connecticut State University www.easternct.edu/depts/sustainenergy/education/EnergyCurriculumIdeas.htm Maine Energy Education Program www.meepnews.org/ Maine Public Service Company www.mainepublicservice.com/corporate/education/ Central Maine Power Company www.cmpco.com Bangor Hydro Electric Company www.bhe.com www.bhe.com/kidscorner/power_learning/kids_learn.html To find all the Electrical suppliers in Maine, visit the following website: musashi.ogis.state.me.us/puc/html/electricsuppliers.htm Maine Energy Information www.maineenergyinfo.com If you know of other good websites, let me know and I'll post them for everyone. Tom Bickford |
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