Preparation for FIRST LEGO League Thailand 2016 Robotics Competition

Every year, FIRST® LEGO League releases a Challenge, which is based on a real-world scientific topic. It challenges kids in over 80 countries to think like scientists and engineers. Each Challenge has three parts: the Robot Game, the Project, and the Core Values. Teams of up to ten children, with at least two adult coaches, participate in the Challenge.

Past Challenges have been based on topics such as nanotechnology, climate, quality of life for the handicapped population, and transportation. Students apply science, engineering, and math concepts, plus a big dose of imagination, to develop solutions to real-world challenges. They also design, build, and program LEGO MINDSTORMS®-based robots to perform autonomous “missions” on a playing field. Team members learn valuable life and employment skills which will benefit them no matter which career path they choose. Along the way, they develop critical thinking, team-building, and presentation skills.

ISB has participated in the following FLL Competitions:

• 2012 Senior Solutions Challenge
• 2014 World Class Challenge

Get ready.  Get set.  Roar!  Or you could bark, quack, or squeak, because the 2016 ANIMAL ALLIES season is all about our furry, feathered, and finned friends. When you meet an animal at the zoo, on a farm, or in your home, have you ever thought about whether that interaction helps you, the animal, or both? Who is helping or being helped in each one? For ANIMAL ALLIES, think of people and animals as allies in the quest to make life better for everyone. Sometimes people help animals and sometimes animals help people. Team’s Project mission this season is to make our interactions with animals better – hopefully better for all of us.

Teams will design a solution to the problem. Any solution is a good start. The ultimate goal is to design an innovative solution that adds value to society by improving something that already exists, using something that exists in a new way, or inventing something totally new.

This year, the competition in Bangkok will take place on April 8th and 9th (Saturday and Sunday), 2017 at Dhurakij Pundit University located at 110/1-4 Prachachuen Road, Laksi, Bangkok 10210. This is the official website of GAMMACO, the FIRST LEGO League Partner in Thailand. For more information in English about this competition, click here.

February marks the start of our preparation for the 2 day FLL Thailand 2016 Competition. After our Winter Break, coaches (Mr. Miguel Zambrano and Mr. McGovern) and students reconvene for an amazing time of learning and discovery during the after-school Robotics Club meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30 - 3:30 PM. We have exactly 38 days to prepare for this challenge. Our team of 10 students chosen to represent ISB are: Elmo, Leo, Matthew, Noah, Pun, Bora,, Divyansh, Kaito, Tong Nueng, and Rory. We wish them all the best!