Students from all across B.C. and the Yukon demonstrated just how scientific LEGO can be at the recent FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge BC/Yukon Championship.

Meadowridge School hosted the event on March 9, with more than 400 people showing up to either compete or watch the children demonstrate their technical prowess.

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As part of the competition, student groups were judged on four key areas, which included their innovation project, the design of their LEGO robot, the score from the robot obstacle course, and their teamwork/initiative.

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Meadowridge also explained that other smaller events were set up throughout the school for people to enjoy.

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Six of the 36 teams competing at the championship event were from Meadowridge, with the local teams putting on quite the performances and even earning a few awards.

The following teams won awards at the 2024 FIRST LEGO League Challenge BC/Yukon Championship:

香蕉视频直播� Teamsters (Nanaimo) 香蕉视频直播� Champion香蕉视频直播檚 Award First Place

香蕉视频直播� FIFA (Richmond) 香蕉视频直播� Champion香蕉视频直播檚 Award Second Place

香蕉视频直播� Doges (Richmond) 香蕉视频直播� Champion香蕉视频直播檚 Award Third Place

香蕉视频直播� Fireweed Robotics (Whitehorse) 香蕉视频直播� Core Values Award First Place

香蕉视频直播� WASPS (Richmond) 香蕉视频直播� Core Values Award Second Place

香蕉视频直播� Captain Ducks (Richmond) 香蕉视频直播� Innovation Project Award First Place

香蕉视频直播� Team Mischief (Richmond) 香蕉视频直播� Innovation Project Award Second Place

香蕉视频直播� MDR KFC (Maple Ridge) 香蕉视频直播� Robot Design Award First Place

香蕉视频直播� The Unknown Code (Esquimalt) 香蕉视频直播� Robot Design Award Second Place

香蕉视频直播� MDR Failure Management (Maple Ridge) 香蕉视频直播� Engineering Excellence Award

香蕉视频直播� Slipper Guys (Richmond) 香蕉视频直播� Engineering Excellence Award

香蕉视频直播� HMS-3 (Kelowna) 香蕉视频直播� Breakthrough Award

香蕉视频直播� MDR MnM (Maple Ridge) 香蕉视频直播� Rising All-Star Award

香蕉视频直播� MMMMM香蕉视频直播� Marshmallows (Burnaby) 香蕉视频直播� Motivate Award

香蕉视频直播� Brendan Stanford of DRK-1 (Kelowna) 香蕉视频直播� Coach/Mentor Award

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Several of the award winners were also invited to compete at international FLL events, with Teamsters, FIFA, and Doges all headed to U.S. events later this year.