Ferrol, 1st of March 2024.- Tomorrow, Saturday 2nd March, between 09:00 and 18:00 hours, the Industrial Campus of Ferrol will host the tenth edition of the FIRST LEGO League Galicia, a championship in which a total of 43 teams participate (25 in the FLL Challenge category, 16 in the FLL Explore and 2 in the FLL Discover) and more than 300 young men and women from all over Galicia. The event, coordinated by Professor José Antonio Becerra Permuy, can be followed live on FLL Galicia’s official YouTube channel.
The presentations of the Innovation Projects will take place in the Faculty of Humanities and Documentation and in the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Ferrol, the Robot Game in the Pavilion of Esteiro, and the awards ceremony, scheduled for 16:00 hours, in the Municipal Auditorium.
Throughout the day, the rector of the University of A Coruña, Ricardo Cao; the vice-rector of the Ferrol Campus and Social Responsibility, Ana Ares; the councillor for Education, University and Linguistic Policy of the City Council of Ferrol, Patricia Cons; the director of the Industrial Campus of the University of A Coruña, Marcos Míguez; the territorial secretary of the Xunta de Galicia, Patricia Busto, will visit the Industrial Campus of Ferrol and the Municipal Auditorium; the dean of the Official College of Industrial Engineers of Galicia (ICOIIG), Julio García Cordoné; the president of Ingenier@Soy, Javier Butragueño; the general director of Entrepreneurship and Employment Support of the Xunta de Galicia, Margarita Ardao; the director of the Polytechnic School of Engineering of Ferrol (EPEF), Vicente Díaz; the representative of Gabadi, José Luis Manso; the head of Marketing of PuntoGal, Cristina Ríos; or the mayoress of the City Council of Narón, Marián Ferreiro; among other authorities.
As every year, the Xunta de Galicia, through the Dirección Xeral de Emprendemento e Apoio ao Emprego – dependent on the Consellería de Promoción do Emprego e Igualdade -, the Deputación Provincial da Coruña and the Concello de Ferrol collaborate in this initiative. In addition, FLL Galicia is sponsored by the company Gabadi SL, the Ilustre Colexio Oficial de Enxeñeñeiros Industriais de Galicia (ICOIIG),the Colexio Profesional de Enxeñaría Informática de Galicia (CPEIG), Gadis, ERROR! Ferrol, PuntoGal, Neodyn and Todo Ocio.
What is FIRST LEGO League?
The FIRST LEGO League is an international programme that challenges young people between the ages of 4 and 16, divided into 3 categories, to solve real-world problems, such as recycling, education and renewable energies. Through their resolution, young people enjoy science and technology. At the same time, they learn valuable skills for their professional and personal future, such as teamwork, problem solving and communication.
The FIRST LEGO League challenge in Spain
Since 2022, the Association ingeniera.soy is the entity that promotes the FIRST LEGO League in Spain in collaboration with 20% of Spanish universities, technology parks and innovation promotion entities as partners. In addition, the initiative is possible thanks to the collaboration of companies and entities that connect participants to STEAM skills and professions.
How does FIRST LEGO League work?
Each season, the FIRST The LEGO League will allow young people to see the wide range of opportunities in the STEAM industry by exploring them as part of the MASTERPIECE, a challenge in which they will learn how science, technology, engineering and mathematics are related to the arts in surprising ways. Its ultimate goal will be to imagine and innovate new ways of creating and communicating art around the world.
The teams have to solve this challenge in three work areas:
- The Innovation Project. A project that explains and details its innovative solution as an improvement option to the proposed problem.
- The Robot Game. The design, construction and programming of a LEGO MINDSTORMS Education robot that will have to overcome fun missions in a game board related to the challenge.
- To integrate theFIRST LEGO League values. While the teams develop the Science Project and the Robot Game, they integrate the FIRST LEGO League values: discovery, innovation, impact, inclusion, collaboration and fun.
How does a team participate in the FIRST LEGO League?
Participants create a team of between 2 and 10 members, from 10 to 16 years old.
For three months they prepare the FIRST LEGO League challenge and organise their own micro FLL in the school or association. Participation in a micro FLL gives access to the FIRST LEGO League Qualifier Tournaments.
The teams selected in the Qualifying Tournaments will reach the FIRST LEGO League GRAND FINAL, which this year will take place on 16th March in the Paraninfo Building and in the Law Faculty of the University of Alicante.
What is FIRST LEGO Explore?
The FIRST LEGO League Explore is an international programme aimed at boys and girls aged 6 to 9, focused on promoting science and technology, to capture the curiosity of the youngest children and direct it towards discovering and improving the world around them.
In teams of 2 to 6 participants, the youngest children design and build a model with LEGO pieces and prepare a poster illustrating their work. A poster that they present in front of the public attending the FIRST LEGO League Explorer EVENTS that are organised in the qualifying rounds and in the Grand Final.
What is FIRST LEGO Discover?
FIRST Lego League Discover is an introductory programme to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), aimed at boys and girls between 4 and 6 years old. The programme stimulates their natural curiosity, broadening their knowledge and developing new learning habits.
FIRST LEGO League Galicia Challenge List
| Team | Name | School | |
| 1 | Elementals | CAPTIOMA GALICIA SL (Ourense) | |
| 2 | Peña Bots 1 | Colexio de Fomento Peñarredonda (A Coruña) | |
| 3 | Peña Bots 2 | Colexio de Fomento Peñarredonda (A Coruña) | |
| 4 | PATHFINDERS | Colexio Internacional Eirís (A Coruña) | |
| 5 | Fun BOT | Colexio de Fomento Las Acacias (Vigo, Pontevedra) | |
| 6 | Legotrónicas | Colexio de Fomento Las Acacias (Vigo, Pontevedra) | |
| 7 | MonBOT | Colexio de Fomento Las Acacias (Vigo, Pontevedra) | |
| 8 | Recycled Team | Colexio de Fomento Las Acacias (Vigo, Pontevedra) | |
| 9 | Las Acacias BOT | Colexio Montecastelo (Vigo, Pontevedra) | |
| 10 | STEAM Girls Las Acacias | Colexio Montecastelo (Vigo, Pontevedra) | |
| 11 | MontecasteloBOT | Colexio Montecastelo (Vigo, Pontevedra) | |
| 12 | Electrics Makers Lab | e-makers Lab (Narón, A Coruña) | |
| 13 | Montespiño Bot | Colexio de Fomento Montespiño (A Coruña) | |
| 14 | The Beats | Colexio de Fomento Montespiño (A Coruña) | |
| 15 | CTRL+ T | IES As Telleiras (Narón, A Coruña) | |
| 16 | Catabótica | IES Catabois (Ferrol, A Coruña) | |
| 17 | Os robots do pazo | IES de Fene (Fene, A Coruña) | |
| 18 | ROBTIGUEIRA | IES de Ortigueira (Ortigueira, A Coruña) | |
| 19 | MEGA BUILDER TEAM | MEGA Riveira (Ribeira, A Coruña) | |
| 20 | MEGA LEGO POBRA | MEGA Riveira (Ribeira, A Coruña) | |
| 21 | MEGA RIBEIRA SUPER LEGO | MEGA Riveira (Ribeira, A Coruña) | |
| 22 | ROBOT CITY POBRA | MEGA Riveira (Ribeira, A Coruña) | |
| 23 | CIRCUSZ4POS | Gazapo Xestión SL (Narón, A Coruña) | |
| 24 | G4Z4F4NT4SM4S | Gazapo Xestión SL (Narón, A Coruña) | |
| 25 | PINTUZ4POS | Gazapo Xestión SL (Narón, A Coruña) | |
FIRST LEGO League Explore List
| Team | Name | School |
| 1 | Amigos de Rubik | CEIP Plurilingüe de Castrelos (Cambados, Pontevedra) |
| 2 | Dance | CEIP Plurilingüe de Castrelos (Cambados, Pontevedra) |
| 3 | Lego Malk | CEIP Plurilingüe de Castrelos (Cambados, Pontevedra) |
| 4 | Os catrelizantes | CEIP Plurilingüe de Castrelos (Cambados, Pontevedra) |
| 5 | Reino de Lego | CEIP Plurilingüe de Castrelos (Cambados, Pontevedra) |
| 6 | Rock and Roll | CEIP Plurilingüe de Castrelos (Cambados, Pontevedra) |
| 7 | Maker Lego Lar | Colexio Lar (Mos, Pontevedra) |
| 8 | STAR LEGO LAR | Colexio Lar (Mos, Pontevedra) |
| 9 | LA FÁBRICA MAKER | e-makers Lab (Narón, A Coruña) |
| 10 | Monbóticas | Colexio de Fomento Montespiño (A Coruña) |
| 11 | MEGA BUILDER TEAM JR | MEGA Riveira (Ribeira, A Coruña) |
| 12 | ROBOT CITY POBRA JR | MEGA Riveira (Ribeira, A Coruña) |
| 13 | EL ARTE DEL LEGO | Gazapo Xestión SL (Narón, A Coruña) |
| 14 | POKEBOTS | Gazapo Xestión SL (Narón, A Coruña) |
| 15 | Legoleiros | – (Oleiros, A Coruña) |
| 16 | Rolling Legos | Sociedade Cooperativa Galega Guillelme Brown (Pereiro de Aguiar, Ourense) |
FIRST LEGO League Discover List
| Team | Name | School |
| 1 | Champi Makers LAB | e-makers Lab (Narón, A Coruña) |
| 2 | Lego Monsters | Sociedade Cooperativa Galega Guillelme Brown (Pereiro de Aguiar, Ourense) |
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