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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I wish more people could step back and see how small Earth is and how reliant we are on one another," - Anne McClain, candidate for Mars trip and member of the first gender-equal graduating class of astronauts from NASA.
WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT
Free robots
If you are aging out of FIRST® LEGO® League and/or are in 7th grade and looking for a new challenge, think about starting a FIRST® Tech Challenge team so you don't have to give up robots or teamwork! Apply today for a free Robotics Kit to help you get started.
Speaking of next season
If you and your team have completed your TRASH TREKSM, you may want to start thinking about ANIMAL
ALLIESSM, the 2016-17 FIRST LEGO League season.
Inventing tips
In honor of Kid Inventor Day earlier this week, former Global Innovation Semi-Finalists the Robolearners shared tips on inventing they learned through their FLL WORLD CLASSSM experience. Want to take your Project solution further? Their advice may help you succeed! Read it here.
CONTEST CORNER
Sort it out
All done with your tournaments or looking for something to focus on while you wait to compete? Show us how YOUR team solved the sorter mission and unscramble a secret message for a chance to win an EV3 class set and a FIRST goodie bag.
STEM in the news
In news befitting the TRASH TREK season, scientists from the Italian Institute of Technology are working on biodegradable robots.
CELEBRATION AND SHOUT-OUTS
Have you debriefed at all on your successes and failures in the Robot Game?
Have you considered field testing your Project solution?
Have the Core
Values helped you create special bonds with your teammates?
No achievement is too large or too small for a dance party. Put on those boogie shoes and celebrate all you have accomplished!
Special shout-out
Did you know that January is National Mentor Month? Our coaches are critical to the success of our FIRST LEGO League teams. Take a minute to
tell your coach thank you for all they do. We'd love to know what makes your coaches super special. Send a photo and/or description up to 100 characters explaining why your coaches rock to fllt...@firstinspires.org. Be creative!
What is YOUR team up to? Be proud to make it loud and tell us all about what you've been doing with a tweet to @firstlegoleague. Or, shoot us an email at fllt...@firstinspires.org. Then watch this space. Next time, we may be shouting out to YOU!
Many thanks
Our FIRST LEGO League Global Sponsors are critical to our ability to reach students around the globe. Give a cheer for 3M, NI, Rockwell Automation, and, of course,
LEGO®.
This is ground control to Major Tom
This email blast comes courtesy of FIRST® headquarters in Manchester, NH, USA. Be sure to read the messages from your regional FIRST LEGO League contacts for all you need to know about local events and happenings.
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