Ann MacArthur Primary School’s robotics team, the Falcon Girl Coders, earned the Challenge Solution Award at the FIRST LEGO League Explore Festival on March 2.
The second-grade students took home the award by showcasing their problem-solving skills and teamwork by presenting their interactive LEGO chess board with sounds accompanying each move. Their coding included a motor that turned red when one player is about to be checkmated and a light sensor that turns different colors to signify the difficulty level.
After presenting their project in front of the judges, family and friends, the girls also used their problem-solving skills with team-building exercises like moving a beach ball onto a perch by only using drumsticks and passing a hula hoop without using their hands.