Southridge taking part in First Lego League Western Canadian Championships
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PRINCE GEORGE–They’re doing more than just playing with Lego, they’re learning too.
Southridge Elementary School’s sixth and seventh graders are building robots complete with coding out of Lego. All to take part in the First Lego League Western Canadian Championships on Feb.16th, in Victoria.
18 Southridge Elementary School kids are preparing for the big day, not only building, but researching as well, “we need to build a robot that can complete challenges, and there’s also a huge research component,” said Southridge teacher Dominic O’Driscoll, who, along with fellow teacher Tim Clough, oversees the club. “They are given a theme every year and students need to investigate some sort of real-life engineering problem (and develop ideas) on how to solve it.”
The theme for the First Western Championships is “City Shaper.” The Lego League provides students with the materials and provides the challenges their robots will need to overcome in order to win.
