The first Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) team in Livingston formed in 2009.  Spongebots consists of three kindergarteners and three first graders from Harrison Elementary School.  The team has been enjoying weekly activities as part of their participation in Jr. FLL program, discussing about this year’s Challenge, Smart Move, which is related to transportation. The team decided to demonstrate how a computer and a cat move across the continents, and developed a fictional story about a family that needed to move from another country to New York City.

The youngsters also built models and write robotics programs using LEGO WeDo robotics platform which is specifically designed for young children. Team members built LEGO models and wrote a robotics program to demonstrate a cat, a computer, ships, and an airplane with motors and a sensor to operate propellers. The complexity of their models landed them with the Complexity and Decoration Award at the Jr. FLL Expo held in conjunction with the 2009 NJ FLL State tournament.

This young group has since participated in the 2010 Liberty Science Center Engineers Week Robotics Exhibition, and will be part of the 2010 Livingston Jr. FLL Expo on 5/29/10.

To see our team video for the “Smart Move” season, click here.