Lego League Robotics Club

The KWH (Kids with Hope) at Westview Elementary School in Goose Creek are discovering....The LEGO League Robotics Club explores solutions to alternate energy sources  to the Power Puzzle challenge. The challenge is sponsored by the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) through FIRST(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology). Students discover technology academics,  building team skills, and science knowledge by searching for solutions to the energy challenge.

This year’s challenge brings together students, mentors, and volunteers to address the topic of alternative fuel energy sources.  Santee Cooper, Alcoa, and Berkeley County School District Energy experts have volunteered to assist students with energy audits.  Students engage two afternoons each week to write programs, build LEGO extensions for robots, and prepare energy audits. The Lego Robotics Team will present solutions at the 2007 Trident Regional FLL competition.  Berkeley County School District has sixteen robotic clubs in the elementary, middle and high schools. 

Tristan Baldwin and Joey Riddle choose Lego pieces, in an attempt to move the robot accurately to the river.

The Lego robotics club members brainstorm solutions for their coal mining mission.

The Lego Robotics club prepare to board the bus and visit the Solar Energy project at Sangaree Middle School. Pictured with the club are Nancy Leigh (assistant Principal of Westview Elem School), Tana Lee (club advisor) and Dean Smith, right end, club mentor from Santee Cooper.