GEARS
On Saturday, February, 11, FTC Team 9789 TOXIC competed against 31 outstanding teams at the Ohio State Championship. They were recognized with the Inspire Award, the top honor given to a team. The FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) season started on September 10, 2016, with an International Game Kick-off. Teams gathered with 2-15 students and began […]
On Sunday, January 15, all three of our FIRST Tech Challenge teams competed in a qualifying tournament in Griffith, Indiana. This was the second competition for TOXIC and Vier Left this season and the first one for rookie team The Fire Wires. Team 9790 Vier Left took both of the top honors at the competition. […]
WSBT recently visited with FIRST LEGO League State Champions, FlufflePuffs and aired this story about their season on the news. We really appreciate WSBT taking the time to visit with the team and cover this exciting time for the students. They have worked very hard for the opportunity to represent Indiana at the World Festival in April. Enjoy […]
On Saturday, December 17, two FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) robotics teams from GEARS (Granger Robotics and Exploration Studio) competed in their first tournament of the season. The competition was held in Center Grove, Indiana and consisted of 30 teams from all around the state. FIRST Tech Challenge teams can have up to 15 student members […]
The Indiana FIRST LEGO League held the State Championship in Ft. Wayne on December 10. Team 1920, FlufflePuff earned top honors as the Champions of the event. The FIRST LEGO League consists of up to 10 students in 4th-8th grade. They spend 16 weeks building and programming robots that are completely made out of LEGO […]
50 FIRST LEGO League teams recently came together to compete in State Qualifying tournaments. 16 FIRST LEGO League Jr. teams also presented at local expos. FIRST LEGO League (ages 10-14) and FIRST LEGO League Jr. (ages 6-10) are two of the four programs of FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. FIRST is trying […]