LEGO Education and Samsung Vina kick off STEM robotics competitions
LEGO Education, which is represented by local firm Viet Tinh Anh, and Samsung Vina have launched two STEM robotics competitions – the third First Lego League (FLL) Vietnam and the fifth Robotacon WRO Vietnam.
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It aims to create opportunities for educational exchanges and seek Vietnamese representatives for the World Robotics Competition. More than 300 teams, with around 1,000 students, from 100 schools across the country are participating.
Contestants are required to use their STEM knowledge and robotics design and programming skills to solve food issues.
Meanwhile, FLL Vietnam 2019 themed “Explore Living In and Traveling Through Space” has two categories namely Junior and Senior.
The Junior category is designed for children between 6 and 11 years old. Each team consists of a minimum of two and a maximum of six children.
The Senior category is open to students aged from 9 to 16, with each team consisting of two to 10 children.
FLL challenges children to think like scientists and engineers to solve real-world problems. They will build, test and program robots which can be used to explore the space.
The competition attracts more than 2,000 students from 160 primary and high schools from around the country.
The national final round of FLL Vietnam 2019 is scheduled to be held in HCMC in January 2019. Winners will represent Vietnam to compete at the World First Lego League Senior & Junior 2019 in the U.S. in April 2019.
At the launching ceremony of FLL Vietnam 2019, Vietnamese teams participating in the World First Lego League Senior & Junior 2018 in Texas, U.S. in April 2018, including STEAMWASS from The Western Australia International School, WELLSPRING Hanoi, CREATIVE from Hai Ba Trung Primary School, and LIGHTNING from Le Ngoc Han and Lac Long Quan primary schools were honored for their success at the competition.
Particularly, LIGHTNING won the Model Design award in the Junior category.
