FLL Shelton Qualifying Event History

2010-2011

Through the 2010 Body Forward™ Challenge, FLL teams will explore the cutting-edge world of Biomedical Engineering to discover innovative ways to repair injuries, overcome genetic predispositions, and maximize the body's potential, with the intended purpose of leading happier and healthier lives.  

Event Begins 12/4/2010

2009-2010

“Smart Move” is a two-part Challenge.  In the Project phase of the Challenge, teams identify a problem with the way people, animals, information, or things travel in their community, create an innovative solution, and share it outside the team.  In the robot game part of the Challenge, teams confront some of today’s transportation safety and efficiency problems and apply robotics, sensor technology, and fresh thinking to solve them.  Missions in the Challenge include efficiency planning, object avoidance, climbing steep bridges with no guard rails, passenger transport, and crash tests.

“Smart Move” gives kids a hands-on, real-world experience allowing them to use their imaginations and creativity in combination with science and technology, and lets them experience first-hand the very real and exhilarating struggle that even the leaders and inventors in the world face,” said Dean Kamen, FIRST founder.

1. 73 Gee Whiz Kids – Colchester - Performance Award - Champions Award
2. 191 Beetle Bots – Woodbury - Technical Award - Golden Ticket
3. 388 SIS Thundering Tigers - Shelton
4. 410 SIS Thundering Tigers Revolution – Shelton - Teamwork Award - Golden Ticket
5. 2047 R2D2 - New Haven – Presentation Award - Golden Ticket
6. 2051 Hydro Geeks - New Haven
7. 2052 W.E. BOTS - New Haven
8. 2055 Eco Bots - New Haven
9. 2567 Polar Patrol – Colchester
10. 2701 Pequot Tech Bots - Golden Ticket
11. 2704 Eagles - Oakville
12. 2751 Ecobots  - Bethel - Golden Ticket
13. 2937 Girl Power – Bethel - Golden Ticket
14. 3111 Circuit Sisters – Waterbury – Send in the Clowns Award - Golden Ticket
15. 4712 Team Extreme - Bethel
16. 4714 Green Team - Bethel
17. 1839 Edison Eagles - Meriden
18. 5294 Nano Nachos – Newtown - Golden Ticket
19. 5393 SNAP – Westport – Lion Tamer’s Award - Golden Ticket
20. 7070 Wamogo Warriors – Litchfield – Dancing Bear Cub Award - Golden Ticket
21. 8042 TMMS Robotics Club - Bridgeport
22. 9132 SUMMIT - Danbury
23. 9153 Mind Mavericks - Greenwich
24. 9312 FE-Bots - New Haven – On the High Wire Award - Golden Ticket
25. 9313 Safety Turtles - New Haven
26. 9314 Eco Squad - New Haven
27. 9315 Eco Aqua - New Haven
28. 9316 Lego Creators - New Haven
29. 9317 Eagles - New Haven – Ring Master’s Award - Golden Ticket
30. 9915 Mindstorm Mustangs - Southbury/Middlebury
31. 10087 Autobots
32. 10476 King Cobras - Bethel - Golden Ticket

2007-2008

In this year's challenge, FIRST LEGO League analyses energy choices, their impact, and consequences.

This year’s Power Puzzle challenge is about understanding the elements of energy use in a world that uses more and more energy every day. As our world grows and changes so do our energy needs. The Power Puzzle missions get FLL teams to consider some of the energy choices we have available and how those choices affect the world.

As we work to make the puzzle pieces fit, we must consider all parts of energy use, including how energy is made, how it is stored, how we use it, how much we consume, and how we dispose of associated waste.

Whether it is environmental, financial, social, or cultural, each energy choice can have positive impacts in some areas while having negative consequences in others. The challenge is to find practical solutions in your community without ignoring the larger impacts your action or inaction can have on your life or around the world.

Team List

1. 445 Beatle Bots – Woodbury - Golden Ticket
2. 646 Wolcott Nitrobots – Wolcott – Ring Master’s Award - Golden Ticket
3. 1759 SIS Thundering Tigers – Shelton - Technical Award
4. 2109 Lightning Rods - Norwalk – Dancing Bear Cub Award - Golden Ticket
5. 2884 WILDCATS – BRIDGEPORT – On the High Wire Award
6. 3273 Brainstormers – Bethel - Golden Ticket
7. 3515 Team Terra Firma – Easton – Send in the Clowns Award
8. 4458 Techno Spartans – Oakville - Teamwork Award - Golden Ticket
9. 4459 Extra Terrestrial Monkeys – Oakville – Lion Tamer’s Award
10. 4811 Immortal Engines – Norwalk – Presentation Award
11. 4635  Kinetikidz - Performance Award - Golden Ticket
12. 5315 Electric Sheep - Westport
13. 5779 SUMMIT GROUP – Danbury
14. 6348 Montessori Brainiacs - Champions Award – Golden Ticket
15. 7153 SUMMIT Investigations II – Danbury

2006-2007

In this year's challenge, FIRST LEGO League travels to the microscopic world of Nanotechnology, a world that is 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a single strand of hair.

There is a new frontier that will impact every facet of society, from medicine to computers to the environment. As visionaries and scientists, the 2006 FIRST LEGO League teams will explore unimaginably amazing new technologies that start in the Nano world and lead to the things we do and use every day.

Nanotechnologists move atoms and molecules around to make amazing new discoveries. Scientists believe that someday nanotechnology will allow us to cure diseases using devices small enough to travel through the human body. Others believe nanotechnology will allow us to travel into space in an elevator using a system of tiny tubes and centrifugal force. Because of nanotechnology, right now you can buy things like stain-resistant clothes and bouncier tennis balls.

Each FLL team will Design, build and program a robot to accomplish the Challenge Missions on the Field.  Teams will explore a current or potential application of nanotechnology and learn what the experts and other groups are doing in this area.

Team List

1. 1 SMART - Stamford - Champions Award - Performance Award
2. 491 Brickmasters - Torrington
3. 761 Titaniacs – Waterbury - On the High Wire Award
4. 820 Flaming Koalas - North Haven
5. 821 Mighty Mutant Duckies - North Haven - Golden Ticket
6. 1481 Mindstorm Mustangs Green – Middlebury - Dancing Bear Cub Award - Golden Ticket
7. 1594 Wolcott Nitrobots – Wolcott - Send in the Clowns Award
8. 2321 Immortal Engines, Inc. - Norwalk
9. 2810 Golden Bricks – Presentation Award - Golden Ticket
10. 3258 Robotic 10 - Woodbury - Golden Ticket
11. 3300 Nano Penquins - Wilton - Golden Ticket
12. 3678 Cyborgs - Westport
13. 4046 SIS Thundering Tigers - Shelton - Teamwork Award - Golden Ticket
14. 5038 NanoTech - Stamford - Technical Award - Golden Ticket
15. 5062 Nuclear Engineers of Nano - Oakville
16. 5063 The Wall - Oakville
17. 5064 Techno Spartans - Oakville - Golden Ticket
18. 5334 Mindstorm Mustangs White - Middlebury - Ring Master’s Award - Golden Ticket
19. 5995 Wildcats - Bridgeport – Lion Tamer’s Award - Golden Ticket

2005-2006

In this year's challenge, FIRST LEGO League travels into the depths of the ocean to explore the mysteries that lie below.  The oceans are of vital importance to the health of the Earth and to everyone that lives on this planet; yet only 1% of these magnificent bodies of water have been studied.

Oceans provide inspiration, fun, and food.  They absorb carbon and generate oxygen, profoundly affecting the global environmental system.  A distress call has been issued to FIRST LEGO League teams around the world to find solutions that will sustain the health, biodiversity, and productivity of the world’s oceans for present and future generations.

Each FLL team will Design, build and program a robot to accomplish the Challenge Missions on the Field.  Teams will choose an ocean activity or resource and trace its impact on our oceans’ health, biodiversity, and productivity.  Learn what the experts and other groups are doing in this area, and identify a challenge they are facing.

Team List

1. 1 SMART - Stamford - Director's Award
2. 361 Robotic 10 - Woodbury - Golden Ticket
3. 1538 Lego Lords - Greenwich - Golden Ticket
4. 1831 Scorpians  - Norwalk - Dancing Bear Cub Award - Golden Ticket
5. 1933 Techno Dragons - Meriden
6. 1934 Lego Masters - Meriden – Lion Tamer’s Award
7. 1940 Cyborgs - Westport
8. 3297 Wolcott Nitrobots I - Wolcott - Teamwork Award
9. 3895 Titanium Robots - Wateerbury - Golden Ticket
10. 3954 Swift - Wateerbury - On the High Wire Award - Golden Ticket
11. 4035 Thundering Tigers - Shelton - Ring Master’s Award
12. 4266 Wolcott Nitrobots II - Wolcott - Send in the Clowns Award
13. 4470 Stamford Tides - Stamford - Technical Award - Golden Ticket
14. 4542 Brickmasters - Torrington – Presentation Award

2004-2005

In this year's challenge, FLL teams will find ways to help people with different levels of physical ability. 

The dream of a modern society is one of equal access for all.  Society as a whole benefits when creativity, technology and open minds come together to help make that equality possible for all people, regardless of physical differences.  Many people have difficulty moving or walking, or trouble reading a distant sign or climbing stairs. The 2004 FLL Challenge is to examine these seemingly simple tasks in a new light and explore how technology and human thought can work together to create equal access for all people.

Each FLL team will build and program a robot that addresses the specific needs of people who face physical challenges in today's society. Teams will research and present robotics technology solutions to help individuals in their community perform the everyday actions that many people today take for granted.

Team List

1. 53 Wallace Lions-1 - Waterbury - Technical Award - Golden Ticket
2. 442 Wallace Lions-2 - Waterbury
3. 457 Robotic Dare Devils - Meriden - Teamwork Award
4. 458 LEGO Legend - Meriden
5. 1378 CYBORGS - Westport – Ring Master’s Award - Golden Ticket
6. 1510 Mechanical Assistance Department - Nount Kisco – Dancing Bear Cub Award
7. 1899 Torrington Technics - Torrington – Lion Tamer’s Award - Golden Ticket
8. 2555 S.M.A.R.T. - Stamford - Director’s Award - Performance Award – Golden Ticket  
9. 2909 Wolcott Nitrobots - Wolcott – Send in the Clowns Award
10. 3266 Tiny Tanx - Canton – Presentation Award
11. 3427 Thundering Tigers - Shelton – On the High Wire Award - Golden Ticket