first lego league

World robotics competition for the first time in Greece

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A global robotics competition is being organized for the first time in Greece, specifically in Thessaloniki, on March 8 and 9, at the Center for the Dissemination of Sciences and the Museum of Technology .

 

 

It's about it First League (FLL), a global robotics event, in the form of a competition, for children s 9 to 16 years old. Thirty-four teams of ten people will take part in the competition, which is organized by the non-profit-charitable association "Education Action - EDU ACT".

 

 

The competition is designed to help children discover and love science and in the most fun way by gaining confidence in their abilities and believing in themselves, while teaching them valuable life skills.

 

 

Until the final, there will be workshops and meetings with well-known scientists, speeches and educational competitions. On Friday and Saturday, January 24-25 and January 31-February 1, at the mall "Mediterranean Cosmos" educational robotics seminars will be held for everyone.

 

 

This year's competition is about the environment and weather phenomena, and in this context, Leo Vinir, educational robotics team from Faeroes, and world-renowned robotics designers Lee Magpilli and Vassilis Chrysanthakopoulos will be present in Thessaloniki.

"Something as big as this competition, we share it, we make it com of the city" stated, in a press conference, the educator and initiator of the "EDU - ACT" concept, Kostas Vassiliou, adding: "The children design, use student materials and move forward. The program inspires them to discover new things."

 

 

Helping the organization is the Youth Foundation of the Metropolis of Neapolis-Stavropoleos. The contest is supported by the "Thessaloniki European Youth Capital 2014", NOESIS, "Hellenic Petroleum", "Mediterranean Cosmos". The whole event is under the auspices of the Macedonian-Thrace ministry and the municipalities of Thessaloniki, Pilea-Chortiatis and Kordelio-Evosmos.

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