Monday, February 3, 2014

Fulton Sunshine Academy FLL Team Techno Pandas is FLL Athens State Champion!

Fulton Sunshine Academy Elementary School FLL Team, TechnoPandas was awarded the Championship Award at the FIRST Lego League (FLL) State Championship held in Athens, GA on February 1st, 2014. Techno Pandas is now qualified for FLL World Festival and will represent Georgia in St. Louis in April.

FLL is a robotics competition held annually all over the world and is rapidly gaining popularity in Georgia. Over 500 teams of students aged 9 to 14 years competed in the State of Georgia this year. The theme this year was Nature’s Fury. Each team identified a specific severe weather situation and a problem associated with it. The teams had to then came up with an innovative solution to the problem.

It is indeed a remarkable achievement for a team made up of 5th grade students to compete alongside 8th graders and emerge as champions.
Good luck in World Festival at St. Louis in April!