The girls broke all and won the technology award – NRK

– We got applause, we do every time, says participant Izabella S. Mikkelsen for presentations.

Made “Adults not admitted – HR” from Hammerfest ended with first place in technology award . They are a purely girls teams with 4 girls between 9 and 11 years. The team has three supervisors, affiliated Hammerfest Robotics and has been doing FLL since 2015.

This weekend 46 teams from Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands and Denmark gathered in Mo i Rana to participate in the Scandinavian final of the world’s largest knowledge tournament, FIRST LEGO League. The goal is to increase interest in technology and science in children and adolescents. Created from Hammerfest received 1st place in technology award.

In the finals competed 665 children and young people about pricing in marketing, teamwork, technology and research as well as in the prestigious robot competition, where teams steered a separate layer robot LEGO through an obstacle course.

Several teams from the north

This year’s theme was the future of waste management. From Finnmark also participated teams “Green team” from Elvebakken school in Alta and “White Foxes» Vadsø school in Kirkenes.

From Troms attended also made “Trash Killers” from Lyngsdalen school Furuflaten, “No Limits” from Hamna in Tromsø and “Team GOLE” from Seljestad school in Harstad.

The winner of the title FIRST Lego League Champions, No Limits from Hamna school in Tromso.

Photo: Raymond Engmark

Securing tomorrow’s scientists

There was No Limits from Tromsø who received title FIRST Lego League Champions, and secured his place in the global finals in St. Louis in the United States in April 2016.

Since mid-September, participants worked with FLL mission is threefold with challenges in science, technology and cooperation. In November, it held regional finals where 46 Scandinavian teams qualified for Mo i Rana.

– FIRST Lego League is about to arouse interest in research, science and technology among young people in Norway. Today we have witnessed amazing effort, inner glow, and not least willingness to learn among participants. We hope the event inspires so we ensure tomorrow’s engineers and scientists, says sponsorship manager in Statoil, Cathrine INSTEBØ.

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