Tuesday, July 6, 2010

First Robotics Information

First Lego League Body Forward Session Registration

Junior First Lego League Information, until June 30 for Smart Move season; Body Forward season registration opens August 2, 2010.

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Approved for NASSP National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2010-2011

FIRST could receive $200,000 with your help! See how you can help-

FIRST is Just Awesome, Video by FRC Team 862 and guests

USA Science and Engineering Festival Information

FIRST in the News

"It's Your Future" was the theme at the FIRST® Championship, where 20,000FIRST supporters – mentors, students, volunteers, sponsors, and fans – gathered April 15-17 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to experience the ultimate heart-pounding, high-energy celebration of science and technology. read more.

Sponsoring Our Mission

FIRST is made possible by the generosity of corporations, educational and professional institutions, foundations, and individuals. These include new Strategic Partners: Time Warner Cable and Penneys.

Alliances Corner
FIRST announces a five-year alliance agreement with Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) ... and alliance partner, MIT Alumni Association, helps recruit new FLL teams. read more.

FIRST Robotics Competition Seniors Win Top Honors at International Science and Engineering Fair
Two was the lucky number for Yale Fan and Kevin Ellis, FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 1540 members who won the “Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award.” Next, they head to Harvard and MIT, read more.

Limeades for Learning is Back!

SONIC and DonorsChoose.org are partnering again to help public school
teachers inspire their students to learn. By October of this year, SONIC
will have donated more than $1 million in supplies and learning materials
to public school teachers and their students across the country.

Teachers, register your projects on DonorsChoose.org by Aug. 15 to ensure
your project is reviewed in time to be posted when voting begins on Aug.
30. You can even upload your project now for individual donations before
voting begins. During September, anyone can come to the website and vote
for their favorite teacher's classroom project. Do you need an idea of
what type of project is eligible for funding? Click here to find out more
specifics on how you can be successful.

For everyone else, it's even easier to participate in Limeades for
LearningSM this year. Come to the website in September and vote for the
public school teacher's project you want SONIC to fund. There is no
purchase necessary; all you need is a valid email address to vote. Check
back in every day and vote throughout September.

Last year, SONIC donated more than $600,000 to more than 1,400 classroom
projects across 40 states. More information-

Limeades for Learning is Back!

SONIC and DonorsChoose.org are partnering again to help public school
teachers inspire their students to learn. By October of this year, SONIC
will have donated more than $1 million in supplies and learning materials
to public school teachers and their students across the country.

Teachers, register your projects on DonorsChoose.org by Aug. 15 to ensure
your project is reviewed in time to be posted when voting begins on Aug.
30. You can even upload your project now for individual donations before
voting begins. During September, anyone can come to the website and vote
for their favorite teacher's classroom project. Do you need an idea of
what type of project is eligible for funding? Click here to find out more
specifics on how you can be successful.

For everyone else, it's even easier to participate in Limeades for
LearningSM this year. Come to the website in September and vote for the
public school teacher's project you want SONIC to fund. There is no
purchase necessary; all you need is a valid email address to vote. Check
back in every day and vote throughout September.

Last year, SONIC donated more than $600,000 to more than 1,400 classroom
projects across 40 states.