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Thanks to our coaches and mentors, the Girl Scouts of Nassau County’s robotics teams had a fantastic year! We thank them all for their dedication and for the example they set for the girls. Here are the results of our 2017 – 2018 season: FIRST® LEGO League Junior (Jr. FLL) 6-9 years old: The Magical Bots and The Sassy Hot Dogs attended the SBPLI’s FLL Jr. EXPO, where the girls showcased their LEGO robot design and research. The Magical Bots were awarded the OUTSTANDING TEAMWORK AWARD and The Sassy Hot Dogs were awarded the JOURNEY Award! FIRST® LEGO League (FLL) 9-14 years old: Our five teams this season were the LEGO Lovelies, Smart Cookies, Soaring Rockettes, Tech Time Girls and The Dream Stream Robotics Team! The teams competed in the School Business Partnership of Long Island’s (SBPLI. Inc.) FLL Qualifying Tournaments, where they showcased their LEGO robot design, research and invention. During the course of the tournament, each team’s robot competed on the playing field. Then...

With much gratitude, we thank the coaches & mentors for their dedication and for the example they set for the girls. Because of them, the girls had another wonderful season!  Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr. FLL) 6-9 years old: EIGHT teams represented GSNC at the 2/28/15 School Business Partnership of LI’s (SBPLI) Jr. FLL EXPO where the girls showcased their LEGO robot design and their research. Here are their awards: The Cliffsiders – SPIRIT LEGO Crew – Outstanding Team Work Brix Chixs – Journey Robo Scouts – Effort & Learning Robo Girls – Complexity & Decoration LEGO Lovelies – Solid-as-a-Rock Model Design Brego Party – Journey LEGO Lollipops – Outstanding Team Work   FIRST LEGO League (FLL) 9-14 years old: On 1/31/15 three GSNC teams competed in the SBPLI’s FLL Qualifying Tournament, where the girls showcased their LEGO robot design, their research and invention. Digital Darlings – Robot Mechanical Design Award LEGO Chicks – Presentati...

CONGRATULATIONS to our two high school FIRST TECH Challenge (FTC) teams, the LEGOtronettes and The ICEBREAKERS who after winning many awards at local tournaments were both eligible to compete on April 3 – 5, 2014 at the East Super-Regional Championship Tournament in York, Pennsylvania. At the East Super-Regional Championship Tournament, The ICEBREAKERS won the Connect Award and are now eligible to compete at the FIRST WORLD Championship in St. Louis, Missouri on April 23 -26, 2014!     We thank all of the girls, coaches and mentors for their hard work, dedication and for the wonderful way they represent Girl Scouts of Nassau County! GSNC's ICEBREAKERS GSNC's LEGOtronettes

  FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Results Congrats to all of the high school robotics teams from Long Island that competed in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Qualifier at Syosset High on March 1, 2014. There were two and ½ Girl Scout teams, the Icebreakers and LEGOtronettes, and the Bot Masters who are a Girl Scout/Boy Scout team.  The Icebreakers made it to the Semi-finals for the Alliance Round and they chose LEGOtronettes and The Bot Masters to be part of their Alliance team. The girls & boys showed each other what ‘scouting’ is all about as they competed together! In the end, the Icebreakers won the ‘ Inspire Award’ , and the Bot Masters won the ‘ Motivate Award’ .  The Icebreakers and the LEGOtronettes have both qualified to compete at the 2014 NYU/LI FTC Championship Tournament in NYC. The Icebreakers because they won the 'Inspire Award' at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Qualifier at Syosset High and the LEGOtronettes because of they won t...

By: Caeley L. (Co-Captain) On Sunday, January 19, Icebreakers, one of GSNC's FTC [FIRST Tech Challenge] teams, went face to face against 20 other FTC teams from across Long Island.   The Icebreakers, working hard since the beginning of the season, were ecstatic to take home the CONNECT AWARD.   The CONNECT AWARD is awarded to the team that best embodies the spirit of FIRST in their community through outreach.   GSNC Icebreakers Team Photo The CONNECT AWARD

Congratulations to Girl S couts of Nassau County's FLL and FTC Teams on their Successful 2013 Robotics Season! It’s that time of the year…. our Robotics season has come to a close.  But there is no reason to be sad, because Girl Scouts of Nassau County gets to celebrate the amazing accomplishments of our Robotics Teams and look towards the future of Robotics in Nassau County.  We have the opportunity to share the world of STEM with many new faces and young minds.  All of our FLL and FTC teams, with help from their coaches and mentors, had an amazing season!  GSNC FLL Teams Girl Scouts of Nassau County’s seven FIRST LEGO League (FLL) teams, competed in the Student Business Partnership of Long Island's (SBPLI) 9th Annual FLL Qualifying Tournament. Of the seven, six teams won awards and moved on to the SBPLI Championship Tournament! At the SBPLI Championship Tournament, two GSNC teams won awards. Merrick Masters :) won 1s...