Monday, January 30, 2017

Winners Named for LEGOrama 2017

LEGOrama participants could try their hand at the resources in the SPLAT Idea Lab.
Master Builders of all ages were on hand Saturday, Jan. 21, for the 12th annual LEGOrama.
Funded annually by the Friends of the Library, this year’s event featured a special LEGO train layout provided by the Lee Calkins family and a SPLAT Idea Lab with hands-on demonstrations of robotics and other experiments. SPLAT, Special Projects Libraries Action Team, is sponsored by the Idaho Commissions for Libraries, and team member Crystal Miller is the Circulation Manager at the library.
Volunteer judges for the event were provided by the Tera Viks FIRST Robotics Club at Coeur d’Alene High School.
The theme for the LEGOrama building competition this year was Build a Better World – the theme for the coming Summer Reading programs. Competitors were asked to build an invention or scenario that would make the world better place to live.
The winners and their projects were:
►Ages 4-7: First, Sam Green, “Homeless Shelter;” Second, Breesen Ellis, “The Hot Lasers Race Car;” third, Payton Akers, “Kids Experiment Science Lab.”
Ages 8-10: First, Laurel Day Sanderson, “Sky Forest;” Second, Mailee Akers, “Build a Better World With Gardens;” Third, Micah Asher Chance, “Hover Truck.”
Ages 11-13: First, Noah Helmick, “Robots Will Help Build a Better World;” Second, Levi Bird, “The Soldier;” Third, Gavin Roth, “Solar Flair Back-Up System.”
People’s Choice: Based on audience voting, Micah Asher Chance, “Hover Truck.”
LEGO Scavenger Hunt Winner: Drawn from among correct answer sheets turned in, Luke Knight.

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