The Cube was humming with activity on Saturday 16 November for the 2019 FIRST® LEGO® League tournament! 28 teams and around 70 volunteers arrived bright and early for an action-packed competition day. The 2019 CITY SHAPER challenge saw teams build and program robots, and work on innovative projects to…
Space adventurers take on FIRST® LEGO® League 2018
3-2-1 LEGO! On Saturday 17 November the 2018 FIRST® LEGO® League tournament launched at The Cube. 36 teams took part in the INTO ORBIT challenge and displayed STEM skills that were out of this world! For this season’s INTO ORBIT project, the teams had to identify a physical or…
School teams battle it out at the 2017 FIRST® LEGO® League
This year’s FIRST® LEGO® League Tournament at QUT Gardens Point was a blast! 36 teams, coaches, and spectators arrived bright and early at The Cube on Saturday 18 November to take part in the annual robotics challenge for students aged 9–16 years. …
3, 2, 1, LEGO … !
On Saturday 19 November, The Cube played host once again to FIRST® LEGO® League, welcoming 360 students and their team coaches, parents, teachers and peers to QUT’s Science and Engineering Centre. The energy and enthusiasm of the participants was palpable and just one of the reasons FIRST® LEGO® League is a highlight of the…
Happy 3rd Birthday (part 2)
To continue our reflection of the year that was, this week we hear from our Public Programs team, Jacina Leong and Elise Wilkinson, with some more of The Cube’s highlights from 2015. In May we welcomed educators, curriculum writers, pre-service teachers, and a group of enthusiastic school students…
Big ideas abound at FIRST LEGO League 2015
On Saturday 21 November, over 500 children descended on The Cube to compete in this year’s FIRST® LEGO® League ‘Trash Trek’ challenge. The Cube was abuzz with the excitement and passion of 31 school teams about to embark on the final leg of their Trash Trek challenge, the culmination of months…
Robotics in the classroom: looking at curriculum links and FIRST® LEGO® League
Last week, The Cube hosted Robotics in the classroom, a professional development workshop for educators, facilitated by Peter Kellett. Peter provided a hands-on look at how LEGO Education EV3 robotics can be used in the curriculum, with a focus on FIRST® LEGO® League and other FIRST® programs. As an educator…
FIRST LEGO League
The Cube had the privilege of co-hosting the 2014 Brisbane FIRST® LEGO® League tournament on Saturday. It was an extraordinary event to be a part of and watch the Science and Engineering Centre transform into an energetic hub of activity. FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) is an international robotics program organised by…