Fourth Annual Lego Night In Moorestown Feb. 28

MOORESTOWN, NJ — The Moorestown High School Robotics team will host its fourth annual Lego Night on Monday, Feb. 28, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Upper Elementary School Cafeteria and Gymnasium.

This year’s LEGO Night features a theme of Shipwrecked and offers an opportunity to learn information about STEM and FIRST from students.

Lego Night offers students in grades K-6 the chance to engage in hands-on STEM activities while having fun with Legos. Lego Night features the following activities:

• Non­-competitive building session for grades K­2, in which they build based on a theme given to their group. The younger students will also have the opportunity to display their creation in a parade at the end;
• Building session for grades 3­-6 with prizes and awards. Each grade group will be given a specific category and the children will be tasked with building a LEGO design using their creativity and ingenuity;
• Information about FIRST, STEM and the Lemons;
• Opportunity to drive the Lemons' robot and demonstrations of the FLL robots; and
• Food, dancing and games.

Students in the grades K-2 will participate in a noncompetitive build, where they are tasked to build a LEGO creation based on a theme given to their age group. The younger students will also have the opportunity to display their creation in a parade at the end.

Students in grades 3-6 will have the opportunity to win prizes and awards for their LEGO creations of different themes and tasks. Each grade group will be given a specific category and the children will be tasked with building a LEGO design using their creativity and ingenuity.

The event will also give parents and students the chance to meet and speak to two FIRST LEGO League teams and three FIRST Robotics Competition teams, including Moorestown High School’s Combustible Lemons.

Students will also be given the opportunity to drive the Lemons’ robot. Formed six years ago, the Lemons host various community outreach events throughout the year to encourage an interest in STEM and FIRST Robotics for students in the community.

Tickets are on sale for $10, and can be purchased at tinyurl.com/LegoNight2019. For more information, email the Combustible Lemons at frc5113@gmail.com.

Image previously provided by the Moorestown Library.