{"id":18788,"date":"2015-07-27T12:29:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T16:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18788"},"modified":"2015-07-27T12:34:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T16:34:36","slug":"first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"First Lego League Challenges Kids To Find Techie Solutions To Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kids-building-robots.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kids-building-robots.jpg\" alt=\"kids building robots\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kids-building-robots.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kids-building-robots-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to get kids <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2013\/01\/hacker-scouts-infographic\/\">interested in science and technology<\/a>? Show them the cool things you can do with that math and engineering and problem-solving&#8230; like building robots! \u00a0Yeah, most kids are going to find building robots cool, and the First Lego League challenges them to do that in response to a particular challenge. This coming school year, the focus is waste: participating teams will start the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstlegoleague.org\/challenge\/2015trashtrek\">Trash Trek<\/a> in late August. One team has already gotten a start on learning about our waste system &#8211; take a look at what San Diego&#8217;s Eco-Derz is doing in preparation for the year-long challenge:<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/v9.anv.bz\/scripts\/anv_mcp_9.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>var p = new anv_pl_def(); p.config = {}; p.config.width = 640; p.config.height = 360; p.loadVideoExpressV3('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|1000011|SPS');<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pretty cool, huh? The idea here is to get kids interested in science and technology, and to get them <a href=\"http:\/\/ecopreneurist.com\/2014\/03\/11\/solar-hacking-kit-makes-aa-aaa-powered-device-solar-powered\/\">hacking solutions<\/a> to big problems using Lego Mindstorms robotics kits. Throughout the year, the teams code and hack and test their solutions, and than compete in tournaments and championships leading up to World Festival (which takes place next year right here in St. Louis). The focus, of course, isn&#8217;t so much on the competition as the learning &#8211; kids, and their coaches\/mentors, all think hard about how they might apply technology to the problem in question, and then figure out how to make their solutions a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Very cool &#8211; I&#8217;d have loved something like this as a kid! If you&#8217;re kids are involved in First Lego League, or if you&#8217;re a coach\/mentor for a team, tell us more about what you&#8217;re team is doing (without revealing any trade secrets, of course).<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/gallery-56120p1.html?cr=00&amp;pl=edit-00\">CHEN WS<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/editorial?cr=00&amp;pl=edit-00\">Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First Lego League is challenging teams of kids from around the world to figure out techie solutions to waste with its year-long Trash Trek event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":18790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,7],"tags":[8378,27,8377,8199,8380,8379,478,3269,12],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First Lego League: Figure Out Techie Solutions To Waste<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The First Lego League is challenging teams of kids from around the world to figure out techie solutions to waste with its year-long Trash Trek event.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Lego League: Figure Out Techie Solutions To Waste\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The First Lego League is challenging teams of kids from around the world to figure out techie solutions to waste with its year-long Trash Trek event.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sustainablog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-27T16:29:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-07-27T16:34:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kids-building-robots.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30\"},\"headline\":\"First Lego League Challenges Kids To Find Techie Solutions To Waste\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-27T16:29:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-07-27T16:34:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/\"},\"wordCount\":271,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"eco-derz\",\"Education\",\"first lego league\",\"hacking\",\"lego mindstorms\",\"miramar landfill\",\"reuse\",\"San Diego\",\"st. louis\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sustainability\",\"Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/\",\"name\":\"First Lego League: Figure Out Techie Solutions To Waste\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-27T16:29:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-07-27T16:34:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"The First Lego League is challenging teams of kids from around the world to figure out techie solutions to waste with its year-long Trash Trek event.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"First Lego League Challenges Kids To Find Techie Solutions To Waste\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\",\"name\":\"Sustainablog\",\"description\":\"Since 2003, Sustainablog has been one of the pioneers of sustainability news online.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sustainablog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":142,\"caption\":\"Sustainablog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30\",\"name\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\"},\"description\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg is the founder and editor of sustainablog. You can keep up with all of his writing at Facebook, and at Google+\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/author\/jeffmcintirestrasburg\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First Lego League: Figure Out Techie Solutions To Waste","description":"The First Lego League is challenging teams of kids from around the world to figure out techie solutions to waste with its year-long Trash Trek event.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"First Lego League: Figure Out Techie Solutions To Waste","og_description":"The First Lego League is challenging teams of kids from around the world to figure out techie solutions to waste with its year-long Trash Trek event.","og_url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/","og_site_name":"Sustainablog","article_published_time":"2015-07-27T16:29:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-07-27T16:34:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":447,"url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kids-building-robots.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30"},"headline":"First Lego League Challenges Kids To Find Techie Solutions To Waste","datePublished":"2015-07-27T16:29:55+00:00","dateModified":"2015-07-27T16:34:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/"},"wordCount":271,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["eco-derz","Education","first lego league","hacking","lego mindstorms","miramar landfill","reuse","San Diego","st. louis"],"articleSection":["Sustainability","Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/","name":"First Lego League: Figure Out Techie Solutions To Waste","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-07-27T16:29:55+00:00","dateModified":"2015-07-27T16:34:36+00:00","description":"The First Lego League is challenging teams of kids from around the world to figure out techie solutions to waste with its year-long Trash Trek event.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/first-lego-league-challenges-kids-to-find-techie-solutions-to-waste\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"First Lego League Challenges Kids To Find Techie Solutions To Waste"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/","name":"Sustainablog","description":"Since 2003, Sustainablog has been one of the pioneers of sustainability news online.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization","name":"Sustainablog","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg","width":200,"height":142,"caption":"Sustainablog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30","name":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg"},"description":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg is the founder and editor of sustainablog. You can keep up with all of his writing at Facebook, and at Google+","sameAs":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org"],"url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/author\/jeffmcintirestrasburg\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}