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JMS FIRST Lego League hosts Atomic City Invitational

Posted at 12:51 pm February 12, 2022
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Jefferson Middle School FIRST Lego League teams hosted the 8th annual Atomic City Invitational on Jan. 15, 2022. Area teams were invited to come participate in the FIRST Lego League Cargo Connect challenge and alliance challenge, sumo bots, and Lego Great Ball Contraption. Fifteen area teams entered 45 robots into the events. (Photo by Janie Shanafield, Jefferson Middle School)

By Janie Shanafield, Jefferson Middle School

Jefferson Middle School FIRST Lego League teams hosted the 8th annual Atomic City Invitational on January 15. Area teams were invited to participate in the FIRST Lego League Cargo Connect challenge and alliance challenge, sumo bots, and Lego Great Ball Contraption. Fifteen area teams entered 45 robots into the events.

The winners were as follows:

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Science, Top Stories Tagged With: Atomic City Invitational, FIRST LEGO League, Jefferson Middle School

JMS robotics team headed to world competition

Posted at 12:36 pm April 16, 2018
By Holly Cross Leave a Comment

Three robotics teams from Jefferson Middle School competed in the FIRST Lego League East Tennessee State Championship at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville on February 10. The Atomic Eagles qualified to represent Jefferson Middle School and Tennessee at the FIRST LEGO World Championships in Houston this month. (Submitted photo)

Three robotics teams from Jefferson Middle School competed in the FIRST Lego League East Tennessee State Championship at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville on February 10. The Atomic Eagles qualified to represent Jefferson Middle School and Tennessee at the FIRST LEGO World Championships in Houston this month. (Submitted photo)

 

Three robotics teams from Jefferson Middle School competed in the FIRST Lego League East Tennessee State Championship at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville on February 10. The Atomic Eagles qualified to represent Jefferson Middle School and Tennessee at the FIRST LEGO World Championships in Houston this month.

To compete in the state championship, teams must first qualify at either the Knoxville, Nashville, Tullahoma, Bristol, or Johnson City competitions. The Atomic Eagles, JMS Master Builders, and Radioactive Brix all qualified in Knoxville on December 10, 2017, at Hardin Valley Academy.

At the East Tennessee Championship, the Radioactive Brix (team # 3131), including members Johnny Clark, Abby Ellis, Christopher Gorsuch, Roxanne Farahi, Eden Hatmaker, Wesley Hixson, Henry Landau, and Colby Lawson, finished the robot challenge game with a high score of 135. The team coach is Norma Franco and the team mentor is Justin Lawson. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Aaliyah Herron, Aaron Fiscor, Abby Ellis, Adam Blanchard, Alex Shanafield, Amelia Thomson, Amelie Nagle, Atomic Eagles, Ben Dallas, Brian Qu, Christopher Gorsuch, Colby Lawson, David Hundermark, Eden Hatmaker, FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Lego League East Tennessee State Championship, FIRST LEGO World Championships, Harold Shanafield, Henry Landau, Jacob Mohr, Janie Shanafield, Jeff Thomson, Jefferson Middle School, Jessica Mohr, JMS Master Builders, Johnny Clark, Justin Lawson, Lexie Scott, Lindsey Fiscor, Marissa Kenworthy, Matthew Alexander, Norma Franco, Radioactive Brix, robotics, Roxanne Farahi, Sadie Thomson, Stella Scott, Sydney Blanchard, Wesley Hixson

Oak Ridge teams take top honors in FIRST Robotics World Festival

Posted at 5:44 pm April 28, 2017
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The Secret City Wildbots, Team 4265, were underdogs in the quarterfinals, but they survived to the semifinals where they lost to the number one seed in the First Robotics World Championship in Houston on Saturday, April 22, 2017. (Photo by Angi Agle)

 

From Wednesday to Saturday last week, the Master Builders (Team 3132) from Jefferson Middle School and the Secret City Wildbots (Team 4265) from Oak Ridge High School competed in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics World Festival in Houston, Texas.

“We are pleased to announce that both teams experienced success in the World Festival,” Oak Ridge Schools said in a press release.

The Jefferson Middle School FIRST LEGO League team, the Master Builders, received trophies for the top awards in the world for first place in robot performance and second place in programming during the FIRST Robotics World Festival in Houston, Texas from April 19-22, 2017. (Submitted photo)

The Jefferson Middle School FIRST LEGO League team, the Master Builders, received trophies for the top awards in the world for first place in robot performance and second place in programming during the FIRST Robotics World Festival in Houston, Texas from April 19-22, 2017. (Submitted photo)

 

The FIRST LEGO League team, The Master Builders from Jefferson Middle School, received trophies for the top awards in the world for first place in robot performance, and second place in programming. There were 108 teams present for FIRST LEGO League at the World Festival from all over the globe, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Education, K-12, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Angi Agle, Farragut High School, FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Robotics World Festival, Flagship, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, Hardin Valley Academy, Jeff Thomspon, Jefferson Middle School, Lexie Scott, Lisa Buckner, Master Builders, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Schools, RoHawkTics, Secret City Wildbots, Team 3132, Team 4265

JMS robotics team to represent school, Tennessee at FIRST LEGO World Championships

Posted at 11:40 pm February 19, 2017
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The Jefferson Middle School Master Builders finished a robot challenge game with a high score of 204 and won the first place overall Champion's Award in the FIRST Lego League East Tennessee State Championship at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. The team received the Global Innovation Award. (Photo courtesy Oak Ridge Schools)

The Jefferson Middle School Master Builders finished a robot challenge game with a high score of 204 and won the first place overall Champion’s Award in the FIRST Lego League East Tennessee State Championship at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. The team received the Global Innovation Award. (Photo courtesy Oak Ridge Schools)

 

Content written by team coaches—edited and submitted by Holly Cross

Three robotics teams from Jefferson Middle School competed in the FIRST Lego League East Tennessee State Championship at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville on February 11. One team will represent Jefferson Middle School and Tennessee at the FIRST LEGO World Championships in Houston in April.

To compete in the state championship, teams must first qualify at either the Knoxville, Nashville, Chattanooga, or Johnson City competitions. The Atomic Eagles, JMS Master Builders, and Radioactive Brix all qualified in Knoxville on December 3 at Hardin Valley Academy.

The Radioactive Brix (team # 3131) finished the robot challenge game with a high score of 90 and won second place in mechanical design. Members are: Johnny Clark, Grace Godfrey, Christopher Gorsuch, Ethan Holland, Colby Lawson, Josh Shubert, and Chrystalleni White. The team coach is Norma Franco. The team mentor is Justin Holland.

The Atomic Eagles (team #336) finished the robot challenge game with a high score of 110 and won the third place overall Champions Award. Members are: Ben Dallas, Lindsey Fiscor, Bethany Marshall, Amelie Nagle, Levi Parish, Brian Qu, and Alex Shanafield. The team coaches are Janie Shanafield and David Hundermark. The team mentor is Harold Shanafield. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Adam Blanchard, Alex Shanafield, Amelia Thomson, Amelie Nagle, Atomic Eagles, Ben Dallas, Bethany Marshall, Brian Qu, Christopher Gorsuch, Chrystalleni White, Colby Lawson, David Hundermark, Ethan Holland, FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Lego League East Tennessee State Championship, Global Innovation Award, Grace Godfrey, Harold Shanafield, Janie Shanafield, Jeff Thomson, Jefferson Middle School, Jessica Mohr, JMS Master Builders, Johnny Clark, Josh Shubert, Justin Holland, Levi Parish, Lexie Scott, Lindsey Fiscor, Master Builders, Matthew Alexander, Norma Franco, Oak Ridge Schools, Radioactive Brix, Stella Scott, Tennessee Technological University, Thora Spence

JMS FIRST Lego League teams win first-place awards at regional championship

Posted at 11:55 am February 17, 2016
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The Jefferson Middle School FIRST Lego League Atomic Eagles, JMS Master Builders, and their coaches and mentors are pictured above. From left are Iliana Spence, Thomas Proffen, Alex Shanafield, Jeff Thomson, Amelia Thomson, Klara Proffen, Henri Scott, Mack Patrick, Holly Hensberry, Bethany Marshall, Thora Spence, Jessica Mohr, Levi Parish, Lexie Scott, Janie Shanafield, and Harold Shanafield. (Submitted photo)

 

The Jefferson Middle School FIRST Lego League teams competed at the East Tennessee Regional Championship on February 13 in Cookeville.

The Atomic Eagles received the first-place Robot Strategy and Innovation Award.

The JMS Master Builders received the second-place Robot Performance Trophy and the first-place Champions Trophy. The JMS Master Builders have been invited to go to St. Louis to participate in the World Festival in April.

The Atomic Eagles are coached by Janie and Harold Shanafield and mentored by Thomas Proffen. The JMS Master Builders are coached by Lexie Scott and coached/mentored by Jeff Thomson.

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Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Atomic Eagles, Champions Trophy, East Tennessee Regional Championship, FIRST LEGO League, Harold Shanafield, Jeff Thomson, Jefferson Middle School, JMS, JMS Master Builders, Lexie Scott, Master Builders, Robot Performance Trophy, Robot Strategy and Innovation Award, Thomas Proffen, World Festival

JMS Atomic Eagles win Rising Star award at Razorback Invitational

Posted at 10:30 pm May 19, 2015
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JMS Atomic Eagles at Razorback Invitational

The Jefferson Middle School Atomic Eagles, a FIRST LEGO League team, are pictured above at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, from May 14-17. (Photo by Yvonne Dalschen)

 

The Atomic Eagles, a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) team from Jefferson Middle School in Oak Ridge, received the Rising Star award at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on May 14-17.

This competition hosted 72 FLL teams from around the world. Thirteen different nations and 31 different states were represented.

The Rising Star award is given to the team that the judges notice and expect great things from in the future.

Thomas Proffen, the team mentor, received the second-place adult mentor award. This award goes to the mentor whose wisdom, guidance, and devotion are most clearly evident in the team’s discussion with the judges. He has been volunteering with the Atomic Eagles since 2013, when Lego League was restarted at Jefferson Middle School by coaches Janie and Harold Shanafield. Proffen is the director of the Neutron Data Analysis and Visualization Division in the Neutron Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Atomic Eagles, Fayetteville, FIRST LEGO League, FLL, Jefferson Middle School, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Razorback Invitational, Rising Star, Thomas Proffen

Education Foundation grants support robotics, Lego learning projects

Posted at 12:57 pm March 23, 2015
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Jefferson Middle School Master Builders

Two members of the Jefferson Middle School Master Builders team are preparing their robot to solve missions at a FIRST Lego League mission table. (Photo by Yvonne Dalschen)

 

At Linden Elementary School, Lisa Buckner’s third-graders are building robots and Lego floats representing continents in a months-long project aimed at engaging them in learning, problem solving, and creative and critical thinking.

The 38 members of Oak Ridge High School’s Secret City Robotics team are solving real-world problems as they build and program a 120-pound robot to enter FIRST Robotics Competitions as an extra-curricular activity.

Teachers view robots and Lego sets as tools giving Oak Ridge students opportunities to collaborate, design, build, and solve problems as they learn engineering, science, and technology skills, both inside and outside the classroom.

The Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation supported these activities with $18,700 in grants last year to teachers at the Oak Ridge High School, Jefferson and Robertsville middle schools, and Linden Elementary School. The grants included a UT-Battelle donation of $10,000 directed to FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, and FIRST Lego League teams, all extra-curricular programs at the high school and middle schools. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Atomic City Invitational, Atomic Eagles, David Hundermark, FIRST, FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, FLL, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, Gordon Williams, grans, Janie Shanafield, Jefferson Middle School, Jessica Steed, JMS Master Builders, LEGO, Lego League, Lexie Scott, Linden Elementary School, Lisa Buckner, Making the Critical Difference, Master Builders, Ninjineers, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation, ORHS Engineering and Robotics Academy, Robertsville Middle School, robots, Rodney King, Secret City Robotics, Secret City Wildbots, Secret City Wildbots FIRST Robotics, Tech Challenge, UT-Battelle, Woodland Elementary School, Yvonne Dalschen

ORNL staff help students prepare for FIRST LEGO League competition

Posted at 12:25 pm October 1, 2014
By Oak Ridge National Laboratory Leave a Comment

ORNL First Lego League 2014

Brian Peters, right, a design engineer for nuclear systems with US ITER at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, works with Jessey Yang, left, and Victoria “Tori” Mullins during a FIRST LEGO League practice session at the National Transportation Research Center. (Photo courtesy ORNL/UT-Battelle)

 

About 30 students ages nine through 14 are gearing up for the 2014-15 FIRST LEGO League competition with weekly training sessions at the National Transportation Research Center in West Knoxville. NTRC is part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and ORNL operating contractor UT-Battelle co-sponsors the LEGO League tournament.

“This year’s theme is ‘World Class Learning Unleashed,’” said Claus Daniel, an ORNL researcher who’s coaching one of three teams meeting at the NTRC. “Part of what the students are doing is defining a question, research, how people learn about the question nowadays and then original ideas to improve the learning process.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: "Climate Cleanup", Brian Peters, Claus Daniel, FIRST LEGO League, Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jessey Yang, National Transportation Research Center, NTRC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Scarlet Victory, Tennessee Tech, U.S. Department of Energy, UT-Battelle

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