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May 13 2014

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

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B Town Girl Bots

B-Town Girl-Bots Featured in CEWiT Video

The B-Town Girl-Bots are a 5th and 6th grade Girl Scout troop and FLL team from Clear Creek Elementary in Bloomington, Indiana. They were recently featured in an IU Center of Excellence for Women in Engineering (CEWiT) video to talk about what they love about technology and why they think it’s important for other girls to get involved.

IndianaFIRST State Championship

2014 IndianaFIRST State Championship

This year’s State Championship took place this past Saturday in Elkhart and featured the top 24 FRC teams in Indiana. It was an exciting and successful event with lots of great competition. Be sure to check out tomorrow’s blog post for all the details!

Swirly Twirly Girlies

Jr.FLL Team Interviewed at Worlds

The Swirly Twirly Girlies, a Jr.FLL team out of Connersville, IN, were interviewed at Worlds in St. Louis by Emma Dumont, actor and FIRST mentor and alum. Make sure to watch the video to see the girls talk about the Jr.FLL Expo and this year’s challenge, Disaster Blaster.

Recent bot blogs

Recent Bot Blogs

  • How Can IndianaFIRST Teams Use Google Glass? – How would your FIRST team use Google Glass to increase your impact over 6 months? Let us know and we may use your idea in a brand new grant opportunity! Read More...
  • Recap of the 2014 FIRST World Championship – Hear all the exciting details of this year’s Worlds, which were held in St. Louis from April 23rd – 26th, plus see how our IndianaFIRST teams did. Read More...
  • 2014 FIRST Championship Pre-Event Review – Indiana sent 10 FRC teams, 4 Dean’s List Finalist students, 1 Woodie Flowers Finalist Award winner, and 2 Jr.FLL teams to Worlds this year. Learn more about the teams in this blog post. Read More...
  • Sidener Academy RoboNight – In celebration of National Robotics Week, IPS Sidener Academy in Indianapolis hosted their first annual RoboNight, complete with LEGO-inspired bake sale and judged LEGO build activity. Read More...
  • Happy National Volunteer Week! – We don’t know what we’d do without our awesome volunteers that help grow FIRST robotics across Indiana. Learn more about the two Volunteer of the Year Award winners from the Crossroads and Boilermaker Regionals. Read More...

In the news

In the News

These FIRST teams and events were recently deemed newsworthy:

Has your team recently been featured in your local news? Let us know at info@indianafirst.org!

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

We’ll be posting lots of off-season competition opportunities on our Events Page this summer, so be sure to keep up with it as we continue to add new ones!

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