The Edison and Ford Winter Estates home-school robotics team, Assembly Required, placed among the top teams at the first LEGO league qualifier tournament and won an award for its robot mechanical design.
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The team now advances to the regional competition Saturday, February 1, at the Wa-Ke Hatchee Park and Recreation Center in Fort Myers and Lexington Middle School.
During the competition, each team gets three attempts (each at a scheduled time and table) to complete as many missions as possible on the robot challenge field. Spectators are invited to watch the teams compete.
TLC Engineering Solutions is the Estates' team sponsor.
The Edison and Ford Winter Estates offers many programs for children throughout the year, including "Science Scholars," an ongoing home-school series for grades 1-8. The program runs from September to April, with the following schedule: grades 1-3 on the second Thursday of each month, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; grades 4-6 on the second Thursday of each month, 1-3 p.m.; grades 7-8: on the second Wednesday of each month, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Classes for members cost $15, or $105 for the eight-class series; for nonmembers it's $25, or $175 for the eight-class series and includes one adult and one child. Tours and admission to the museum and lab are not included.
Registration opens this summer at EdisonFord.org.