BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:St Louis Community College &ndash\; Florissant Valley continu es to support Science\, Technology\, Engineering and Math (STEM) program s for kids of all ages. The weekend of Dec. 8-9\, 2012 will see two majo r robotics events and over 700 elementary\, middle and high school stude nts on campus.\nSaturday will be the first of four qualifying events for FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams in Missouri. Thirty-six teams of stude nts in grades 7-12 will compete for a chance to advance to the Missouri FTC Championship at Missouri S&\;T on Feb. 23\, 2013. This year&rsquo \;s game is called Ring It Up!℠. The game challenges teams to build an d program robots to traverse a 12x12 field while manipulating plastic ri ngs into scoring positions on racks while avoiding their competitors. Te ams have been working on the challenge since September and are eager to see how they perform.\nSunday is the culmination of the FIRST LEGO®\; League season for Eastern Missouri teams. One hundred and fifty-seven t eams competed in the eight qualifying events offered in November. Now th e forty advancing teams will gather for the Eastern Missouri FLL Champio nship event. The teams will run their LEGO MINDSTORMS®\; robots on th e competition table and present their research from the Senior Solutions ℠ Challenge. \;\nVisitors are welcome to attend the events. They a re FREE and open to the public. Activities will run 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. b oth days. The activities will be in the gymnasium on campus\, 3400 Persh all Road\, and FIRST signs will point the way.\nFor more information abo ut the programs\, visit www.stlfirst.org. URL:http://florissant.patch.com/events/stlcc-florissant-valley-hosts-firs t-robotics-weekend SUMMARY:STLCC-Florissant Valley Hosts FIRST® Robotics Weekend LOCATION:St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley: 3400 Pershall Rd\, Saint Louis\, MO END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR