Registration to participate in Iowa FLL Regional Qualifiers for the 2009 Smart Move season is now open! Please be sure to register each one of your teams that wants to participate in a regional qualifier. As a reminder, we’ll be assigning teams to their regional qualifiers in mid-October, after registration has closed. If you want to learn more about how we assign teams to regional qualifiers, please take a look at our regional qualifiers page.

Click here to register for 2009 Iowa FLL Regional Qualifiers Registration is now closed!

ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) has a new K-12 engineering site. There are bi-montly e-news for teachers with lesson plans and e-news for students to learn all about the different disciplines in engineering. Way cool — check it out!

Download Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition), 30 seconds to Mars This Is War

We’ll be posting a number of online coach training videos in the next couple weeks. These videos will cover a range of FLL related topics, including robot programming, the Smart Move challenge, the FLL website and the research project. Check back mid-September for the videos!

Update: The training videos are now live on the ISEK website!

A reminder that the opportunity for team grants from Rockwell Collins for the Smart Move season of FIRST LEGO League closed on August 31, 2009. Grant applications will not be accepted after that date.

Tour ISU’s Virtual Reality Experience on July 17, 2009
1-2pm @ Howe Hall auditorium. Includes a 15-minute presentation and demos of various virtual reality software. Tours are open to the public, but online preregistration is required. Appropriate for elementary ages through adults.
http://www.event.iastate.edu/event/18359/

Vacation all about engineering? Cool. Check out www.engineeringsights.org for ideas.