FIRST LEGO League event slated

Journalists are invited to attend the 2012 Mississippi Championship FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League Tournament at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg on Dec. 1. The 2012 tournament begins the second decade of FIRST LEGO League activity in Mississippi. NASA at John C. Stennis Space Center is the primary sponsor of the annual tournament. Each year, the Stennis Office of Education provides funding and a variety of volunteers and mentors for the competition. More than 500 elementary and middle school students and as many as 50 teams from across Mississippi are scheduled to participate in the free event open to the public. (Source: NASA/SSC, 11/28/12)