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Why cover a US FIRST event? It is a unique opportunity to see hundreds of children, from K-12, accomplish some of the most challenging tasks they have faced. You'll see innovation, entrepreneurship, amazing technology, and hearty, gracious professionalism as they compete for the state and national championships. And, these are the technologists of the future supported by schools, businesses, and hundreds of scholarship opportunities from universities that recognize the value of the FIRST programs. Be sure to check out the national press room then contact us to get information about covering Maryland FIRST events.

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Television

Woodlawn High School students participate in Robotics Competition, WMAR-TV ABC2 News, 6/20/11

FOX45 Hometown Hotspot: Robotics Competition 1, FOX45 TV, Baltimore, 3/18/11

Robotics Competition Preps Teams for Future, WBAL-TV, Baltimore, 3/18/11

TODAY show features Maryland FIRST LEGO League robots at JHU APL Qualifier, 1/10/11

TechBrick FIRST LEGO League Team prepares for FLL Championship, ABC 2 News, Baltimore, 1/7/11

Teens Prep for Battle O' Baltimore, WBAL-TV Morning Show, 8/3/2010

Baltimore City Public Schools Channel 77 news segment on 2010 Chesapeake Regional, Your News #21 at 00:13:15, May 2010

ABC 2 News article and video, "Mayor Speaks at Robotics Competition", Paul Jaffe, 3/12/2010

WJZ TV 13 article and video, "24 MD Teams Compete in Robotic Competition", Ron Matz, March 11, 2010

Coverage of 2009 Chesapeake Regional on WBAL TV Baltimore (March, 2009)

Articles

Local Students Gear Up for Robotics Competition, Matt Markowitz, Aberdeen Patch, 1/30/12

Students compete in FIRST LEGO League robotics contests, Wendi Winters, The Capital, 1/23/12

South River Hosts FIRST Lego League Competition, Nicki Mayo, Crofton Patch, 12/12/11

2011 FTC Maryland, FLL Southern Maryland Qualifiers, College of Southern Maryland press release, 12/6/11

Magnolia Students Rank in Top Half of Robotics Competition, Mehreen Rasheed, Greenbelt Patch, 12/5/11

Magnolia Students Embark on Lego Robotics Competition, Mehreen Rasheed, Greenbelt Patch, 12/2/11

Righttime Donates $5K to South River Powerhawks Robotics Team, Mitchelle Stephenson, Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch, 11/21/11

Drawing inspiration for the future, Team 449 community contributors, Montgomery County Gazette, 8/19/11

Woodlawn High's Robotics Team Headed to National Contest, Mary Gale Hare, Baltimore Sun, 4/23/11

FIRST Robotics the Sport of Science, Nick Berray, Scholastic News - Kids Press Corps, 4/12/11

How FIRST Works, Marshall Brain and Robert Lamb, How Stuff Works, April 2011

Robots in Congress? Yes, we replicant, Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 4/4/11

An army of robots descends on Capitol Hill (well, kinda), Shawna Thomas and Carrie Dan, NBC News First Read, 4/4/11

Senator Shaheen Rolls Out Innovation Inspiration Legislation, Senator Shaheen press release, 4/4/11

South River PowerHawks Soar at Robotics Competition, Jerri Anne Hopkins, Annapolis Capital, 3/31/11

Recap: South River's Robotics Team in Baltimore, Mitchelle Stevenson, Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch, 3/26/11

Colchester Robotics Team Comes Out On Top, Ryan Blessing, Norwich Bulletin, 3/26/11

Students Gain First-Hand Engineering Exposure in Robotics Club, Amanda Card, Hatboro-Horsham Patch, 3/26/11

UberBots Ranked Third at Chesapeake Regional, Hartford Courant, 3/22/11

Clarksville Students Win Award for Star Wars-Inspired LEGO Hospital, Sara Toth, Columbia Flier, 3/21/11

South River High School's Robotics Team to Compete Against 60 Teams from Around the World, Allison O'Brien, Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch, 3/15/11

Incarnation Students Excel in Lego Robotics, Tim Lemke, Odenton Patch, 3/11/11

Admiral Oaks Boys & Girls Foster Robotic Interest, John Wilfong, Greater Annapolis Patch, 3/5/11

Pasadena's Young Scholars Shine at FIRST LEGO State Tournament, Angee Fielder, Pasadena Patch, 2/27/11

Around Annapolis: Robotics teams put their skills to the test, Diane M. Rey, The Capital, 2/25/11

York 4-H team readies Lego robots for contest, Amanda Dolasinski, The York Dispatch, 2/25/11

Flowers High students bring skills, teamwork to robotics competition, David Hill, Prince George's Gazette, 2/24/11

Kids Compete with Lego Robots, Margaret Webb Pressler, Washington Post Kids' Post feature article, 2/19/11

LEGO League Makes Learning Fun, Mary Mcguirt, SevernPatch, 2/18/11

Lego team tackles pain of braces; will compete in state tournament, Peggy McEwan, The Montgomery Gazette, 2/2/11

The Germantown Droids build with Lego blocks to learn, Danielle Gaines, The Montgomery Gazette, 1/26/11

National Robotics Competition Kickoff Comes to Laurel, Chesapeake Family Blog, 1/6/11

Capitol College to Host Maryland FIRST Robotics Competiton Kickoff Event on Saturday, Jan. 8, Capitol College article, 1/6/11

Students compete with robots built of Legos, Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun, 12/5/10

Robotics club takes shape at Tuscarora High School, Margarita Raycheva, Frederick Gazette, 11/25/10

Mount Rainier Lego enthusiasts design machines to help doctors and patients, Daniel Leaderman, Prince George's Gazette, 10/13/10

Liberty High's RoboLions -- Building a Better Robot, Geoff Brown, Sykesville Online, 8/21/10

No final whistle for these high school coaches, Glenn Graham and Katherine Dunn, Baltimore Sun, June 28, 2010

Harford County Parents Magazine article, "Cool Kids: FIRST Robotics in Maryland", Stacey Alatzas, May 2010

Hollywood family part of world robotics winning team, Southern Maryland Newspapers Online, 4/30/2010

Annapolis Capitol article, "Robotics students heading to nationals", Mitchelle Stephenson, 3/18/10

Baltimore Sun article, “Teamwork leads students to build a better robot,” Jill Rosen, 3/14/10

Baltimore Sun article, "Building Better Bots" feature on Digital Harbor team, Mary McCauley, 3/12/10

Baltimore Sun photos, "FIRST Robotics regional competition", 3/11/10

Robotics.TMCnet.com, "Robotics - High school students to participate in FIRST Robotics Competition Chesapeake Regional", Deepika Mala, 3/10/10

FRC Team 768 from Woodlawn High School featured in Popular Mechanics article about game strategy, 3/5/10

"Youth robotics team takes lessons from Legos", Gazzette.net, 2/3/10

"Capitol College sponsors FLL team", Capitol College press release, 1/27/10

"A Smart Move", UMBC web article, 1/19/10

"Middle Schoolers to Compete in FIRST LEGO League State Championship", UMBC press release, 1/14/10

"Academic Competitions in Annapolis" (featuring South River High School robotics team), What's Up Annapolis magazine, January 2010

CSM's robotics competitions feed pipeline to STEM careers, College of Southern Maryland press release, 12/17/09

"Lets Go Boys and Girls" Annapolis FLL Program featured in The Capital (10/21/09)

TechBrick makes the front page of the Harford County Aegis, The Aegis, 9/25/09

'The Robotiators' Glenelg High team girds for robotic competition, Baltimore Sun, 8/2/09

Exploring 'Maryland's Place in Space' at the Baltimore Convention Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center website, 6/1/09

ARL volunteers encouraging students' participation in science, engineering, Army News, 5/16/09

Maryland Teams Compete in the FIRST Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Maryland Public Schools press release, April 2009

South River's Power Hawks robotics team wins award, HometownAnnapolis.com, 4/9/09

Local teams compete with remote-controlled, ball-throwing creations, HometownAnnapolis.com, 3/20/09

Revved up Robo-Lions: Liberty High School students build robot, club from scratch, Carroll County Times, 8/18/09

We, Robots: Baltimore City Students Build A Better Future Through Robotics Competition (Baltimore City Paper, 4/25/07)

Videos

Highlights of 2010 Chesapeake Regional FIRST Robotics Competition held March 2010, August 2010

Highlights of Maryland FLL Qualifier at JHU Applied Physics Lab, held January 2010, June 2010

Playlist of 2010 Chesapeake Regional videos, June 2010

See the new Maryland FIRST YouTube Channel, June 2010

Marlin Steel Wire President Drew Greenblatt's Saturday Opening Ceremony speech, from 2010 Chesapeake Regional, March 12, 2010

Baltimore Sun video, "Inside the FIRST Robotics Competition at the Baltimore Convention Center", March 11, 2010

"Gearing Up" documentary features Maryland's RoboDoves team from Western High School in Baltimore, and scenes from the 2008 Chesapeake Regional. The full documentary is available online now.

KETC (St. Louis PBS) FIRST Robotics Documentary Sneak Preview, 10/29/08

Radio

Making Robots "Alive" on Maryland Morning with Sheila Kast
WYPR 88.1 FM Baltimore. April 13, 2009:
In the FIRST competition, high school teams from around the country and the world build robots that are designed to complete particular tasks ("FIRST", in case you were wondering, stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). The regional competitions happened over the last month, and this week 500 robots will compete at the final Championship--this year being held in Atlanta.

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