The Robotics Team from MS 202Q in Ozone Park won the “Golden Ticket,” which makes them one of the seven teams from Queens to advance to the next competition held by the NYC First Lego League Robotics Championship. It will be held at City College of New York on March 11. With this year’s topic of Hydro-Dynamics, the “Taggers,” as they call themselves, chose fracking as their research topic. As a result, they won the Innovative Solution award for their creation of “The Crepitus,” which is a device that removes dangerous methane gas from well water. The inspiration for the name Crepitus comes from the Roman God of gas. There are ten students from all three grades who participate in this after-school activity funded by CityScience. The program is under the direction of Mr. Thomas Taglienti, a science teacher at MS 202. The team is now actively preparing and training for the upcoming competition.