Friendly competition is at the heart of Challenge, as teams of students ages 9-14* engage in research, problem-solving, coding, and engineering - building and programming a LEGO® robot that navigates the missions of a robot game.
*ages vary by country
Robot Game - Teams build a robot using a reusable LEGO® MINDSTORMS® or LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime kit that they programme to autonomously complete a series of missions on a season-specific field to score as many points as possible.
Innovation Project - Teams must research and design an innovative solution to a real-world problem relevant to the annual Challenge theme. Robot Design - Teams must explain the process of designing, building, and programming their LEGO robot. Core Values - Teams express the FIRST philosophies of Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition (ie cooperative competition) through our Core Values:
• Discovery: We explore new skills and ideas.
• Innovation: We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.
• Impact: We apply what we learn to improve our world.
• Inclusion: We respect each other and embrace our differences.
• Teamwork: We are stronger when we work together.
• Fun: We enjoy and celebrate what we do!
What you can do
Teachers and coaches are fully supported with comprehensive resources available to download on the FIRST LEGO League webpage, training videos, digital assets, and support.
You can sign up by clicking "Register" at the top of the page, complete the 30 Day Challenge to get grant funding to cover all the costs associated with delivering the programme in your school or community group and the team at the IET will support you through the process.
Friendly competition is at the heart of Challenge, as teams of students ages 9-14* engage in research, problem-solving, coding, and engineering - building and programming a LEGO® robot that navigates the missions of a robot game.
*ages vary by country
Robot Game - Teams build a robot using a reusable LEGO® MINDSTORMS® or LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime kit that they programme to autonomously complete a series of missions on a season-specific field to score as many points as possible.
Innovation Project - Teams must research and design an innovative solution to a real-world problem relevant to the annual Challenge theme. Robot Design - Teams must explain the process of designing, building, and programming their LEGO robot. Core Values - Teams express the FIRST philosophies of Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition (ie cooperative competition) through our Core Values:
• Discovery: We explore new skills and ideas.
• Innovation: We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.
• Impact: We apply what we learn to improve our world.
• Inclusion: We respect each other and embrace our differences.
• Teamwork: We are stronger when we work together.
• Fun: We enjoy and celebrate what we do!
What you can do
Teachers and coaches are fully supported with comprehensive resources available to download on the FIRST LEGO League webpage, training videos, digital assets, and support.
You can sign up by clicking "Register" at the top of the page, complete the 30 Day Challenge to get grant funding to cover all the costs associated with delivering the programme in your school or community group and the team at the IET will support you through the process.
Well after a long time we have finally accomplished our goal. Because of Covid-19 students last year were not able to engage with the materials for the LEGO League. Now that we have returned students have learned about coding through LEGO League. They built robots, programmed them to complete missions and then participated in a competition against other teams. Students have had a great learning experience in this program. We have brought this program to our school community and we will continue to work with students to continue exposing them to computer science. The competition may have ended for us but the learning will continue.
Well since I have looking for ways to integrate more technology and STEM programs into our school I thought the best way to start is to get more people involved. So we discussed about the different programs that can be brought in to begin and the Lego League being one of them. Students love Legos and what a great way to bring in the engineering and technoloy part of STEM. Through our discussion, we decided that this is where the funds or at least majority of the funds will be used. The money will go to purchasing about three of the spike prime robots and three expansion kits. We also talked about purchasing materials to build a table designed especially for the mat. Because Lego League requires students to do an innovation project students will be able to create a presentation and talk about how the community can get involved. Students can also talk to our school's administration, staff, parents and their peers through a virtual meeting to let them know the impact that they felt going through the process as well as what they learned.