A Hands-On Approach to STEM Learning
FIRST LEGO League
Engaging Youth in STEM Exploration
FIRST LEGO League introduces science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to children ages 4-14 through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences through a guided, global robotics program, helping today’s students and teachers build a better future together.
Our three divisions inspire youth to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.
THE FLL IMPACT
FIRST LEGO League guides youth through STEM learning and exploration at an early age. From Discover, to Explore and then to Challenge, students will understand the basics of STEM and apply their skills in an exciting competition while gaining productive learning habits, confidence, and teamwork skills along the way.
Express Interest in Doing Well in School
87%
Time Management Skills Increase
95%
Teamwork Skills Increase
99%
Our Core Values
The FIRST Core Values are the cornerstones of the program. They are among the fundamental elements that distinguish FIRST LEGO League from other programs of its kind.
By embracing the Core Values, participants learn that friendly competition and mutual gain are not separate goals, and that helping one another is the foundation of teamwork.
We express the FIRST philosophies of Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition® through our Core Values.
Essential Steps To
Starting an FLL Team
FIRST LEGO League’s three divisions inspire youth to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning centered around a yearly theme.
AGES
6—10
In Explore, teams of students ages 6-10 focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real-world problems, learn to design, and code and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO® Education SPIKE Essential or WeDo 2.0.
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AGES
9—14
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.
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Divisions
Gather Your Team
Volunteers and teachers make it happen, and we make it easy for you with step-by-step instructions, and all the resources and support you need to succeed.
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Learn about FIRST® LEGO® League, our Core Values, and the Current Challenge
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Assign two coaches to lead your team
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Gather 2 to 6 team members and find a meeting place.
Register with FIRST®
Registration for FIRST® LEGO® League opens in May.
Teams will need to start the two-level registration process with national FIRST® registration. The registration fee covers your season and basic team materials. To ensure the safety of our youth, all program volunteers, coaches, and mentors must be screened as part of the FIRST® Youth Protection Program.
Teams must register with the national branch of FIRST LEGO® League to participate in an official district event.
REGISTER & PLAY
Once registered, your team becomes a part of the worldwide FIRST Robotics Competition community. You’ll begin receiving communications from FIRST, along with your permanent team number in preparation for event registration.
This is the second level of the two level registration process. Once you register with FIRST and receive your official team number, teams must register with your local partner in order to participate in a district event.
The Ocean is More Than What you can see on the Horizon.
During the SUBMERGED℠ Season, FIRST LEGO League teams will use creative thinking and LEGO® technology to explore the layers of the ocean and bring their learnings and ideas to the surface as they “sea” into the future.