FIRST LEGO League

FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international competition organized by FIRST for elementary and middle school students (ages 9–14 in the USA).

In September each year, a new challenge is announced that focuses on a real-world scientific topic. Competition revolves around that topic and consists of four parts: robot performance, robot design summary, research project presentation, and core values presentation. The robotics part of the competition involves designing and programming a LEGO Mindstorms robot to complete tasks. The students work out solutions to the challenge and then meet for a regional tournament to share their knowledge, compare ideas, and compete with their robots.1

Details

 * Teams consist of:
 * Up to 10 students
 * Mentors with various backgrounds
 * A coach
 * Eligibility:
 * Elementary/middle school student, age 9-14
 * Students usually must attend the team's school


 * Schedule:
 * Pre-Season - May through September
 * Challenge Announced - Late August/Early September
 * Build Season - September through October
 * Competition Season - Late October through December

Contact
Contact the individual team you are interested in joining.

Local Teams Active in 2014
Traverse City
 * 3032, Can't Touch This
 * 3495, Westwoods Wing-bots, Westwoods Elementary School
 * 3512, The Survivors
 * 10338, IC3
 * 10419, TC Terror, TC West Middle School
 * Coach: Angelo Vozza, tcterror@charter.net
 * 10422, Circuit Crush
 * 12402, Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Conception Elementary School
 * 12403, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Middle School
 * 13170, Immaculate Conception 2, Immaculate Conception Elementary School
 * 13173, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton-Boys, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Middle School
 * 14862, Circuit Crush 2
 * 14868, Masters of Disasters

Related Events

 * LEGO By The Bay, Traverse City District FLL Competition