FIRST LEGO League Challenge

What is the FIRST LEGO League Challenge?

The FIRST LEGO League Challenge is a robotics competition that teaches science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills to kids aged 9-14 (grades 4-9) in a fun, hands-on, way. The competition is broken into four categories: innovation project, robot design, core values demonstration, and robot game performance.

Each year, FIRST LEGO League issues a new Challenge based on a real-world theme. Teams of up to 10 students must research a problem associated with that theme and create a solution that they present to a panel of judges. Students must design, build, and program a LEGO robot to accomplish the tasks of a game within 2.5 minutes. The tasks are all based on the year’s theme. Not only do teams need to show their robot can perform, they must also describe their design decisions to a panel of judges. Finally, teams must consistently demonstrate the core values of FIRST (discovery, innovation, impact, inclusion, teamwork, and fun), while expressing Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition® (simply put, good sportsmanship).

Students who participate in FIRST LEGO League build technical and soft skills, discover exciting career possibilities, and learn how to make a positive impact in their communities.