First Lego League
What We Do
About First
FIRST® Robotics is a global organization that science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to youth ages 4-18 through fun hands-on learning activities. FIRST® is made up of three programs:
· FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) (grades 2-8)
· FIRST® Tech Challenge (grades 7-12)
· FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) (grades 9 to 12).
These programs are designed to inspire students to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.
Halton STEM Club offers two FLL programs: Explore (grades 2-4) and Challenge (grades 4-8). The Challenge program is offered in two streams: Transition (non-competitive) and Challenge Competitive.
What makes this program different?
In the FLL program, students explore STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and robotics. They also learn the FIRST Core Values. These values are the foundation of this program and distinguish FIRST LEGO League from other programs of its kind. In addition to these values, students will learn to demonstrate Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition at each competitive tournament.
FLL Explore Program (Grade 2-4)
Halton STEM Club’s FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) Explore program is designed to introduce students to robotics, coding, engineering design and 3D modeling through hands-on activities and projects.
Under the guidance of experienced mentors, students in this program learn to identify connections and similarities between different technologies and form an intuitive understanding of logic, math, and science.
FLL Challenge Program (Grade 4-8)
In Halton STEM Club’s FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge (FLL) Competitive program, students compete at official FLL Challenge tournaments. Under the guidance of experienced mentors, students use LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime, , or even Python based Pybricks as the robotic platform, to design, build, and code LEGO-based robots to complete various challenging missions on a themed playing mat. They also use scientific thinking and 3D modeling tools such as TinkerCAD, Onshape to prototype their innovative ideas that solves a real-world problem.
FLL is much more than robotics! In addition to coding, students will also learn how to work as a team, how to research, and how to develop impactful solutions to real world problems which will become the foundation for their innovation project.
