Welcome to FIRST LEGO League Challenge! In FIRST LEGO League Challenge, teams are student-driven and we teach students to work together on teams to solve problems. The true success of the program comes from the process: teaching students to solve problems through Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition. Other teams are not the enemy, but partners in a journey of success.
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LEGO robot set (LEGO Education SPIKE™ Prime, SPIKE™ Essential, MINDSTORMS® EV3 and MINDSTORMS® EV3 Robot Inventor are the most current, but equivalent NXT and RCX are also allowed)
Computer or tablet with software to program the robot. (Laptop is recommended.) LEGO Education software can be downloaded from LEGOEducation.com/downloads.
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- Check your email!
- Create a meeting schedule
- Review the FIRST Core Values with parents and team members (and keep discussing them at each meeting!).
- Set up a practice competition area and storage for equipment between meetings.
- Have team members begin researching this year’s Challenge theme to get a head start on the Project.
After Challenge Release (August
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- Check your email regularly for communication from FIRST LEGO League and Central Valley Robotics.
- Download the Challenge from Challenge Materials and Resources and review it as a team.
- Download the Mission Model building instructions at Challenge Materials and Resources and build the Mission Models from your Challenge Set.
- Have team members begin designing, building, and programming your team’s robot.
- Have team members begin brainstorming ideas for innovative solutions.
- Submit paperwork to Central Valley Robotics (details in this section: Managing Your Team Roster and Uploading Forms)
- Register for an official event. (Details here: Tournament Registration Policies)
- Review the rubrics that will be used to judge your team at tournaments. Discuss them with your team.
- Assign a team member to check the Challenge Updates and Judging FAQ frequently for any new information. (www.firstlegoleague.org) and Challenge Materials and Resources.
- Practice, practice, practice!
- Prepare any documents required by your tournament organizers.
- Make a plan to celebrate at the end of your season.
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- Complete several team-building activities with your team.
- Have your team build a practice robot and try some of the programming tutorials with your LEGO Education set. (www.legoeducation.com/downloads)
- Attend an unofficial event or practice scrimmage (if available).
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