FIRST Lego League is a team
based activity with two theme-based activities: an autonomously operated
LEGO robot game, and a community research project. The cornerstones of the
experience are the FLL Core Values, which emphasize contributions
of others, friendly competition, learning, and community involvement.
Think of the robot game and the project as what we do, and the
Core Values as how we do it.
In Michigan we run FIRST Lego
League in the upper elementary grades, starting in 4th grade, through the end
of elementary. The programs are aligned to the local (public) school structure,
to allow the students to grow through the entire progression of FIRST programs,
to develop and enhance their skills beginning in elementary school and all the
way through high school.
MICHIGAN’S
PROGRESSION:
Kindergarten-Grade 3
students: FIRST LEGO League Jr. only
Late Elementary students:
FIRST
LEGO League only (starting in grade 4)
Middle School students:
FIRST
Tech Challenge only
High School students:
FIRST
Robotics Competition only
Team registration for the 2017
season is now open. You may register your team here.
The 2017 season Challenge is called HYDRO DYNAMICS, which explores human
water cycle. In the HYDRO DYNAMICS Challenge, the human water cycle
describes the ways people find, transport, use, and dispose of water in
order to meet a specific need or desire. Competition events will take place in November and December.
order to meet a specific need or desire. Competition events will take place in November and December.
Basic program and material cost
information may be found here. Each team needs Team
Registration, a FIRST LEGO League Challenge Set (FSK), and a FIRST LEGO League
EV3 Robot Set. We do expect to be able to offer grants again this season.
All grants are reimbursement grants, meaning that the team must be fully
registered and must have paid for their program materials in order to be
eligible for a grant. Alignment is key. All teams that submit a grant
application are expected to compete in an official FIRST in Michigan event, as
part of the grant requirements. Teams must be in the proper program to compete
in Michigan. In addition, significant grants from the state, and FIRST
in Michigan sponsors are available only to properly aligned teams that are from
public or private schools, or 501c3 organizations (Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H
etc) . The grants provide kits, registration fees, and even coach stipends. As
a rule of thumb, middle school grades are as determined by your school district
or the district in your area. If 6th grade is a middle school grade in your
school/district, then 6th grade students would participate in FTC. More information may be found
in Michigan FIRST Progression of Programs link above.
Here is some additional information to get you
started:
·
Season
specific documents was posted when the Global Challenge was released on August,
29, 2017.
·
Mission
model build instructions and the field setup guide are already available, and
may be found here.
·
Ask
an Expert webinar information is posted here. These are recorded, if you can’t watch them live.
·
There
are also FIRST LEGO League modules available on Schoology. More
information may be found here.
Did you know:
Information is sent out to registered Michigan FIRST LEGO League teams
through email blasts throughout the season. All email blasts are posted
online. For a complete list of this season’s email blasts, please check
out the Michigan FIRST LEGO League blog.
Pamela Williamson
Michigan FIRST LEGO
League Partner
michiganfll@gmail.com