FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) is a program that supports children and youngsters in order to introduce them to science and technology in a sporty atmosphere. The objective is to:
:: make children and youngsters enthusiastic about science and technology
:: to equip the participants with the idea of team spirit
:: to encourage children and youngsters to solve complex tasks in a creative way
The basis of FLL is a robotics tournament in a cheerful atmosphere, where kids and youngsters need to solve a tricky "mission" with the help of a robot. The kids are researching a given topic within a team, they are planning programming and testing an autonomous robot to solve the mission.
The FLL Teams take the opportunity to experience all steps of a real product development process: solving a problem under time pressure with insufficient resources and unknown competitors. FLL is a small microcosmos of real business life in all its respects.
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How does an FLL tournament work?
The FLL Teams are working on the missions of the FLL Robot-Game and the presentation of the FLL Research Project.
The topic of the challenge changes every year and refers to current developments and situations in the world. The challenge documents and neccessary information according the tournament are announced online exclusively.
When preparing for the FLL Regional Tournament each FLL Team is guided by its FLL Coach. During the preparational period the team constructs and programs as well as it is learning how to find and analyse information and prepare a presentation of their research results, which will be presented to the FLL Jury on the tournament day. There are no limits for presenting to keep up the fun factor: poems, songs, plays - whatever fantasy can imagine!
| March 1st, 2012 |
Official registration starts | |
| End of August 2012 |
Shipping of FLL Challenge Sets | |
| Early September, 2012 |
FLL Missions are published - official kickoff (deadline for age limit: 10 to 16 years) | |
| End of September, 2012 |
Closing of registration | |
| November, 2012 | FLL Regional Tournaments | |
| December, 2012 | FLL Semi Final Tournaments | |
| January 2013 | FLL Final and closing of current FLL season |
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Congratulations to Paul Murphy from Munich he is FLL Coach of the Year 2011!
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