Lead a hands-on STEM programme in your school or community for 9-16

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UK & Ireland Operational Partner

FIRST® LEGO® League introduces science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) to children ages 4-16 through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem solving experience through a guided, global robotics program, helping today's young people and teachers build a better future together. Our three divisions inspire young people to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.
- Andy Robinson-Noades, IET FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Coordinator.

The Programme

FIRST LEGO League shows young people what it means to be an engineer and work with STEM skills and subjects, but focuses on practical, hand-on learning, so they are doing, not watching. FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge is designed for 9-16 year-olds and develops key skills that are crucial for their future careers. Young people work together to explore ...

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The Programme

Robot Game - Teams build a robot using a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® or SPIKE™ Prime kit that they program to autonomously complete a series of missions on a specialised field to score as many points as possible. Innovation Project - Teams must research the annual theme as detailed in the Challenge Document. After exploring different ideas, they will identify one problem related to the theme, design a solution to solve it, and develop a presentation to communicate that solution. Robot Design - Teams must explain the process of designing, building and programming their LEGO® robot they are using with the Robot Game. Core Values - Teams are working together constantly to solve problems and create solutions.

The six Core Values that run through each programme are Discovery, Innovation, Inclusion, Impact, Teamwork and Fun. These Core Values are integral to the programme, and whilst they are working towards an end goal and have many objectives - developing these skills is the most important part of the programme. The programme gives all children in a team equal opportunity and each team member must contribute in order for the team to be successful.

What you can do

Teachers and coaches are fully supported with comprehensive resources available to download on the IET Teacher Resources webpage, training videos, digital assets and support.

You can sign up here, complete the 30 Day Challenge to get grant funding to cover all the costs associated with delivering the programme in your school or community group and the team at the IET will support you through the process.

More info about FIRST LEGO League - Challenge →

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There are no words that can express my appreciation for what this programme has done for the children involved. It is for me without doubt of huge value to UK and Irish education. I often tell the students that there are days that stay with you as long as you live. IET FIRST® LEGO® League keeps supplying our team with those, so thank you for that.
- Neil Corrigan, Team Coach and Teacher

This guide provides an overview of what's involved in getting the programme up and running in your school or community group.

5 Steps

Register for your Class Pack with the IET Purchase 4 x LEGO Education SPIKE Primes Watch Getting Started videos, and visit IET team resources page Receive kit and read through Team Meeting Guide Run your first session!

Who?

typically run by school teachers looking for ways to engage kids in STEM working with 9-16 year olds

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FIRST LEGO League - Challenge

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How to get involved

5 Steps

Who?

Funding Available