Friday, February 27, 2009

FIRST Lego League

The Junior FIRST Lego League (also known as the JFLL) is a Lego league designed for children ages six to nine. It is one of the competitions established by FIRST.

The JFLL is based upon the topics given to the FIRST Lego League; for example 2007's topic was Power Puzzle. While the FLL made robots designed to finish missions relating to the topic, the JFLL made models out of Lego to illustrate one part of the given topic.
The FIRST Lego League (also known by the acronym FLL) is an international competition for elementary and middle school students (ages 9-14 in the USA and Canada, 9-16 elsewhere). It is arranged by the FIRST organization.

Each year the contest focuses on a different real-world topic related to the sciences. Each challenge within the competition then revolves around that theme. The robotics part of the competition revolves around designing and programming Lego robots to complete tasks. The students work out solutions to the various problems they are given and then meet for regional tournaments to share their knowledge, compare ideas, and display their robots.

FIRST Lego League is a partnership between FIRST and The Lego Group.

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