Life isn’t fair, and that’s especially true in the world of high school robotics competitions.
Project 212, a FIRST Robotics Competition team from Ygnacio Valley High School in California, faces more challenges than most. Experience is short and resources are limited. Project 212 believes in itself though. But is grit, devoted mentors, and an unwavering focus on teamwork enough to compete against the best teams in the world?
Follow their journey of grit, focus and teamwork.
FIRST IS A GLOBAL ROBOTICS COMMUNITY PREPARING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE FUTURE.
We are the world’s leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing STEM education.
Founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST prepares young people for the future through a suite of life-changing youth robotics programs that build skills, confidence, and resilience.
A Suite of Hands-On STEM Programs for Every Age
Project-based, hands-on FIRST programs introduce students to engineering and coding in engaging, inclusive, and creative learning environments, where students work collaboratively to solve themed robotics challenges.
Because our programs are More Than Robots®, participants are guided by FIRST Core Values to build a better future.
Through a progression of team-based robotics challenges, FIRST helps young people discover a passion for STEM and develop the skills they’ll need to succeed in today’s competitive workforce.
Learn more about FIRST and how you can get involved by signing up for the bi-weekly FIRST newsletter, sent by FIRST headquarters based in Manchester, New Hampshire.
FIRST LEGO League introduces STEM to children through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences through a guided, global robotics program, helping today’s students and teachers build a better future together.
FIRST LEGO League’s three divisions inspire youth to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.
FIRST Tech Challenge students learn to think like engineers. Teams design, build, and program robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. Robots are built from a reusable platform, powered by android technology, and can be coded using a variety of levels of Java-based programming.
FIRST Robotics Competition teams design, program, and build a robot starting with a standard kit of parts and common set of rules to play in a themed head-to-head challenge. Teams also build a brand, develop community partnerships for support, and work to promote STEM in their local community.
PG&E’s Commitment to STEM Education
PG&E also recognizes that today’s young people are going to shape the world we live in. As technology continues its rapid advancement and integration into so many parts of our lives, they want to ensure that students studying science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have the leadership and technical skills to be the leaders of tomorrow.
The PG&E Corporation Foundation partners with FIRST to support youth teams across Northern California participating in both the FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge. PG&E coworkers act as mentors on dozens of teams, while the partnership supports various FIRST programs, mentorship recruitment events, and safety programming throughout the season.
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