FIRST LEGO League
CALIFORNIA – Southern
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San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern, San Luis Obispo
Welcome to the home of the California Southern FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) – Challenge, Explore and Discover.
In FIRST® LEGO® League, students are immersed in real-world, hands-on STEM challenges. Teams design their own solution or problem to real world engineering challenges while building autonomous LEGO robots that perform a series of missions. Through their participation, students develop valuable life skills, build confidence, grow their knowledge and develop habits of learning.
Event Structure for the 2021 – 2022 Season
The safety of all participants and volunteers is our top priority and we will be following local and state guidelines regarding large gatherings for the Cargo Connect season.
Unless things change, we are offering both hybrid and remote model events. Some venues may offer both models. See details in the COVID-19 Update section below.
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A chance to shine! Each FIRST® LEGO® League season culminates with qualifying tournaments (QTs) where teams show off what they learned and invented, and compete with their robots.
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Event Structure / Plan for the Cargo Connect Season
The safety of all participants and volunteers is our top priority and we will be following local and state guidelines regarding large gatherings for the Cargo Connect season.
Unless things change, we are offering both hybrid and remote model events. Some venues may offer both models.
Hybrid events will likely look like this:
- 10 days before the event, teams will submit videos introducing their team, Project Presentation, Robot Design and Robot Parade (this will be of their robot moving back and forth in front of the screen).
- On the day of the event, teams will go to the assigned venue and will do an in person judging Q&A session (20 mins – 5 mins for each) where they will be asked questions about Robot Design, Innovation Project, Core Values and about their coach/mentor.
- Following the Q&A, teams will be moved into the arena area where they will run their three rounds of robot competition. (25 mins total – 5 min robot run & scoring then 5 min break / robot iterations team pow wow for all 3 matches)
- After the performance matches, teams will be dismissed to leave the event and wait for the remote awards ceremony that evening.
Remote events will likely look like this:
- 10 days before the event, teams will submit videos of their introduction, Project Presentation, Robot Design and Robot Parade.
- On the day of the event, teams will go to a judging Q&A session on zoom where they will be asked questions about Robot Design, Project, Core Values and about their coach/mentor (20 mins – 5 mins for each)
- Following the Q&A, teams will be moved into another zoom room where they will run their three rounds of robot competition. (35 mins total – 5 min robot run & scoring then 10 min break / robot iterations team pow wow and table reset for all 3 matches)
- After the performance matches, teams will be dismissed to leave the event and wait for the remote awards ceremony that evening.
FIRST® LEGO® League Website – https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll
FIRST® Challenges, updates and Resources – https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/fll/challenge-and-resources
FIRST® Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – https://www.firstinspires.org/about/diversityinclusion
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Non-Technical and Technical Roles Available
FIRST® LEGO® League is a volunteer-run organization lead by passionate, like minded individuals who see the value in encouraging elementary through middle school students to participate in a program that exposes them to a world of imagination and innovating.
Why Volunteer?
- Make a difference in the lives of young people
- Help young people apply real-world math and science concepts
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- Help kids discover the fun in science and technology
Volunteers are needed to enable more than 2,400 Southern California FIRST® LEGO® League students to compete at tournaments and demonstrate what they have achieved.
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