Children learn best when they construct something real. FIRST LEGO League Explore’s annual challenge asks teams to explore a real-world theme using an exclusive LEGO® Education Inspire Model as a starting point. From there, teams design their own models with LEGO® elements.
As they work, they learn basic engineering and programming skills with LEGO® Education WeDo and apply those concepts to make their model move. Teams also document their work in an engineering notebook and share their journey through a team Show Me Poster.
Throughout their experience, teams operate under the FIRST LEGO League Explore Core Values, celebrating the FIRST philosophies of Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition®. The season concludes in a non-competitive expo to publicly applaud the accomplishments of each team!
The bottom line? We have fun!
In the Greater Kansas City area, official expos take place on select Saturdays scheduled between November and April. During these three-hour events each team presents its challenge research, Show Me Poster and LEGO model to FIRST LEGO League Explore reviewers. Presentations wrap up with a short question and answer period. Team building and often, robot action from the other FIRST programs, round out the morning. Finally, the event concludes with a fun awards and closing ceremony. In FIRST LEGO League Explore, everyone is a winner!
Check out our Calendar for our free “How to Start an FLL Explore Team” seminars.