FIRST LEGO® League Challenge Team Portal

Beneath the ocean’s surface lies our planet’s most complex ecosystems, full of life and potential for exploration and learning, where each inhabitant has a role to play in building a thriving environment. During the 2024-2025 FIRST season, FIRST^® DIVE^℠ presented by Qualcomm, teams will use their STEM and collaboration skills to explore life beneath the surface of the ocean. Along the way, we’ll uncover the potential in each of us to strengthen our community and innovate for a better world with healthy oceans.

In the SUBMERGED^℠ challenge, FIRST^® LEGO^® League teams will use creative thinking and LEGO^® technology to explore the layers of the ocean and bring their learnings and ideas to the surface as they “sea” into the future. Registration is now open. 

Forms for Competition Events

All student/team registration for this season should be completed through the FIRST Inspires registration site, including:

• Individual Student Registration.
• Consent And Release.  
• Team Roster.

Each parent/guardian will need to create a FIRST account to register their student.

KC STEM Alliance does not have ongoing funding for seasonal FIRST LEGO League Challenge team grants. However, grant requests to serve under-represented students are considered on a case-by-case basis as Kansas City FIRST works toward the goal of giving every student in our metro the opportunity to participate in the full progression of FIRST programs.

If you have a proposal to start a new team in an under-represented area, contact us using the form on this page or by email. KC STEM Alliance has previously supported FIRST LEGO League Challenge teams through Girl Scouts, the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council and YMCA.

This year our coach’s workshop will take place on September 21 at Manual Career & Technical Center in Kansas City, Mo.

This workshop is open to new and returning FLL coaches in the Greater Kansas City area.

Register here or contact Chrissy Chandler for more information.

The Kansas City region’s schedule of Qualifiers is below:

• Nov. 9: Lawrence High School
• Nov. 9: Olathe Northwest High School
• Nov. 16: North Kansas City High School
• Dec. 7: Hickman Mills Middle School
• Dec. 14: Knob Noster High School

After you complete your team’s national registration, you will receive an email from the Kansas City’s FIRST LEGO League Challenge Partner Christina Chandler with specific information about how to register for a qualifier in our region. Registration will open at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, and close at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, 2024.

Events for our region are booked and scheduled in advance. Event managers have the authority to cancel an event if the host facility determines conditions to be unsafe. This policy  applies to inclement weather or any other public safety issue, including a lack of screened volunteers. If a venue cancels a Qualifier for safety reasons it will not be rescheduled. If an event is not cancelled and weather is a concern, parents and coaches should use their own discretion to determine whether to attend.

No refunds will be given if a qualifier is cancelled or if a team decides not to attend.  Qualifier advancement from a cancelled qualifier will be determined by lottery.

If its original date must be cancelled, the Greater Kansas City FIRST LEGO League Challenge Championship will not be rescheduled. Invitational advancement from the championship would be determined by a lottery.

Team Information: CLICK HERE

Robot Design Executive Summary Description
Core Values Poster Description
FIRST LEGO League Blog
Judging Rubrics
Robot Game Resources
Lightweight Foam FLL Table Building Instructions
Youth Registration instructions and links

KC Head Ref website for FIRST LEGO League

Team Building:  Learn Science & Math and Young Bots Builders

LEGO Education Support: Software Downloads

2019 Coaches Training – robot design

2019 Coaches Training – robot game

FIRST LEGO League Awards at Qualifiers and Championship.

The Core Values Poster is encouraged but no longer required in the five Kansas City-area qualifiers and our championship.

In Kansas City, 25% of teams at each qualifier advance to the championship.  Teams must score well in all judged areas and the Robot Game to be considered for advancement.

Rubrics will be available after the end of the day on your chosen Qualifier date.