IRST Lego League BC

FIRST Lego League British Columbia

Our mission is to inspire children to work together, use their creativity and engage in real world problems and opportunities.

FLL BC In Action: More FLL BC action, along with the full-size version of this photo, is available in the Photo album.

FIRST Lego League
Sports For The Mind!

News: Tournament Consent Form Every team member & coach must bring a signed FIRST Consent Form with them to an FLL BC tournament. The Consent Form can be downloaded from the Resources section of this site. Read more ... Oct 10, 2007; FLL BC T-Shirts FLL BC Power Puzzle t-shirts can be ordered now, with your team's name printed on the back & in your choice of white, blue, black or chocolate brown. Read more ... Oct 02, 2007; Calling All Officials Sign-up is open for anyone interested in being an official at one of the FLL BC tournaments. It's a fun, exciting day of robotics and high-energy activities with bright kids. Read more ... Sep 18, 2007; Power Puzzle Challenge Launched! This year’s Power Puzzle challenge is about understanding the elements of energy use in a world that uses more and more energy every day. Find out about the Robot Game, the Project, and watch videos of the missions. Read more ... Sep 05, 2007; Junior FLL Registration Information Information on FLL membership and the LEGO base kit. Read more ... Sep 04, 2007; More news…

BC Original Minds - Celebrating 25 Years of Creative Problem Solving

FIRST Lego League (FLL) is an international program for children created in a partnership between FIRST and the LEGO Company. Each September, FLL announces the annual Challenge, which engages the teams in hands-on robotics design and authentic scientific research. After eight intense weeks, the FLL season culminates at high-energy, sports-like tournaments. In 2003 over 43,000 children from 14 countries participated in the FLL program.

FIRST Lego League British Columbia (FLL BC) was formed in 2003 to hold the first annual FLL tournament in British Columbia, Canada. Seventeen teams of children attended the November 29, 2003 tournament in North Vancouver, demonstrating their teamwork and technical skills, competing for the Director's Cup trophy, and above all having fun!

In 2004 the BC tournament grew in size to 26 teams, and BC was also chosen as one of the pilot sites for the Junior FLL program. FLL BC continues to grow, and in this 5th anniversary year we are holding three regional tournaments in addition to the BC provincial championship tournament!

Get Started!

Pick a Program: In addition to the FIRST Lego League (FLL) program for ages 9 - 14, FLL BC also offers the Junior FLL (JLL) program for ages 6 - 9 as well as the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) program for high school ages. Read more on the Programs page.
Register Your Team: Once you are ready to begin, visit the Registration page to register in the appropriate program with FIRST and to register for an FLL BC Tournament.
Use the Resources: Coaches, mentors and parents who are interested in supporting a team should visit the Resources page to find out how to start and to get useful advice.

2007 Challenge: This year's Challenge was launched Sept 5. Visit the 2007 Power Puzzle Challenge announcement to learn more.

Sponsors: BC Original Minds Association Program Sponsor; Telus Title Sponsor; Schigas Solutions Website; The Jade Project

Upcoming Events: BC FLL Championship Tournament BCIT, Burnaby Campus,
Jan 12, 2008; Previous events…; Upcoming events…

Programs

FLL BC offers FIRST Lego League (FLL), Junior FLL (JFLL), and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) programs.

FIRST Lego League

FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an exciting and fun international robotics program that ignites an enthusiasm for discovery, science, and technology in kids ages 9 to 14. More information about JFLL can be found on the JFLL page of the FIRST website.

Junior FLL

Junior FIRST LEGO League (JFLL) is an exciting opportunity for the youngest budding scientists (ages 6 - 9). It encompasses the core concepts of all FIRST programs to inspire, excite, and introduce kids to the wonders of science, technology, and engineering. More information about JFLL can be found on the JFLL page of the FIRST website.

As with FLL, JFLL teams must register with FIRST for the 2007 season, then register to attend one of the regional FLL BC Tournaments. JFLL teams will participate in the regional tournaments only. Returning teams do not need to purchase another base kit, they can use the same one as last year.

FIRST Tech Challenge

The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is a mid-level robotics competition for high-school students. It offers the traditional challenge of a FIRST competition but with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit. More information about FTC can be found on the FTC page of the FIRST website.

FTC was formerly called Vex. As with FLL, FTC teams must register with FIRST for the 2007 season, then register to attend the FLL BC Tournament. FTC teams will only participate in the BC tournament, not the regional tournaments.

Resources

Coach's Tournament Briefing

FLL BC T-Shirt Order Form

FIRST Tournament Consent Form

FIRST & FLL

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)

FIRST Lego League (FLL)

FLL Forums for teams & coaches

FLL International

FLL Canada

Coaching

Coach's Primer (Skye Sweeney)

How to start a team (FLL Canada)

Resources for coaches (FLL)

Comprehensive list of resources (NCaFLL)

This Way, Mr. Roboto - showing nontechnical people how to think like programmers

Technical

The Art of LEGO Design (Fred Martin)

Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy

FLL Resource Library (High Tech Kids)

RoboLab Programming (FLL Ontario)

LEGO Dacta Robotics & Related Web Sites (David Brear)

How-To: Prevent Win XP from freezing (updated USB driver for tower)

How-To: Stop RIS 2.0 from auto launching

How-To: Fix RoboLab download problem

Science & Technology

Vancouver Robotics Club

Seattle Robothon

Science World

GEERing Up! UBC Engineering and Science for Kids

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