FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Explore
Robotics for grades K-4
FLL Explore (K-4)
Saint Peter Area Robotics is a non-profit community group that is run by volunteers. We need help from the families of our students, so a volunteer commitment deposit is mandatory and is included with your registration fee. You will be REFUNDED THE AMOUNT once you’ve completed your volunteer hours. If registering for FLL Explore, a $50 volunteer deposit is charged. This equates to 2 hours of volunteering.
- Build models using LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 and LEGO bricks
- Create Show Me posters to present what they learned
- Begin working with simple motors, gears, robotics, and programming
- Focus on building interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through a real-world challenge – to be solved by research, critical thinking, and imagination
FLL Explore Details
In Explore, teams of students in grades K-4 focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real-world problems, learn to design, and code and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0.
Registration
FLL Explore participants are strongly encouraged to complete their registration by September 1st
Practices
Teams normally meet once a week for 1-2 hours at a time
Parent Involvement
Teams are led by coaches who typically are a parent of one of the team members. All parents are encouraged to attend practice at any time even if they are not the coach to provide extra guidance and to have fun with the team.
Challenge and Competition
Based around a themed challenge created by FIRST that is released in August and changed each year. Although there is not a competition to attend for FLL Explore, teams may display their projects and talk about their season to the public at the local mock FLL tournament in November in St. Peter that is hosted by Saint Peter Area Robotics.