MN FIRST LEGO League

Minnesota FIRST LEGO League (MN FLL) is part of an international program that includes more than 150,000 kids in 56 countries. It is a team-based, hands-on program that provides challenging and exciting learning opportunities for young people. MN FLL spurs innovation, develops teamwork, enhances communication skills, and promotes excitement in science and technology.

What a FLL Team is…

• Three to ten kids, ages 9-14.
• Anyone can form a team: schools, charter schools, home schools, neighborhood groups, churches, 4-H, scouts.
• How to start a team
• Team's division is determined by the oldest participating member:

Division One = 4, 5, or 6th grade.  Division Two = 7, 8 or 9th grade.

What a team does…
Team members meet twice a week to fulfill two project components modeled after actual professions:

• The Research Project
  Teams conduct research to solve a real-world problem, develop an innovative solution and present and share their work at the competition and within their communities.
• The Robot Game
  Teams design, build and program autonomous LEGO robots to achieve specific missions and compete in three 2.5 minute performance rounds at competitions.

The roles they assume grant kids the thrill of discovery as they witness firsthand how abstract concepts become concrete solutions.

For more information on FIRST LEGO League

To volunteer with High Tech Kids
email Holly at holly@hightechkids.org
or call us at 612.781.2203

High Tech Kids, a Minnesota 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, supports FLL teams in Minnesota by offering training, tournament opportunities, volunteer coordination, and community outreach. Since its inception in 1999, High Tech Kids has grown from serving 175 youth annually to more than 3,000 across the state, with the help of over 700 volunteers.

FIRST LEGO League (FLL) was created in 1998 by a partnership between FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and The LEGO Group.