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Starting a FIRST LEGO League Challenge team will help children your world receive the [https://ortop.org/about-us/our-impact benefits of a research-proven program] including developing both technical and "soft" skills like project management and communication. This page is being developed to help you understand what you need to do get started.
Starting a ''FIRST'' LEGO League Challenge team will help children your world receive the [https://ortop.org/about-us/our-impact benefits of a research-proven program] including developing both technical and "soft" skills like project management and communication. This page is being developed to help you understand what you need to do get started.
 
=''FIRST'' LEGO League Challenge program=
 
* Targets 4th through 8th graders
* Uses LEGO robotics kits.  Current recommended kit is the [https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-set/45678#spike%E2%84%A2-prime SPIKE Prime Set] and the associated [https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-expansion-set/45681 Expansion set]
* The [https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/robot-inventor-51515 LEGO Robot Inventor set] is also allowed although it has somewhat different parts
* Teams can add additional parts as long as they LEGO products
* Older LEGO robotics kits are also allowed although are no longer sold by LEGO
** Mindstorms EV3 Set
** Mindstorms NXT Set
** Mindstorms RCX Set

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Starting a FIRST LEGO League Challenge team will help children your world receive the benefits of a research-proven program including developing both technical and "soft" skills like project management and communication. This page is being developed to help you understand what you need to do get started.

FIRST LEGO League Challenge program

  • Targets 4th through 8th graders
  • Uses LEGO robotics kits. Current recommended kit is the SPIKE Prime Set and the associated Expansion set
  • The LEGO Robot Inventor set is also allowed although it has somewhat different parts
  • Teams can add additional parts as long as they LEGO products
  • Older LEGO robotics kits are also allowed although are no longer sold by LEGO
    • Mindstorms EV3 Set
    • Mindstorms NXT Set
    • Mindstorms RCX Set