FIRST LEGO League Challenge Overview

Friendly competition is at the heart of Challenge, as teams of students ages 9-14 or grades 4 through 8 engage in research, problem-solving, coding and engineering – building and programming a LEGO robot that navigates the missions of a robot game. As part of Challenge, teams also participate in a research project to identify and solve a relevant real-world problem. The theme for the 2023-2024 season is MASTERPIECE. The details of this season's challenge were announced on August 1, 2023. See the videos and links below for more information.

• MASTERPIECE Theme Video

• MASTERPIECE Season Welcome Video

• MASTERPIECE Season Missions and Scoring

FIRST has created a set of getting started videos and a comprehensive list of multimedia resources to support teams for last season, many of which will be useful this season

Starting and Registering a Team

There are several steps to starting and registering an FIRST LEGO League Challenge team.

• National information
• National registration The national registration opened in May 2023. The national fee for the 2023-24 season is $250 per team.
• Starting a FIRST LEGO League Challenge Team in Oregon
• Registering a Team with FIRST
  • Step-by-step video by FIRST
    • 0:25 Creating your FIRST Account
    • 5:09 Creating your FIRST LEGO League Challenge Team
    • 11:16 Youth Protection Screening
    • 13:55 Ordering Product
    • 14:53 Important Sales Tax Information
    • 17:54 Completing your Order
    • 20:43 Outstanding Tasks you may need to Complete
    • 21:27 Inviting Coach and Youth Contacts to your Team
    • 24:13 Viewing and Printing your Team Roster
  • Step-by-step PDF instructions with screenshots by ORTOP
• Oregon registration
• Oregon Calendar

Core Values

Your team will demonstrate FIRST^®Core Values throughout your season and beyond!

• Apply teamwork and discovery to explore the challenge.
• Innovate with new ideas about your robot and project.
• Show how your team and your solutions will have an impact and be inclusive!
• Celebrate by having FUN in everything you do!

Robot Design

Your team will prepare a short presentation on your robot design, programs, and strategy.

• Design and build your robot.
• Program it to solve Robot Game missions.
• Explain how your robot will act based on the codeyou wrote.•Describe your strategies for the Robot Game.

Robot Game

Your team will practice the 2.5-minute matches to complete as many missions as possible.

• Strategize which Robot Game missions to solve.
• Design any attachments your robot will need to complete the missions.
• Test and refine your programs and robot design.
• Compete at an event!

Innovation Project

Your team will prepare a 5-minute presentation to explain your Innovation Project.

• Identify a problem to solve.
• Design a solution to the problem for your community.
• Share your ideas, learn from others, and improve your solution.
• Pitch your solution at an event.