FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge - Ireland

FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge is a global STEM and robotics programme for girls and boys aged 11 to 16.

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FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge - Ireland

Overview


FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge - Ireland "Welcome to FIRST® LEGO® League on ChangeX. FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge is designed for 11-16 year-olds and helps young people to develop critical STEM skills. This guide provides an overview of what's involved in getting the programme up and running in your school or community group." - Gerry Kelly, FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Coordinator, CreativeHUT Ireland

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Time

We recommend a 2-hour session each week for 12 weeks, but the programme is flexible and can be adapted to suit your timetable.

Register for your Challenge Class Pack with CreativeHUT Ireland

As you work through your 30 Day Challenge on ChangeX, you can go ahead and register officially with CreativeHUT Ireland.

Your Challenge Class Pack provides enough equipment for 30 children to take part:

  • 2 x Challenge Sets – season themed field mats and exclusive sets of LEGO® elements to build season-specific mission models.
  • 1 x Class Pack Guide - guidance, management tips, and best practices for how to implement the programme and instructions on how to run your own tournament.
  • 2 x Team Meeting Guides - guidance and lesson plans on how to run 12 sessions and end with a celebration event. It includes learning outcomes, tips, and checkpoints to monitor the teams’ progress.
  • 10 x Engineering Notebooks – team workbooks to record ideas, notes, and sketches. Each workbook provides a guided 12-session experience, including an introduction activity, session tasks, and concluding with the teams sharing what they learned and accomplished.
  • 5 x Robot Game Rulebooks - everything needed for the robot game. Contains field set-up instructions, mission descriptions, and the rules teams must follow.
  • 30 x LEGO® medals and lanyards
  • 1 x LEGO® Trophy

 

Purchase 5 x LEGO® Education SPIKE Prime sets from CreativeHUT Ireland.

You will also need access to compatible digital devices to download and run the free SPIKE App programming software.

Visit the CreativeHUT Ireland resources page

Explore the full set of CreativeHUT Challenge Resources which also includes links to resources from FIRST, LEGO and the IET.

Study the Team Meeting Guide

When you receive your Challenge Class Pack, read through Team Meeting Guide. Combined with the tips and suggestions in your welcome email, you'll have all the information you need to prepare your equipment and plan your first session with the teams.

Run your first session!

Now you're ready to go with your very first session. Keep working through the Team Meeting Guide and remember to check the resources on the CreativeHUT website to make sure you have all you need.

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