FIRST® LEGO® League Explore (ages 4-16, ages vary by division & country) introduces STEM to children through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences through a guided, global robotics program, helping today’s students and educators build a better future together. FIRST LEGO League’s three age-appropriate divisions inspire young people to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.

Welcome to the FIRST® DIVESM presented by Qualcomm season. This year’s FIRST LEGO League challenge is called SUBMERGEDSM.

This season, children will learn about how and why people explore the oceans. Our discoveries beneath the ocean surface teach us how this complex ecosystem supports a healthy future for the plants and animals that live there. 

During each session, teams will experience the engineering design process. There is no set order for this process, and they may go through each step several times in a single session. This means that during a session, children will be exploring the theme and ideas, creating solutions, testing them, iterating and changing them, and then sharing what they’ve learned with others. 

More than 80% of the ocean remains unexplored, offering curious minds deep opportunities to dive into expeditions. 

Schools Participating: 

Laurel, Clinton, Tibby, Dickinson, Longfellow, Carver, Emerson, Anderson, King, Kelly, Kennedy, Roosevelt, Emerson, and Foster

FIRST requires all teams to have youth team members registered with FIRST. Youth team members who have not registered will not be permitted to participate on the FIRST team and compete in FIRST events.

In cases where a student is unable to register due to lack of internet access or an undue burden, FIRST will not require registration in the Youth Registration System and the youth may submit a paper copy of the FIRST Consent and Release Form. The parent/guardian should contact the lead coach/mentor of their youth’s team to request a paper copy of the FIRST Consent and Release Form. The lead coach/mentor will then contact the local FIRST Program Delivery Partner, who will review request and determine if an exception will be made.