First Lego League

Rationale

Students build, program and compete with a robot, while also learning about a modern problem in science and engineering and developing solutions for it. 

Objectives

FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge is a multi-part competition judged on three important elements.

  1. Robot

  1. Project

  1. Core Values


Selection Process

• An expression of interest will be developed. 

• The project will be available to all interested students with priority given to 10 boys and 10 girls in Stage 3.  

• No previous robotics experience is required as other roles within the tournament besides coding are required.


What will each session look like? 

• Each session TBA but at least 1-2 hours per week per team is required to complete all parts in preparation for the tournament 

• Season runs from August to December 


Opportunities

• Opportunities Stage 3 interested students to be involved however only 2 teams of 10 students (maximum) are permitted to enter the regional tournament (minimum is 2) 

• Students from a range of backgrounds such as low SES, rural, remote, indigenous school/community and under-represented groups are encouraged to be involved 

• Girls are encouraged to become involved (this year we are running 2 different gender groups to see if we retain numbers of girls unlike in previous years) 

• Participation on a regional tournament with similar school groups 

• Teacher facilitated / coach

• Students will have an opportunity to present their presentation and display their team core values and skill with the robot coding challenge on the day of the competition. 

• An opportunity to replicate this during a senior assembly needs to be negotiated.   

Benefits of the program 

• The entire competition for the year is based around one of these themes: Past themes include natural disasters, senior citizens, food health & safety, climate change, medical science, and nanotechnology.  Some of these topics are linked to Curriculum. 

• Tournaments are run with the feel of a sporting event, and teams compete like crazy while having the time of their lives. It’s fun and exciting. 

• The skills developed should last a lifetime. 

Meet the teachers 

Ms Campbell – project leader and facilitator 

Mrs Vather (girls team leader/coach) and Mr Coulter (boys team leader/coach) 

This will provide teacher mentoring opportunities and facilitation for succession planning.