West Tennessee
FIRST LEGO League Challenge

Challenge Updates & Clarifications

Coaches, please remember that teams will be scored based on the latest Challenge Updates & Clarifications produced by FIRST. Please be aware that this document may be updated before the Championship date.

TVR Grant is live!

Here is the grant application for Tennessee Valley Robotics for the 2024 season. Please share with all teams in the Tennessee Valley Authority service area.

NoBox & 2023-2024 Season

Hello Everyone! NoBox has taken over as the PDO (Program Delivery Organization) for FIRST LEGO League in West TN. We are in the process of creating a new website and moving some of this old information to the new site. In the meantime if you have any questions please email patrick@nobox.io or patrick@no-box.org (use this […]

Important Announcement for the 2022-23 Season

Being unable to reconcile a contract dispute with FIRST, it is with much regret that we announce that the University of Memphis will no longer be the Program Delivery Partner for FIRST Lego League Challenge in the West TN Region. The University of Memphis and the West TN STEM Hub will still assist STEM Robotics […]

West TN FLL 2021-2022 Season (Update #2)

This update has been changed to reflect the latest information. The Facts We are GO for the FLL 2021-2022 Season! All event will be VIRTUAL. We will be doing a modified/slimlined version of what we did last year.  This is in response to the Teams and Judges feedback. Event Dates can be found in the […]

2021-2022 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) FLL Team Grant Application

Ends on December 1, 2021 This grant is open to FIRST® LEGO® League Explore teams and FIRST® LEGO League Challenge teams for the 2021-2022 season.  This grant is not eligible for a regrant and will be awarded as follows:  FIRST LEGO League Explore – $130 Registration, Inspire Set, tax and shipping FIRST LEGO League Challenge – $364 Registration, Challenge Set, tax and shipping  […]

FIRST® Senior Mentor of West Tennessee featured by FIRST® HQ

On February 28, 2021, FIRST® was also celebrating Black History Month where Mr. Randall C. Phillips was one of our African American (FIRST Senior Mentors) FSMs featured in their Social Media series. Phillips is our FSM covering Western TN, Eastern AR, & Northern MS for 3 years. On February 16, 2021, Mr. Phillips also took […]

How LEGO Is Training The Scientists And Problem Solvers Of The Future

from: Forbes Magazineby Simon Chandler Play is serious business. Through play children (and adults) learn how to use their imaginations, to experiment with different ways of doing things. This might seem like it has relevance only for their self-development, but it’s also through imagination and experimentation that the human race as a collective arrives at […]