West Tennessee
FIRST LEGO League Challenge

Aging out of FLL – Now what

We’re excited to share that this year, we’ll be making FIRST® Tech Challenge Jump Start available early, exclusively for graduating members of FIRST LEGO League teams. Jump Start will provide rookie teams with their kit of parts earlier than the normal competitive season timeline. Teams will also be the first to have access to the […]

A Note from the Head Ref

It was noted at the CBHS Qualifier that there is some confusion about Home and Launch. Below are all the rules (and updates) concerning Home vs Launch area. NOTE: This year Launch is NOT PART OF HOME (AKA BASE), and that the robot must be in the BLACK – HOME AREA before the robot can […]

SPIKE™ Prime UPDATE

LEGO Education SPIKE Prime will start shipping on January 9, 2020, and will be allowed for use in FIRST LEGO League from that date forward. Obviously that is probably too late for the City Shaper Season (at least in West TN), but we wanted you to know. Note that the EV3 will still be supported […]

Noted Discrepancies

From FIRST HQ: Dear US/Canada teams,  As you probably have noticed, there are some discrepancies between the Team Meeting Guides and Engineering Notebooks you received with your Challenge materials or will receive shortly. This is an unfortunate error in our printing process, and we apologize for the confusion. We do have a solution that we believe makes it as […]

CITY SHAPER Challenge Release is next week

Next week the CITY SHAPERSM Challenge will be released, and we hope you’ll join us for a season filled with creativity and innovation as the students work together to create an innovative solution that will help shape our future. Here’s everything you need to know to get started. Assembling Your Team:  You’ll need two or more committed […]

Twitch Broadcast

There will be a Twitch broadcast to walk teams through all FIRST® LEGO® League and FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. materials, tentatively scheduled for August 15 at noon ET. Stay tuned for more information.

Season Preview

We’re two weeks away from the CITY SHAPERSM Challenge Release, and wanted to give you a preview of the season.  In order to help build student confidence early, for the first time this season, your team materials will include guidance to solve the Crane Mission.  Mark your calendars for Challenge Release, 12pm ET on August […]

Here’s everything you need to know to join FIRST LEGO League

We can’t wait for you to join us for CITY SHAPERSM! To help you get started, we’ve put together everything you need to know about coaching a team. Assemble Your Team: You’ll need two or more committed adult mentors to guide your team of up to 10 students as they work together designing, building, and programming […]

2019 FLL Championship Video

Kudos to LEGO® Education for creating this video snapshot of FIRST® LEGO®League at FIRST® Championship this year.

Registration Opens

Registration for the 2019-20 FLL Season is now opened. See THIS PAGE for more info. NEW THIS SEASON FIRST LEGO League team registration will default to include their Challenge Set.Purchasers may remove the Challenge Set by unclicking the box that indicates a ChallengeSet is part of their purchase. NOTE: TVA has paid team registration for […]