{"id":42,"date":"2023-03-06T14:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T20:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:11:42","slug":"first-lego-league","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/first-lego-league\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST LEGO League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robots. LEGO. Teamwork.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--statistic-with-text\">\n  <div class=\"statistic-with-text statistic-with-text--right\">\n    <div class=\"statistic\">\n            <ul>\n        <li>\n            <h3 class=\"statistic__title\">29,000<\/h3>\n            <div class=\"statistic__text\"><p>students in Iowa have been impacted by participating in <em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League Challenge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n          <\/li>      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n          <div class=\"statistic-with-text__text text-content\">\n        <p><em data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">FIRST<\/em> LEGO League (FLL) is a youth program aimed to excite young learners in grades preK-8 in the areas of science, engineering, and technology.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2001, Iowa State has enabled youth to access and participate in <em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League programs in Iowa. We are the Program Delivery Organization for FLL Explore and FLL Challenge team divisions.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026-2027 BIOGLOW season will be the last for <em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League. For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/2026\/04\/28\/first-lego-partnership-update\/\">please check the announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing the 2026-2027 FIRST LEGO League BIOGLOW Season\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_g9kl7xb8nU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which <em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League Division is Right for Your Youth?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:1rem\">The class and grade ranges for the divisions of <em>FIRST <\/em>LEGO League are established to ensure a fun and equitable experience for all teams. Teams that want to include a youth member outside of these ranges may submit a request to <a href=\"mailto:firstlegoleague@iastate.edu\">firstlegoleague@iastate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--card-set\">\n\t<div class=\"card-set\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-card clickable\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-card__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Explore-vert-full-color-300x258.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"FIRST LEGO League Explore Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Explore-vert-full-color-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Explore-vert-full-color-1024x882.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Explore-vert-full-color-768x661.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Explore-vert-full-color-1536x1323.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Explore-vert-full-color-2048x1763.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-card__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"iastate22-card__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/first-lego-league\/start-a-team\/start-an-explore-team\/\">\n\t\tAges 6-10\/Grades\u00a02-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-card__body text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Team Size of 2-6 youth<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iastate.box.com\/s\/8igwytqwapx9ju9lqhynmcncfq21uge2\">2025-2026 Iowa Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/first-lego-league\/start-a-team\/start-an-explore-team\/\"class=\"iastate22-card__cta\">\n\t\tLearn more about Explore<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-card clickable\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-card__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Challenge-vert-full-color-300x256.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"FIRST LEGO League Challenge Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Challenge-vert-full-color-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Challenge-vert-full-color-1024x875.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Challenge-vert-full-color-768x656.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Challenge-vert-full-color-1536x1312.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2023\/03\/FLL-RGB_Challenge-vert-full-color-2048x1749.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-card__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"iastate22-card__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/first-lego-league\/start-a-team\/start-a-challenge-team\/\">\n\t\t Ages 9-14\/Grades 4-8<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-card__body text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Team Size of 2-10 youth<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iastate.box.com\/s\/ys3lz6b9hq5y560fmxm977jd3ta66yu4\">2025-2026 Iowa Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/first-lego-league\/start-a-team\/start-a-challenge-team\/\"class=\"iastate22-card__cta\">\n\t\tLearn more about Challenge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information about the <em>FIRST<\/em> Organization<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"paragraph-widget 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It is the world&#8217;s leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing STEM education. <em>FIRST<\/em> has a variety of robotics programs for ages ranging from 4-18 that can be facilitated in school or community settings. <em>FIRST <\/em>alumni can access scholarships, internships, and other opportunities that create connections and open pathways to a wide variety of STEM and STEM-adjacent careers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"About FIRST\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_PuWjr7qcM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--button-set\">\n\t<div class=\"iastate22-button-set\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/www.firstinspires.org\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more about FIRST<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More <em>FIRST <\/em>Programs in Iowa<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Class Pack<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:1rem\"><em>FIRST<\/em> offers <a href=\"https:\/\/info.firstinspires.org\/class-pack\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/info.firstinspires.org\/class-pack\">Class Pack options<\/a> for <em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League Discover, Explore, and Challenge divisions and <em>FIRST <\/em>Tech Challenge. Class Pack provides the materials to implement these programs within a single school or organization environment without the potential to compete against other teams or progress to championships or regional events.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>FIRST<\/em> Tech Challenge (FTC)<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:1rem\"><em>FIRST<\/em> Tech Challenge is for youth ages 12-18 in grades 7-12. Teams of up to 15 participants design and build a robot using a reusable kit of parts and compete in a season-specific challenge. The reusable kit can be programmed using a variety of coding languages. <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.uiowa.edu\/about\/first-tech-challenge\">Learn more about <em>FIRST<\/em> Tech Challenge in Iowa.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>FIRST<\/em> Robotics Competition (FRC)<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:1rem\"><em>FIRST<\/em> Robotics Competition is for youth ages 14-18 in grades 9-12. Teams of 10 or more participants create a team brand, use teamwork skills, and build and program an industrial-sized robot to play difficult games against other robots. Teams work under limited resources, time, and strict rules. <a href=\"https:\/\/iafirst.org\/iowa-frc\/\">Learn more about <em>FIRST <\/em>Robotics Competition in Iowa.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank you, Iowa <em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League Sponsors!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/Arconic_logo.svg_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2486\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/Arconic_logo.svg_.png 800w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/Arconic_logo.svg_-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/Arconic_logo.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/Arconic_logo.svg_-768x773.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/John_Deere_logo.svg_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2485\" style=\"width:238px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/John_Deere_logo.svg_.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/John_Deere_logo.svg_-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/John_Deere_logo.svg_-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/John_Deere_logo.svg_-768x514.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/RTX-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2492\" style=\"width:232px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/RTX-Logo.png 362w, https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/outreach\/files\/2025\/08\/RTX-Logo-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">We appreciate your support!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--call-to-action--small\">\n\t<div class=\"call-to-action call-to-action--small\">\n\t\t<div class=\"call-to-action__copy-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h2\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"call-to-action__headline\">Team Blast Newsletter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>We send out a biweekly newsletter to adult coaches, mentors, administrators, and friends.<\/p>\n<p>When a team is registered for the season via the <em>FIRST<\/em> Dashboard, coaches and administrators are automatically added to this list.<\/p>\n<p>Not registered yet? No problem.<\/p>\n<p>You can sign up for our mailing list at any time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-button-set\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/mail.iastate.edu\/team-blast-newsletter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to Team Blast Newsletter<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robots. LEGO. Teamwork.&nbsp; Which FIRST LEGO League Division is Right for Your Youth? The class and grade ranges for the divisions of FIRST LEGO League are established to ensure a fun and equitable experience for all teams. Teams that want to include a youth member outside of these ranges may submit a request to firstlegoleague@iastate.edu. 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