PwC who is a wonderful supporter of FIRST® and FIRST® Washington has offered to facilitate three sessions supporting our teams in FIRST® LEGO League Challenge, FIRST® Tech Challenge, and FIRST® Robotics Competition. FIRST® Washington is deeply committed to team sustainability and part of that work is around proper business, budget, and fundraising planning.
You can find the webinar here.
You can find the presentation slides here.
FIRST® Washington is bringing Team Booster Accounts into the technology age, finally! This service will be available this spring. The vision is to have all of this online so a team (one designated mentor per team) can check the team’s account balance online and request reimbursement electronically.
In the interim, teams who wish to fundraise for their team through FIRST® Washington, please create your personal fundraising page through our Give Lively site. https://secure.givelively.org/donate/washington-first-robotics/help-bring-stem-alive-for-a-washington-state-young-person
Please do not forget FIRST® Washington is the non-profit that is bringing this resource to you and delivers the program for your team! We encourage you to invite individuals and companies to donate to FIRST® Washington so that we can continue to grow FIRST® programs and reach more youth across Washington State.
Here is a guide to setting up and using Give Lively
Policies and procedure of the re-granting process for FIRST® teams.
General questions regarding grants people often ask, to help guide you with your tasks for the season.
To help you prepare for your upcoming season, please reference this budget. Every team’s budget is different, based upon your team’s goals for the year, so this is only a guide.
Videos and real team examples of how to successfully raise funds for your team.
A breakdown of the cost of an FLL Challenge season; including prices and what comes with registration.
EV3Lessons.com was founded by Sanjay and Arvind Seshan in 2014 to provide programming lessons and tools for teams, teachers, and MINDSTORMS enthusiasts. Today, EV3Lessons.com has become a go-to site for everything related to MINDSTORMS and youth robotics competitions such as FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge.
A worksheet for preparing for the Robot Design judging session.
Instructions for building an FLL Challenge game table.
A guide for mentors to understand their roles and responsibilities.
FIRST® Washington Booster Accounts can be used by teams to keep track of finances. This document includes all the details and instructions for managing donations, spending, and other team money management.
Training resources for both youth and coaches to create diverse, inclusive and equitable team environments for the students.
Annual coaching guide provided with annual registration with FIRSTinspires.org
A full-year curriculum for FIRST® LEGO® League coaches and teachers!
The curriculum guides new coaches through their initial season with FIRST® LEGO® League and provides standards mapping and assessments for teachers implementing FIRST® LEGO® League in the classroom. It is a step by step, meeting by meeting framework that allows coaches or teachers with no previous FIRST® experience to lead a robotics team through a successful first season. The curriculum introduces students to the Engineering Design Process and coding in addition to providing activities to build skills such as collaboration, group decision making, and communication. Differentiated activities are provided for different age groups or skill levels.
Rubric for FIRST® LEGO® League Core Values judging, including expectations for inspiration, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism.
Rubric for FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Project judging, including expectations for research, innovative solution, and presentation.
Rubric for FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Robot Design judging, including expectations for mechanical design, programming, strategy, and innovation.
Form for collecting information about your team you would like to share at an event.
A worksheet for preparing for the Robot Design judging session.
A coaches workshop on Time and Team Management for FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge teams.
A one-stop, high-quality, open-source resource for all FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge teams world-wide where they can learn together. To put into practice a culture of Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition.
Their Facebook site can also be reached here.
An overview of the technology, features and function of the EV3 Brick.
A series of video tutorials that uses the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 platform to teach various concepts of programming and engineering.
Tips and Techniques for a great robot design
EV3Lessons provides a complete set of LEGO MINDSTORMS programming lessons for teams, teachers, and robotics enthusiasts. The tutorials are clear, to-the-point, and comprehensive, with something for every level of user.
The FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Global Innovation Award is designed to showcase the real-world, innovative solutions that FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge teams create as a result of their Project.
The Robot Game takes place on a specially designed table, so you’ll need to build one to practice on if you don’t already have access to one. With safety, weight, height, and cost in mind, a simple design is offered here.
An overview of the awards given out at FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge tournaments, including Robot, Project, and Core Values awards.
STEMcentric is a resource for those involved with STEM education, either as a student or instructor. It is the home for the LEGO® Robotics tutorials for the Mindstorms EV3, NXT, and even the RCX.
