Season Updates

A total of 15,000 students between the ages of 6 and 16 took advantage of the FIRST LEGO League Explore and Challenge offers during the past season, researching solutions for the "energy of the future" either as a team or as a class and developing robots that solve tasks at "SUPERPOWERED". The best teams get to participate in the final season finale on March 24-25, 2023 at Dresden Airport.

The current season is slowly coming to an end, but behind the scenes they are already hard at work on the upcoming one. Get ready!

For many teams, preparing for a competition is a complex matter. To make it clear to everyone what a team can expect in terms of the day's schedule and judging, our colleagues Joseph and Niklas created a video some time ago.

After the season is always before! To help us make improvements and better understand the impact of the educational program on participants, we need your feedback. Take part in our impact survey!

FIRST LEGO League is a great STEM activity in school or extracurricular settings, the educational program can be implemented in class or as an extracurricular activity e.g. in all-day programs, study groups or student research centers. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, there are opportunities to make your school's STEM activities visible. Apply with your schools, for seals and awards and give the STEM education program FIRST LEGO League on the credit side.

The best teams from the regional competitions can qualify for the next stage in the competition. How many teams from which region go to a qualifying competition depends on the size of the region at the closing date!

In the context of an Erasmus project a Turkish team is looking for contact to you! Get in touch with you if you want to share your preparations and be available as an exchange partner. The team will visit you in spring 2023.

A lot of things are easier with music! What are your creative skills? If you like to dance, sing or make music, get active in our creative battle. We had a lot of fun recording a song to close our anniversary year 2022, which can serve as inspiration for your creative interludes.

The date for the monthly Open Q&A session for FIRST LEGO League teams is on tomorrow's schedule. Because it's the 1st Wednesday of the month again, and this time our colleague Karen from our FIRST LEGO League team will be there to give you advice at 4pm.

We want to become the audience's favorite and need your support. Join in and vote for us in the audience award of the "Digital for All" initiative by December 11! Support us with just a few clicks www.digital-miteinander.de - Thank you!🎄#DigitalMiteinander

Registration for FIRST LEGO League Explore, our offering for elementary school students, is still open. Together we want to break the mark of 200 teams over Christmas.

Tomorrow, December 1, 2022, LEGO® Education SPIKE™ App 3 will launch, bringing faster connections to the Hub and increased modeling predictability for more effective iterations and testing, among other features.

After the launch of SPIKE App 3, SPIKE App 2 will prompt you to download SPIKE App 3. The web app will automatically upgrade to SPIKE App 3 on launch day and you will be prompted to update your firmware to ensure compatibility. The firmware must be coherent with the app version to be compatible.

Because the update to SPIKE App 3 may affect existing code, we recommend FIRST® LEGO® League teams NOT upgrade to the new app mid-season.

You can find all the information about the judging on the FIRST LEGO League website under Challenge Resources and Judging.

Our colleagues from the FIRST LEGO League team are always working hard to develop support services for teams and coaches. Brand new are our video tutorials for Explore and Challenge, which especially help new teams to understand the educational program well from the beginning.

Want to support your team website or social media presence, or simply print your team's t-shirts with the right FIRST LEGO League logo variations?

Are you new as a FIRST LEGO League Challenge Coach? Then come to the NanoGiants Academy workshop! Tips and tricks for a successful season are offered by the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Jumpstart Workshops of our partner NanoGiants Academy e.V. in addition to the basics of the educational program and the "12 Golden Rules for Coaches".

We are looking for new partners, especially in Northern Germany, who want to implement FIRST LEGO League in their region. Are you a school or other institution in or around Hamburg or Bremen that already has some FIRST LEGO League experience? Then dare to organize a regional Challenge tournament and/or an Explore exhibition at your location with our help. We will give you the tools and a lot of help along the way.