STEM Competitions

Building confidence one brick at a time

STEM Competitions

Building confidence one brick at a time

Introduction

Inspiring Students to Engage

Competitions and showcases are a highly motivating and engaging way for students of all age groups to build their STEM skills. Working towards local, regional or even global events as a team is an exciting learning experience that sparks students’ interests and builds lasting memories and friendships. During competitions, students can build on their existing collaboration skills and build the essential teamwork abilities needed for success across all career paths.

FIRST® LEGO® League

About FIRST® LEGO® League

FIRST^® LEGO^® League introduces science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to children ages 4-16 (ages vary by country) through fun, exciting hands-on learning. FIRST LEGO League participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences through a guided, global robotics program, helping today’s students and teachers build a better future together. In FIRST LEGO League, students engage in hands-on STEM experiences, building confidence, growing their knowledge, and developing habits of learning. FIRST LEGO League’s three divisions inspire young children to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.

FIRST® LEGO® League

FIRST LEGO League Discover

For children ages 4-6, this playful introductory STEM program ignites their natural curiosity and builds their habits of learning with hands-on activities in the classroom and at home using LEGO Duplo bricks.

Core Value: Learn STEM fundamentals
Key Benefit: Understanding the basics of STEM; Habits of learning

FIRST LEGO League Explore

In Explore, teams of students ages 6-10 focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real-world problems, learn to design, and code and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO^® Education SPIKE^™ Essential.

Core Value: Practice STEM concepts
Key Benefit: Understanding concepts & building STEM skills; Habits of learning

FIRST LEGO League Challenge

Friendly competition is at the heart of Challenge, as teams of students ages 9-16* engage in research, problem-solving, coding, and engineering – building and programming a LEGO Education SPIKE^™ Prime robot that navigates the missions of a robot game. As part of Challenge, teams also participate in a research project to identify and solve a relevant real-world problem.

Core Value: Apply STEM skills
Key Benefit: Understand real-world uses of STEM; Applying critical thinking skills; Habits of learning

Progression of FIRST LEGO League Divisions

FIRST LEGO League guides youth through STEM learning and exploration at an early age. From Discover, to Explore, and then to Challenge, students will understand the basics of STEM and apply their skills in an exciting competition while gaining productive learning habits, confidence, and teamwork skills along the way.

Students can begin their FIRST LEGO League journey with Discover and progress through Explore and Challenge. Children can also join at any division based on their age or grade level.

FIRST® LEGO® League

World Robot Olympiad

About World Robot Olympiad

Students from more than 60 countries participate in four categories to solve specific challenges, construct solutions to thematic problems, and create game-playing robots using LEGO^® Education SPIKE^™ Essential, LEGO^® Education SPIKE^™ Prime, or LEGO^® MINDSTORMS^®. During competitions, students develop their teamwork, math, science, and presentation skills. The WRO competition is open to students ages 6-25, with options for elementary-age teams and advanced robotics.

World Robot Olympiad