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") // REGISTER MY DASHBOARD Toggle navigation PROGRAMS FIRST LEGO League About Start A Team Cost & Registration Game & Season Events Resource Library Blog Innovation at FIRST FIRST Tech Challenge About Start A Team Cost & Registration Game & Season Events Alumni Resource Library Blog FIRST Robotics Competition About Start A Team Cost & Registration Game & Season Events Alumni Resource Library Blog Hall of Fame Youth Safety Report a Concern Youth Protection Program FIRST Privacy Hub Privacy Policy COMMUNITY Alumni Innovation at FIRST FIRST @ Home Educators Team & Event Search Resource Library Team Grant Opportunities FIRST Championship Find Local Support FIRST Newsletter Inspire Blog Community Blog FIRST Stories FIRST Store FIRST Global WAYS TO HELP Donate Ways to Give Support Raise Money for FIRST Workplace Giving & Corporate Matching Gifts Become a Sponsor Stocks, Crypto, DAFs, Legacy Giving, and more Volunteer About Event Volunteers Mentors / Coaches General Volunteer Resources FIRST Mentor Network FIRST Senior Mentor Program FIRST AmeriCorps Program ABOUT About FIRST Impact At A Glance Youth Safety Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion History Our Supporters Leadership Annual Report & Financials Press Room & Photos Careers Contact Us Site Map SEARCH DONATE FIND FIRST NEAR YOU REGISTER MY DASHBOARD A GLOBAL ROBOTICS COMMUNITY PREPARING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE FUTURE We Are the World’s Leading Youth-Serving Nonprofit Advancing STEM Education Founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST ® is a global nonprofit organization that prepares young people for the future through a suite of life-changing youth robotics programs that build skills, confidence, and resilience. Read About Our Mission, Purpose & Values FIRST ® DIVE SM presented by Qualcomm Bring STEM inspiration, holistic skill building, and fun to your classroom or after-school learning environment with collaborative problem solving during our ocean-themed 2024-2025 robotics season. LEARN MORE & GET INVOLVED Inspiring Generations of Global Citizens 3.2 million youth participants since 1989 There are FIRST teams in 100+ countries. 81% of FIRST alumni declare majors in STEM by their fourth year of college 83% of FIRST alumni have confidence to take leadership roles in school Find More FactsHear from the FIRST Community Parents Students Educators Volunteers Students " FIRST definitely makes me feel empowered, not just as a student interested in building robots, but as a human being." - Tania Najnin, FIRST Student Parents "Deanna is the first to graduate college — I’m proud of her. Now she mentors family members who have graduated high school that are going into college." - Deanna’s Mother Get Started Educators "I’m a firm believer in FIRST — it boosts confidence, builds collaborative skills, and is hands-on. It takes the best of pedagogy, and best practices in education, and brings it all together." - Urvi Shah, Director of Educational Technology and Innovation Get Started Volunteers "It doesn’t matter what you can or can’t do. Come! We can certainly use you." - Phil Salazarz, FIRST Event Volunteer Get Started A Suite of Hands-On STEM Programs for Every Age Project-based, hands-on FIRST programs introduce students to engineering and coding in engaging, inclusive, and creative learning environments, where students work collaboratively to solve themed robotics challenges. Because our programs are More Than Robots ® , participants are guided by FIRST Core Values to build a better future. GRADES PreK-8GRADES PreK-8 AGES 4-16 FIRST ® LEGO ® League introduces STEM to children ages 4-16* through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences through a guided, global robotics program, helping today’s students and teachers build a better future together. FIRST LEGO League’s three divisions inspire youth to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics. *ages and grades vary by country FIRST LEGO League is... Learn More About FIRST LEGO League GRADES 7-12GRADES 7-12 AGES 12-18 FIRST ® Tech Challenge students learn to think like engineers. Teams design, build, and program robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. Robots are built from a reusable platform, powered by android technology, and can be coded using a variety of levels of Java-based programming. FIRST Tech Challenge is... Learn More About FIRST Tech Challenge GRADES 9-12GRADES 9-12 AGES 14-18 FIRST ® Robotics Competition teams design, program, and build a robot starting with a standard kit of parts and common set of rules to play in a themed head-to-head challenge. Teams also build a brand, develop community partnerships for support, and work to promote STEM in their local community. FIRST Robotics Competition is... Learn More About FIRST Robotics Competition Discover the Impact of FIRST Learn about the power of FIRST and how we’ve fostered meaningful change in our community. View all FIRST Stories FIRST inspires students to be forces for change in their communities FIRST ® RISE SM powered by Star Wars: Force for Change Season Teams FIRST STEM Community Star Wars actors Daisy Ridley, Kelly Marie Tran, and Oscar Isaac highlighted a few of the FIRST ® teams tackling challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic in a video message to the ... 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