What is FIRST LEGO League?

FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) introduces 9 to 14 year-olds (9 to 16 outside the U.S. and Canada) to the fun and experience of solving real-world problems by applying math, science, and technology. FIRST LEGO League is an international program for children created in a partnership between FIRST and The LEGO Group in 1998. Each September FLL announces the annual Challenge to teams, which engages them in authentic scientific research and hands-on robotics design using LEGO MINDSTORMS® technologies and LEGO play materials. After 8 intense weeks, the FLL season culminates at high-energy, sports-like tournaments. In 2008, more than 100,000 children are expected to participate in 38 countries.