These resources are available to assist all FIRST LEGO League teams. As noted, some may be specific for Nebraska, while others are relevant for teams everywhere.
- FIRST LEGO League Challenge - Challenge, Updates, & Resources Season Materials
- FIRST LEGO League Challenge - Technical Resources
- Judging Rubrics 2023-2024 - Review each of the three judging room rubrics prior to attending a qualifier.
- Judging Session Flowchart 2023-2024 - The judging flowchart will describe the layout of the judging session.
- 2023-2024 Nebraska FIRST LEGO League Judging Format - The judging format with information on how to best prepare for your judging session.
- Championship Judging Overview Video - The video will review the Championship Judging Format document and help prepare for your Championship judging session.
- Robotics Building Blocks - This is a self-paced course designed for middle school-age students interested in learning about programming using LEGO EV3 robot kits.
- EV3Lessons.com
- Ohio 4-H Youth Development Robotics 1 with EV3
- Checklist for Teams - This document gives a list of items to bring for a qualifier.
- Spike Prime Straight Line program
- Robotics Training (Spike vs EV3)
- FLL Team Introduction Information - (word doc version) - Each team should prepare a two-page document including a photo of the team, a brief description of their robot, project and core values. Interesting tidbits about your team, like a favorite snack, how you decided upon your name, etc., help the judges connect with and remember your team.
- Block Planning Worksheet - This worksheet gives a series of squares for use in planning programs. Youth might draw or write the functions of each programming block on the worksheet to serve as an outline. The complete program draft on the worksheet can serve as a reference to record ideas between meetings, to get organized before actually writing a program, and as documentation to share with the robot design judges.
- My Robotics Book - Robot Worksheet 2022 EV3 Classroom
- FIRST Consent and Release Form 2023-2024
Notebooks
Kiersten, a Nebraska FIRST LEGO League alumni, shares her team's approach to building notebooks and general tips and tricks to putting together successful notebooks. She shares examples of her team's Robot Design, Project, and Core Values notebooks. Kiersten discusses what to include, what judges are looking for, and how to organize the materials.
NEW: Teams will NOT be leaving notebooks or folders with the judging panel. If your team has built a notebook in the past, you can continue to do so, but note that any information from the notebook will need to be shared throughout your presentation. Consider putting tabs in your notebook so you can easily pull information for the presentation or when asked questions. The only item that will be left with your judges will be your Team Information Sheet.
Rebels Robotics Q&A
Nebraska's 1st Champion Award Winner and Detriot Word Festival 3rd Place Research Award Team, Rebel Robotics team talks about what it was like at the World Festival, how they approach the season, and answers questions.
Additional Resources
- Tech Brick (Strategy Worksheet, Challenge Table, Field Strategy Worksheet, Scoring App and more!)
- Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy
- Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program
- LEGO Engineering
- October 2020 -Virtual Coaches Meeting Slides
- November 2021 - Virtual Coaches Meeting Recording
- September 2022 - Virtual Coaches Meeting Recording
- August 2023 - Virtual Coaches Meeting Slides
- February 2024 - Championship Coaches Letter Overview
- March 11, 2024 - Virtual Coaches Meeting
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