® LEGO® League
Junior
FIRST
®
Junior FIRST LEGO® League
(Jr.FLL®)
(Jr.FLL®)
Jr.FLL 101
Jr.FLL Presentation
LEGO® Education Sales
Meeting
August 17, 2011
1
What is Jr.FLL????





Children Ages 6-9 (Grades K-3)
Teams of 2-6 children
Coaches are parents and teachers
LEGO model and Show Me poster
Events called Expo’s
 Events are 2-4 hours long…That’s it!
2
What is Jr.FLL continued..
 Differences from other FIRST programs






Noncompetitive
No Specific Awards!
EVERYONE receives an Award
No Game!
No Robot!
No Mandatory Products
 Terminology
 Jr.FLL® or Junior FIRST® LEGO® League
 NOT JFLL, Junior FLL, Jr. FLL, Junior LEGO League,
Jr. FIRST LEGO League or any other variation
3
Who?
Team Profile:
 Home School Communities, After school Programs,
Elementary School PTA’s, Libraries, Science Centers,
Children’s Museums
Coach Profile:
 Parents, teachers, engineers, scientists, college students
and scout leaders
Coach Responsibilities:




Mentoring
Liaison
Expectations
Core Values
4
Jr.FLL Core Values
 We are a team.
 We do the work. Our coaches and mentors help us learn,
but we find the answers ourselves.
 We share our experiences and discoveries with others.
 We are helpful, kind, and show respect when we work, play,
and share. We call this gracious professionalism.
 We are all winners.
 We have fun.
5
Jr.FLL Challenge Components
Model
Must:
 Be constructed of only LEGO
elements
 Have a motorized moving
piece
 Based on the Challenge
Direction Provided in the
Jr.FLL Challenge Document
Show Me Poster
Includes information about:
 the team
 topic specific research
 the model and the moving
part
6
Jr.FLL Body Forward Model
7
Jr.FLL Events







Anyone can hold an Expo
Up to 4 hours long
Up to 35 teams
“Reviewers” not “Judges!”
EVERYONE Wins!
Noncompetitive
Events are held between
October and June
 Other Activities
 Jr.FLL World Festival Expo
8
Jr.FLL Websites
www.usfirst.org/jr.fll
www.juniorfirstlegoleague.org
9
Online Showcase
 What is it?
 Expo for ALL teams
 Interactive online expo experience
 How?
 US/CAN Teams will be able to sign in using their TIMS
username and password
 International teams will have a separate login page with
a “hidden” url that we will provide to our partners
 When?
 Expected Launch date is September 18
10
THANK YOU for supporting Jr.FLL!!!!
11