FIRST® LEGO® League's three divisions inspire youth to experiment and grow critical thinking, coding and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics.
FIRST® Tech Challenge students learn to think like engineers. Teams design, build, and program robots from a reusable platform to compete in an alliance format against other teams.
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.
To make the suite of FIRST programs available, accessible, and sustainable for the Kansas City region.
KC STEM Alliance, the local FIRST partner, works with area businesses, schools, universities and professional organizations to help area students build the skills they need to succeed.
