FLL & FTC

Establishing a PIPELINE

FIRST LEGO League/ FIRST Tech Challenge

What is FIRST Lego League?

FIRST LEGO League Explore - Grades 2-4:
In Explore, teams of students ages 6-10 focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real-world problems, learn to design and code and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO Education robot.

FIRST LEGO League Challenge - Grades 4-8:
Friendly competition is at the heart of Challenge, as teams of students ages 9-16* engage in research, problem-solving, coding and engineering – building and programming a LEGO robot that navigates the missions of a robot game. As part of Challenge, teams also participate in a research project to identify and solve a relevant real-world problem.

Rapid Acceleration is very active within the FLL community in our area. We have a number of FLL teams in many of the area schools and organizations.

Every year Rapid Acceleration hosts a scrimmage for FLL teams to get together and practice their robot runs in a fun, laid-back competition setting. We have hosted many Lego League Explore Expos and hold coaching sessions for teams looking for more information and guidance in running FLL teams.

What is FIRST Tech Challenge?

FIRST Tech Challenge is way more than building robots. FTC teams (up to 15 team members, grades 7-12) are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete head-to-head in a challenge with an alliance format.

Rapid Acceleration is proud to be a part of the expansion of FTC in our community. Currently, there are 2 new teams in our area, and we hope to expand that to even more in coming years! Next goal: hold a scrimmage for FTC teams. Long term goal: hold a regional qualifier!

Current FLL Explore, FLL Challenge, and FTC Teams:

FLL Explore Team 31336 The Legoteers; Family/Community

FLL Challenge Team 35174 Lego My Ego; South Park Elementary

FLL Challenge Team 4287 Southwest Synergy; Southwest Middle School
FLL Challenge Team 47276 Stagebarn Stallions; Meade County Schools
FLL Challenge Team 54608 West Wolves; West Middle School
FLL Challenge Team 55563 Coders Cubed; Homeschooled
FLL Challenge Team 59470 Southwest Question Marks; Southwest Middle School

FTC Team 18045 Rusty Nail Robotics; New Underwood Schools
FTC Team 27467 Techno Waffles

If you are interested in starting your own team, need help with funding or are looking for a mentorship or coaching opportunity with Rapid Acceleration, please contact us.