FIRST LEGOLeagueChallenge Professional Development InPerson Sep 18-19 2024

FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge (grades 4-8)

Join us for FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge in-person professional development at FIRST Headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire. You will work with other teachers during this two-day learning experience that provides you with all the tools you need to facilitate this FIRST® program and achieve STEM learning objectives in your classroom.

PLEASE NOTE: The first session starts on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 from 8:30am - 5:30pm. The second session is on Thursday, September 19, 2024 from 8:30am - 3:30 pm. Please make travel arrangements to allow to attend both sessions the full amount of time.

As a participant in the FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge immersive learning experience you will:

• Learn to foster student computational thinking and collaboration skills, and how to guide students through the science behind the Challenge theme and facilitate the creative design of a solution to a real-world problem
• Utilize, model, and reinforce the FIRST® Core Values
• Work in small groups with other attendees using a LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime robot set
• Participate in the FIRST® experience from a student's point of view and more!

FIRST will provide:

• FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Set (including Field mat and Mission Model elements)
• Digital copies of the Team Meeting Guide, Engineering Notebook and Robot Game Rulebook
• LEGO® Education SPIKE Prime Set

You need to bring:

• Computer with Internet Access
• Software downloaded prior to first session – https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads - Select Spike Prime and then click on the drop arrow to choose your device for downloading– note: be sure to download, install and restart your computer

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Cancellation Policy: Paid FIRST Professional Development is nonrefundable. If you are unable to attend the paid Professional Development and need to cancel your registration, you may reschedule up to one time to a future date, but within 12 months of the original date. Substitutions (one individual for another) are allowed at any time. Please let us know your intent within 72 hours before the start date by sending an email to [email protected]. If you do not cancel within 72 hours and do not attend the workshop you will forfeit the opportunity to reschedule.

NOTE: If you reside in Connecticut, New Mexico, South Dakota or West Virginia sales tax applies. Please email [email protected] to receive registration payment instructions for these states, or to provide us with a tax-exempt form. Full payment must be received for admission to this session. If payment is received without applicable taxes, we will contact you.

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