Maryland

Welcome to the 2024/2025 Season!

FIRST® LEGO® League Explore (ages 6-10) introduces STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) to children through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences as today’s students and educators build a better future together. FIRST LEGO League helps students explore and apply their critical thinking and design skills and build habits of learning and teamwork through a guided, global robotics program with three age-appropriate divisions.

In the SUBMERGED challenge, launching August 6, 2024, FIRST LEGO League teams will use creative thinking and LEGO® technology to explore the layers of the ocean and bring their learnings and ideas to the surface as they “sea” into the future.

For more information about the upcoming season for all FIRST programs see FIRST® DIVESM presented by Qualcomm. 

What do FIRST® LEGO® League Explore students do during the MASTERPIECE Season of 2023/2024?  

Have fun while they:

Explore

The children will explore how people share their hobbies and interests in creative and captivating ways. They will learn about different places where people share their talents or go to enjoy a show. Experts from a variety of backgrounds are involved in every step of putting on a show from stage managers to performers. They’ll learn how to share their own interests and build a place of their own design.

Create and Test

The children will build stages where different types of performances can take place. They will explore coding and motorizing their team model. They will add lights and sounds to their model to make it stand out and be engaging for the audience.

Share

The children will record their ideas and designs in their Engineering Notebooks. They will share their builds and what they learned with others. Finally, they will participate in the festival, where they share their team posters and team models with reviewers, families, and friends. 

Resources for the MASTERPIECESM Challenge Season 2023/2024

This video walks you through the experience of an FLL Explore Team's season.  Please note that it is from our partners in the United Kingdom/Ireland, The Institution for Engineering and Technology.  For information on how to start and register a team in the United States see the links below. 

How to Start a Team

Team Registration details

For an even more in depth view see:

For local support contact the FLL Explore MD Program Delivery Partner