Arizona FIRST LEGO League & FIRST Robotics Programs

Arizona FIRST LEGO League & FIRST Robotics Programs offers FIRST LEGO League Explore for ages 6–10, FIRST LEGO League Challenge for ages 9–14, FIRST Tech Challenge for ages 12–18, and FIRST Robotics Competition for ages 14–18. FIRST LEGO League Explore introduces coding, real-world themes, problem-solving, and team work, while FIRST LEGO League Challenge includes real-world research, coding, and design. FIRST Tech Challenge has students work with mentors to design and build robots, and FIRST Robotics Competition has high school students design, program, and build industrial-sized robots.

Programs

• FIRST LEGO League Explore — 6–10 · Introduces coding, real-world themes, problem-solving, and working as a team. Delivered in-class or as a team of 2–6 members.
• FIRST LEGO League Challenge — 9–14 · Robotics-based life skills competition. Develop future workplace skills with real-world research, coding, and design. Delivered in-class or as a team of 2–10 members.
• FIRST Tech Challenge — 12–18 · Students work together with mentors to design and build robots for a dynamic challenge released every September.
• FIRST Robotics Competition — 14–18 · High school students design, program, and build industrial-sized robots to play an action-packed game released in January.
• Class Packs — 2nd–12th grade · Flexible, high-quality STEM learning experiences for classroom or structured after-school programs.

At a glance

• Ages: 6–18 years old
• General schedule: Teams participate in friendly local festivals between December and April. Teams participate in local qualifiers. Arizona FLL Challenge State Championship is hosted by ASU each January.

About the provider

FIRST was founded in 1989, and Arizona State University has partnered with FIRST since 2008 to support Arizona students in STEM. FIRST LEGO League is described as inspiring youth to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding, and design skills through hands-on STEM learning. The programs are suitable for schools, structured after-school activities, libraries, youth organizations, community groups, and homeschools, and teams manage their own membership, meeting schedule, and funding.

Due to privacy policies, ASU and FIRST do not match youth with existing teams. Individual teams can register to compete in official FIRST LEGO League events. Class Pack teams participate in exhibitions and local festivals and do not advance through the official competition pathway unless they separately register as individual teams.

Last updated August 30, 2026.