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We are very fortunate in the FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge and FIRST® LEGO® League Explore communities to have so much material available on the Internet. This page is broken up into various topics. We started by watching a few of them and putting them here. Just like FLL Challenge and FLL Explore, these are from all over the world. We also created a Google Form to allow you to comment on these in case we need to remove some or add ones that you found particularly helpful.

The beauty of this is you can start now and learn at your own pace. Team mentors can encourage students to look for videos or websites and take notes at home when not at team meetings. Please let us know if this is helpful. ([email protected])

Google Form: FLL / FLL Jr. Links Suggestions

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Coach's Required ReadingFIRST has a lot of materials available for these competitions. The items here are of particular importance so they are, in our opinion, required reading by all coaches. Please get a cup of coffee, sit in a quiet room and take the time to go through all of these to be sure you are ready for this season.
Teams Required DocumentationFIRST and FIRST Mid-Atlantic requires all youth team members (coaches, helpers and students) to to provide several documents each season.
FMA-FLL Participation and RegistrationDescribes all of FIRST Mid-Atlantic's rules and requirements for coaches and students to be able to participate and register in FIRST Mid-Atlantic Programs.
Storing Your Challenge Table PiecesThis section discusses how you can use your FLL Challenge Field Box to store all your table pieces. They are secure and travel easily.
Coach TrainingThis will be released about mid september to allow all the school teams to join.
LEGO Mechanical MechanismsVideos that will help your team dream up and build mechanical wonder bots!!! Great for helping to find that mechanical solution to take your robot to the next level. Have fun!!!!
FLL ProjectThis section is dedicated to discussions of the FLL Challenge Project.
MAR FLL Challenge ToolsThis is topics related to the Mid Atlantic Robotics (MAR) Tool repository we are creating to help teams get a jump on the season.
MAR FLL Challenge Tools Spike Prime 3.0 2023This playlist will introduce the updated MAR FLL Challenge Spike Prime 3.0 2023 Tools.
Spike PrimeSpike Prime was introduced to FIRST Lego League in 2020. While the EV3 is still useful for a long time, it will no longer be updated.





 



Topic: Coach's Required Reading[back to Topics]
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FIRST has a lot of materials available for these competitions. The items here are of particular importance so they are, in our opinion, required reading by all coaches. Please get a cup of coffee, sit in a quiet room and take the time to go through all of these to be sure you are ready for this season.
2023-24 FMA-FLL Q&AThis is a Google Doc that will answer some of the questions you have. It will be updated as we get more questions however many of your answers are in the links below.Updated Nov. 10, 2023
2023-2024 PA-East Challenge ChampionshipWe had a huge growth spurt this season that has effected the PA-East Championships. In addition, new FIRST regional rules for our region changed the champions' "Move-On" to process FIRST worlds and other invitational events. Important reading for all teams.Updated Nov. 26, 2023
Welcome LetterA message from FIRST about the new season. Share with parents and students so they get a good glimpse of what this is all about.Updated August 3, 2023
Start a teamSee your students grow up and shine though FIRST® LEGO® League.
FMA-FLL Event Participation And Registration ProcessThis document describes team participation and registration for the FMA-FLL Official events including Explore Festivals, Challenge Regional Qualifying Topurnaments (RQTs) and the Challenge Championchips.Updated Sep. 7, 2023
FIRST Coach Check ListAs a mentor or coach of a FIRST® team there is a lot to know about how to get started with your team as well as how to prepare yourself to be an effective FIRST volunteer. You don t know what you don t know. Research has proven that checklists can help improve processes and eliminate mistakes.Updated Aug. 3, 2023
FIRST Season PageThis is the first, one stop shop, for all FLL Documents related to the current season. Scroll down to Season Resources. Then select the FLL Challenge Program.Updated August 3, 2023
FIRST FLL Game and Season PageThis is the second, one stop shop, for all season and game details. Select what you want on the menu on the left.Updated August 3, 2023
FIRST FLL Challenge Table Building InstructionsThis is how to build a competition table. This table will be 4x8 feet from a single piece of plywood and uses 2x3 walls. You can Google FLL Table Build Instructions to see many alternatives.

Note: While 2x3 and 2x4 walls are both legal, it is best to use 2x3 to be sue you robot will work if it uses the wall as a guide!
Updated August 3, 2023
MASTERPIECE SM Challenge Updates & ClarificationsFIRST pdf updated regularly with all changes in the game. It is a good idea that you make it the job of the students to check this every time you meet.Updated August 3, 2023
Adding Parents and Students To Your Team Roster (5:27)This is a quick video that shows you how to add your parents and students to your team's roster.Link Added Nov 9, 2023
FLL Team Info SheetUse this fillable PDF to tell the judges who you are. You are aloowed to hand the judges a single sheet of paper to describe your teams.Updated Nov 10, 2023
FIRST Event Hub Guide for CoachesThis guide shows the workflow for using the Event Hub. If you do not currently have access to Event Hub, you will receive it the first time you are invited to an event.Updated Nov 10, 2023
FIRST Consent and Release Form 2023-23 ENGLISHPlease use this only if you are unable to register on FIRST's website.Link Updated Nov 10, 2023
FIRST Consent and Release Form 2023-24 SPANISHUtilice esto solo si no puede registrarse en el sitio web de FIRST.Link Updated Nov 10, 2023

 




 



Topic: Teams Required Documentation[back to Topics]
Title LinkDescriptionUpdated
FIRST and FIRST Mid-Atlantic requires all youth team members (coaches, helpers and students) to to provide several documents each season.Under review Aug. 2, 2022
FIRST Youth Registration SystemFIRST requires all youth team members (coaches, helpers and students) to register. Youth Team Members who have not registered will not be permitted to participate in FIRST remote and in-person team meetings, events, or competitions.
This page includes the new Express Enrollment process for coaches and parents.
Updated Sept. 29, 2023
View Express Enrollment Coach/Mentor InstructionsThe new Express Enrollment application is available now for coaches/mentors in the United States and Canada with completed FIRST Youth Protection Screenings and provides a simplified experience on mobile and desktop to register and accept youth to FIRST teams.Updated Sept. 29, 2023
View Express Enrollment Parent/Guardian InstructionsThis site is intended for parents or guardians who wish to register their youth under age 18 to participate inf FIRST programs.Updated Sept. 29, 2023
Getting Additional Adults (Mentors, Coaches, and Chaperones) through FIRST YPPThis describes how other team parents or adult helpers can get FIRST background checked. This can be helpful in case a coach cannot attend an event. FIRST requires 2 Youth Protection Program cleared adults to be with the team at events. FMA is very concerned about the safety of our students. We further encourage additional parents sign up a mentors but act as Chaperones for the team at events.Updated Sept. 29, 2023
FIRST Mid-Atlantic Release FormsThis form is no longer needed as all the informaiotn is in the FIRST C&R Form.Reviewed Sept. 7, 2023
Draft Note to Parents to Register their child (Word Doc)This is a draft of a note you can send to your parents asking them to register their kids for Robots. Is is in a DOC format so you can edit it as you see fit. Please add your team name and number in the appropriate places. I hope this helps you a little to get some of this done.
Thanks for all you help.

Frank Larkin
FMA-FLL Director
Updated October 2021
FIRST Consent and Release Form 2023-23 ENGLISHPlease use this only if you are unable to register on FIRST's website.Link Updated Nov 10, 2023
FIRST Consent and Release Form 2023-24 SPANISHUtilice esto solo si no puede registrarse en el sitio web de FIRST.Link Updated Nov 10, 2023

 




 



Topic: FMA-FLL Participation and Registration[back to Topics]
Title LinkDescriptionUpdated
Describes all of FIRST Mid-Atlantic's rules and requirements for coaches and students to be able to participate and register in FIRST Mid-Atlantic Programs.Update Sept 7, 2023
FMA-FLL Event Participation And Registration ProcessThis document describes team participation and registration for the FMA-FLL Official events including Explore Festivals, Challenge Regional Qualifying Topurnaments (RQTs) and the Challenge Championchips.Updated Sep. 7, 2023
Official Registration Google FormThe Official FMA-FLL Registration Link will open on Monday, October 16th at 7:30 PM. Teams must be Event Ready to register. Check out your FIRST Dashbaord for any problems.
VERY, VERY, VERY Important: Registration requires you to supply an email address of the person registering. This MUST be a coach or the administrator. The email used must exactly match one of the emails of the coaches or administrator. Id this is not done it will take a few days to correct and you may lose your spot in line so please be prepared.
Updated Sept. 7, 2023

 




 



Topic: Storing Your Challenge Table Pieces[back to Topics]
Title LinkDescriptionUpdated
This section discusses how you can use your FLL Challenge Field Box to store all your table pieces. They are secure and travel easily.Update Sept. 13, 2023
Preparing the FLL Challenge Field Storage BoxThis is optional, just a suggestion!!!
This describes how to convert your Challenge Field Kit into a storage box for your seasons parts.
Update Sept. 13, 2023
Saving Masterpiece game parts to Challenge Field kit BoxThis is optional, just a suggestion!!!
This describe how to put your Masterpiece parts in your Challenge Field Kit Box for safe transport and storage between meetings.
Update Sept. 13, 2023

 




 



Topic: Coach Training[back to Topics]
Title LinkDescriptionUpdated
This will be released about mid september to allow all the school teams to join.Updated Sept. 14, 2023
1- FMA-FLL New Coach TrainingFIRST Mid-Atlantic FLL Challenge New Coach Training Part 1. (PowerPoint slides exported as a PDF.) Gets a new coach oriented where they are and where they need to get to.Updated Sept. 14, 2023
1- FMA-FLL New Coach Training
Video Recording
(1:01:08)
This video follows the FMA-FLL Challenge New Coach Training Part 1 document above.Recorded Sept. 14, 2023
2 - FMA-FLL Overview Robot, Core Value, ProjectFIRST Mid-Atlantic FLL Challenge New Coach Training 2 (PowerPoint slides exported as a PDF.) Covers core parts of the challenge including, Innovation Project, Robot Design and, Core Values.Updated Sept. 30, 2023
2 - FMA-FLL Overview Robot, Core Value, Project
Video Recording
(30:26)
This video follows the FMA-FLL Challenge New Coach Training Part 2 (deeper dive) document above.Updated Sept. 30, 2023
Get started NOW while waiting for challenge kit to be delivered.Haven t received your Challenge Set yet? You can still get started on your Innovation Project by researching architecture and architecture-related problems in your community.Updated 2019
FLL Tutorials (website)This website is powered FRC Team Not the Driods You Are Looking For whose members are are MINDSTORMS Community Partners, founders of EV3Lessons, and the 2018 World Festival Champion's award winners. Numerous topics including advanced mechanical base designs.
ROBOT DESIGN JUDGING WITHOUT A ROBOT GAME TABLEMany regions around the world, including World Festival, are moving towards eliminating the FIRST LEGO League game table in the Robot Design judging room. You should be able to talk to the judges about your engineering design process, and how you came up with your ideas and decisions, without the use of the table.Updated 2018

 




 



Topic: LEGO Mechanical Mechanisms[back to Topics]
Title LinkDescriptionUpdated
Videos that will help your team dream up and build mechanical wonder bots!!! Great for helping to find that mechanical solution to take your robot to the next level. Have fun!!!!Added Oct. 2023
20 Mechanical Principles combined in a Useless Lego Machine (7:20)Useless machine that utilizes different mechanical principles. Enjoy!
Note: it has an index so you can jump to different parts very easily.
Added Oct. 2023
5 Useless but Satisfying LEGO Mechanisms (5:00)Hi, here's a small collection of a few Lego Technic mechanisms that I stumbled over, but don't really have a direct use. Enjoy watching,

Note: Has differet ideas from the other 2.
Added Oct. 2023
40 Satisfying MECHANICAL Principles in LEGO (8:35)Note: A few too many ads for my taste but still a way to get the idea juices flowing.

This is a great video for a new or even veteran coach. It shows you 40 great ways to up your machanical capabilities for your LEGO robot. Wonderful ideas to get you students build impressive robots.
Added Oct. 2023

 




 



Topic: FLL Project[back to Topics]
Title LinkDescriptionUpdated
This section is dedicated to discussions of the FLL Challenge Project.
Example Cargo Connect Innovation Project Expert Panel hosted by FLL Challenge Team 51389 Supernova (1:30:45)Get a jump on this season's project. Watch a team inspired discussion with Cargo Connect related experts. This event was hosted and lead by the team members.Published on Sep 27, 2021
FIRST LEGO League Project How-to:
What is the Project? (Part 1 of 3)
(3:44)
New to FIRST LEGO League? This is the first video in a three-part series to help you understand and tackle the Project component of the annual Challenge.Published on Sep 2, 2015
FIRST LEGO League Project How-to:
How to Have a Successful Project Experience (Part 2 of 3)
(5:14)
New to FIRST LEGO League? This is the second video in a three-part series to help you understand and tackle the Project component of the annual Challenge. This video will highlight the three essential components of the Project.Published on Jun 13, 2016
FIRST LEGO League Project How-to:
Present Your Project (Part 3 of 3)
(4:08)
New to FIRST LEGO League? This is the third video in a three-part series to help you understand and tackle the Project component of the annual Challenge. This video will discuss preparing your presentation for a FIRST LEGO League tournament.Published on Mar 12, 2019
FLL Project Ideas and Brainstorming Guide from the Llamas. (7:29)Thanks so much for watching this video. Stay tuned for our other guides the Project portion of FLL and maybe other things in the future!Published on Nov 12, 2017
FLL Project Tips! (The Quintessential Quad) (3:05)This video has some tips to help your team get past mental blocks and come up with a great project for FLL!Published on Aug 28, 2018
FLL Expert Interviews - Research Project - Nicole Diebold (6:39)Note: German speaking presenter with English translation voice over.
This video goes over tips and tricks for presenting your FLL project.
(They call the judges the jury. Other Youtube videos in this group are in German. )

 




 



Topic: MAR FLL Challenge Tools[back to Topics]
Title LinkDescriptionUpdated
This is topics related to the Mid Atlantic Robotics (MAR) Tool repository we are creating to help teams get a jump on the season.
Gyro and Line Follow My Blocks PresentationPresentation of how to use the MAR Line Follow and Gyro tools
Line Follow and Gyro Tools Presentation Video (1:31:06)This is a video presentation of the Line Follow and Gyro Tools. This has an index within the first 10 seconds so you can jump to where you like in the video. I suggest you view the Setting Up The Environment and then jump to a topic. This was updated on 9/23 with better clearer video.Updated Sept. 23, 2022
Line Follow and Gyro Tools Github RepoThis link will point you to a github repository of our Line Follow and Gyro tools. There is a Google Slide presentation that describes all the tools. If you have questions about the tolls please join us in the weekly Let's Be Frank call and we can discuss.Updated Sept. 20, 2022
Help Students Use Line Follow and Gyro ToolsWe know not everyone if going to read or watch the presentation. This is a quick start doc using the "clean" version of the toolsas a starting point.Updated Sept. 29, 2022
Line Follow and Gyro Tools Q&AShort Google doc that tells you what all the variables are and answers some followup questions we have had.Updated Oct. 1, 2022
Join Our Mailing ListWe correspond to only those in this group. Please enter your contact information here to get on our mail list.Updated Sept. 20, 2022

 




 



Topic: MAR FLL Challenge Tools Spike Prime 3.0 2023[back to Topics]
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Spike Prime 3.0 Gyro Tools Youtube PlaylistThis playlist will introduce the updated MAR FLL Challenge Spike Prime 3.0 2023 Tools.Updated Sept. 18, 2023
Spike Prime 3.0 Gyro Tools Github RepoThis link will point you to a github repository of our update MAR Challenge Spike Prime 3.0 2023 Gyro Tools. There is a Google Slide introduction that describes the gyro tools. If you have questions about the tools please join us in the weekly Let's Be Frank call and we can discuss.Updated Sept. 19, 2023

 




 



Topic: Spike Prime[back to Topics]
Title LinkDescriptionUpdated
Spike Prime was introduced to FIRST Lego League in 2020. While the EV3 is still useful for a long time, it will no longer be updated.
Beginners: LEGO® Education SPIKE Prime Overview with James Dwyer (3:25)This video will give you an overview of the LEGO® Education SPIKE Prime Robotics system, it's features and benefits plus a sneak peek of some of the SPIKE Prime models.
Beginners to Advanced: SPIKE Prime Tutorials Playlist from Tufts University Dr. ELEGO Engineering - Tufts University Engineering outreach (many videos of different skills) This is not FLL specific but covers many topics.