Name: FIRST LEGO League Challenge PD Training - September 12-13, 2025
Start: 2025-09-12T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-13T19:00:00-05:00
Location: BadgerBOTS Robotics Corporation

FIRST LEGO League Challenge PD Training - September 12-13, 2025

Dive into two action-packed days of hands-on robotics and innovation project skills and methods with the BadgerBots team in Middleton, WI
About this Event

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

Join us for a FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge in-person professional development at the BadgerBots Education Center in Middleton, Wisconsin. You will work with other coaches and 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 or with your team.

This professional development is designed for new and inexperienced teachers, facilitators, coaches, and mentors to enhance their overall FIRST® program knowledge.

PLEASE NOTE: The first session starts on Friday, September 12, 2025 from 5:00 - 9:00pm. The second session is on Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 8:00am - 7:00pm. Please make travel arrangements to allow full attendance at both sessions

As a participant in the FIRST® LEGO® 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 the FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Set
Work in small groups with other attendees using a LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime robot set
Learn introductory icon-based programming concepts using the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ App
Participate in the FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge experience from a student's point of view and more!

BadgerBots will provide for use during professional development:

FIRST ® LEGO® League Challenge Set
LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime Set
Copies of the Team Meeting Guide and Engineering Notebook

You need to bring:

Computer with Internet Access
Software downloaded & updated 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

PLEASE NOTE - Dietary Restrictions: Please indicate any dietary restrictions or food allergies during registration so we can accomodate your needs.

PLEASE NOTE - Cancellation Policy:

Participant Cancellation: 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.