FIRST LEGO League Combined Discover & Explore In-Person April 14-15, 2025

Mon, 14 Apr, 2025 at 08:30 am to Tue, 15 Apr, 2025 at 03:30 pm UTC-05:00

George R. Brown Convention Center | Houston

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FIRST LEGO League Combined Discover & Explore In-Person April 14-15, 2025
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Join the FIRST® Education team in Houston for two fun, hands-on days to help you deliver our robotics program to your students ages 4-10.
About this Event

Join us for a combined FIRST® LEGO® League Discover and Explore in-person professional development at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. 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.

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

PLEASE NOTE: The first session starts on Monday, April 14, 2024 from 8:30am - 5:30pm. The second session is on Tuesday, April 15, 2024, from 8:30am - 3:30pm. Please make travel arrangements to allow to attend both sessions the full amount of time.

As a participant in the FIRST® LEGO® League Discover and Explore immersive learning experience you will:

  • Learn to foster student computational thinking and collaboration skills, and how to guide students through the science behind the Explore 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 Discover Set and LEGO® Education STEAM Park
  • Work in small groups with other attendees using a LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential robot set
  • Learn introductory icon-based programming concepts using the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ App
  • Participate in the FIRST® LEGO® League Explore experience from a student's point of view and more!

FIRST will provide will provide for use during professional development::

  • FIRST ® LEGO® League Discover Set
  • LEGO® Education STEAM Park
  • FIRST® LEGO® League Explore Set
  • LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set
  • Digital 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™ Essential 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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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.

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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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, United States

Tickets

USD 600.00

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