FIRSTLEGOLeague Explore Professional Development Sep 21&28, 11am-5:30pm EST

Join us for two 6.5-hour sessions designed by the FIRST® Education team to help you deliver our robotics program to your students ages 7-10.
About this Event

® LEGO® League Explore (grades 2-4)

During this FIRST® Professional Development you will meet remotely with other teachers/coaches for two 6.5-hour sessions (this includes 6 contact hours and 30-minute lunch each day) on Saturday, September 21 AND Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 11:00 am - 5:30 pm EST. Please save the dates on your calendars; you are expected to attend BOTH sessions.

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

Join a cohort and collaborate with other attendees
Learn how to foster student computational thinking, collaboration, and coding skills
Utilize, model, and reinforce the FIRST® Core Values
Participate in the FIRST® experience from a student's point of view
and more!

To participate, you'll need:

*FIRST® LEGO® League Explore Set, Team Meeting Guide, and Engineering Notebook
**LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential or LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 Core Set and corresponding software
Computer with Internet Access (Recommend second screen or device to allow programming and video communication at the same time)
Camera turned on for active participation in hands-on, interactive sessions

*You can use a current or prior season Explore Set, Team Meeting Guide, and Engineering Notebook. Materials are included with a Class Pack or individual team registration and can be purchased through the FIRST Dashboard.

**LEGO Education SPIKE™ Essential can be purchased with a FIRST® Class Pack or individual team registration.

Please be aware that there have been delays in shipping. If you are ordering new materials, please do so immediately. If materials are not received in time for the start of the training, we will reschedule you to the next schedule training date. You should plan on choosing a date that allows 3-4 weeks to receive your materials.

Cancellation Policy:

FIRST Cancellation: A minimum of 4 participants are required. You will be notified 2 weeks prior if there is not a minimum of participants. If a cancellation occurs, you will be given additional options to attend a different cohort.

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.