FIRST LEGO League Explore

last updated November 11, 2024 (more festival dates)

updates before that: Aug 3, Oct 3

Welcome to the 2024-25 Explore Submerged Season!

Team, Volunteer and Festival Details:

Team registration with FIRST

  • Any team from BC or the Yukon should register in BC.
  • Registration will be open all year until next April.

Coach and team member online sign-up

  • Each team needs two coaches with their YPP screening done and the FIRST consent and release form signed.
  • Also, please encourage the parents/guardians of your team members to get their FIRST accounts and to sign up their kids for the team.
  • It sometimes takes a while before all adults do this, so it is a good idea to start early.
  • How to sign up

Volunteers

  • We always need volunteers at festivals. Please encourage family and friends of your teams to sign up as volunteers! To do this they need to set up an account with FIRST (just like the team parents/guardians) and then go to the “volunteer registration” tab on their dashboard and select the event of their choice.
  • Here is the “volunteer starting page”.
  • It is helpful if volunteers sign up early since that will give them more time to do any necessary screening or training.
  • If you have any questions about volunteering, please contact Uschi at uleslie@firstpartners.org .

Festivals

  • At least four festivals are planned; please watch for announcements by email and under “Events” on this website.
    • planned so far:
    • December 15 in Vancouver
    • January 12 in Victoria (together with Challenge Qualifier)
    • March 9 in Maple Ridge (together with Challenge Championship)
  • Depending on the number of registered teams and where they are located, we may have more festivals.
  • Usually we hold festivals in conjunction with FLL Challenge events – this way both the Explore and the Challenge teams meet more other teams and get a better idea of what “the others” are doing.
  • Teams may attend several festivals.

Festival registration

  • Each festival will have its own registration procedure.
  • Links to the registration forms will be emailed to teams and also published under “Events”.

Payment for festival registration

  • For each festival, the registration fee is $25 per team.

Cancellation policy

  • If your team registers and pays for a festival and then has to cancel
    • You will get a full refund if cancelling at least one week before the festival.
    • You will get no refund if cancelling within a week of the festival.

International events

  • There are some international events for FLL Explore, usually during April to June. If your team might be interested in travelling abroad, please let me know at uleslie@firstpartners.org .

Questions?

  • Email uleslie@firstpartners.org

Looking forward to meeting all the teams!