First North Carolina

The First robotics competition (frc) program directly served approximately 1515 students working with approximately 250 mentors on 76 high school robotics teams in North Carolina. During the winter build season, teams designed, proto-typed, built, tested and programmed robots to compete in the First "charged up" season. Teams competed in at least two district qualifying events for awards including chairman's award, dean's list and woodie flowers and many more. Teamwork, gracious professionalism, perseverance and communication are the key components that make First "more than robots."

The First tech challenge class pack program directly served approximately 200 students in grade 7 at 2 middle schools in harnett county, North Carolina as part of the eliss grant received through nc dpi. Students built robots using the rev robotics kit and engaged with the First tech challenge class pack curriculum. Teachers received professional development to become familiar with the robot kits and classroom guides.

The First lego league programs consists of 3 divisions: First lego league discover for prek-2nd grade, First lego league explore for grades 2-4, and First lego league challenge for grades 4-8. Under the eliss grant and using fll class packs for all 3 divisions, this program served approximately 837 students in 3 schools in harnett county, North Carolina. In addition, the after-school program for fll-e served an additional 522 students on school and community-based teams. Students worked with teachers and mentors to explore the use of energy in our communities. Students built robots from the spike essentials or the spike prime robot kits and prepared projects to reflect their learning. Fll explore festivals were held throughout the year to showcase the creativity and innovation of the participating students.