FLL- FIRST LEGO™ League

The Mech Tech Dragons serve as mentors and proponents of FLL in the RVA area.

FLL Tournament

Each year, MLWGS serves as the host site for the largest and longest running First Lego League Tournament in Central Virginia where local teams compete in regional tournaments. Judges provide valuable feedback on each FLL team’s robot, code, and invention.

Planning:

FLL events are entirely volunteer led and run by the MLWGS 422 team, leadership, and First Officials. Our FLL manager gathers volunteers, judges, handles team registration, etc. All aspects of the tournament are accounted for beforehand

Execution:

Our leadership and volunteers work year-round to ensure that each tournament is better than the last. Our team meets multiple times each week to plan, increase our outreach, and train new members.

FLL Mentoring

Wanting to engage youths more with STEM and create a passion for technology and innovation, we first reached out to team members who had siblings interested in participating in a First Lego League Team. Now, we mentor two major teams at Bellevue and Oakgrove Elementary. Our team has volunteered for 730+ hours as FLL mentors and the Mech Tech Dragons have invested over $3,500 and counting in our FLL teams.

FTC- FIRST® Tech Challenge

The Mech Tech Dragons hosted the FTC Kickoff September 9th, 2023.