FIRST® LEGO® League Discover
Welcome to FIRST LEGO League Discover!
FIRST LEGO League Discover is a playful introductory STEM program for teams of children ages 4-6, that ignites their natural curiosity and builds their habits of learning. By the end of the program, children emerge more confident, better equipped to face future challenges, and discover the joy of learning. A new and exciting Challenge is presented every year, and each team of four children begins their exploration of this real-world theme with an exclusive LEGO Education Discover Set. With this set as a starting point, they build a solution to the Challenge with LEGO® DUPLO® elements. Teams share their journey, ideas, models, and STEM skills at a celebration event. Throughout their experience, teams operate under the FIRST® Core Values, celebrating discovery and teamwork, all the while having fun! Discover is not available as an individual team option and is designed for classrooms or programs that serve 8 or more students.
The FIRST Core Values
- Discovery: We explore new skills and ideas.
- Innovation: We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.
- Impact: We apply what we learn to improve our world.
- Inclusion: We respect each other and embrace our differences.
- Teamwork: We are stronger when we work together.
- Fun: We enjoy and celebrate what we do!
Frequently Asked Questions
FIRST® LEGO® League Discover is designed specifically for the developmental needs of pre-kindergarten through first grade students. Each Class Pack serves 8 young learners (which equates to two “teams” of 4 learners each); you may purchase several Class Packs to serve your entire class of students.
The goal: Build confidence, habits of learning, and teamwork skills with activities designed to harness young minds’ natural curiosity.
FIRST LEGO League Discover Class Packs include the curriculum resources educators and facilitators need to lead early learners through 10 sessions that explore science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through play using the LEGO® Education STEAM Park.
Discover More Family Engagement Sets help bring the learning home, so caregivers can experience learning through play with their children. The Discover More game and LEGO® Six Bricks activities help to bridge and reinforce the learning that takes place at home and at school.
For more information about the exciting FIRST LEGO League Discover program, click Discover.
You can learn more about how to deliver this program with your class or within your school or other organization: Discover Class Pack.
FIRST LEGO League Discover is only available through Class Packs, which would usually happen in a classroom or structured after-school program setting, but Discover can also be easily used by homeschool groups or other small groups of 4-6 year olds.
- If your school does not currently offer this program for pre-kindergarten through first grade students, please ask your school staff to reach out to Colorado’s Program Delivery Partner, Anya Wiens, at fllexplore@coloradofirst.org, for answers to questions or guidance in starting Discover!
- If you are a homeschool family or group or are willing to guide a small group of pre-kindergarteners through first graders through the Discover experience, reach out to Colorado’s Program Delivery Partner, Anya Wiens, at fllexplore@coloradofirst.org, for answers to questions or guidance in starting Discover!
FIRST LEGO League Discover fees are charged per Class Pack, which serves up to 8 children (usually, 2 groups of 4 children). Costs typically include:
Yearly Class Pack registration: $195.00 + approximately $36 (shipping and handling) and tax, if applicable
This fee includes 2 LEGO Discover Sets, 8 Engineering Notebooks (one for each child), Team Meeting Guide (lesson plans and other resource material for the teachers/facilitators), Class Pack Guide, 8 Discover More Family Sets (for at-home engagement), Thinkscape Learning Management System Access, and 10 session-by-session teaching slides
Startup Equipment: $210.00 + approximately $15 (shipping and handling) and tax, if applicable
Each Class Pack needs a LEGO STEAM Park Set (one set recommended per 8 children). This set is a one-time purchase that can be used in subsequent years.
May: FIRST LEGO League Discover registration opens.
August: Season Challenge details released.
August-May: Class Pack teachers or facilitators choose any time frame within the season to schedule their meetings. FIRST‘s Team Meeting Guide suggests ten meetings, including the culminating celebration.
- Class Pack Guide: Printed and digital resource that provides guidance, management tips, and best practices for how to implement FIRST LEGO League Discover in the classroom and instructions on how to run your celebration event. >View a sample
- Discover Sets: Sets including exclusive LEGO® DUPLO® elements students will use as a starting point to explore how STEM relates to their world.
- Discover More Family Engagement Sets: LEGO Six Bricks take-home sets for each student to extend and reinforce their habits of learning at home. >View a sample
- FIRST® Thinkscape Portal Access: Digital materials access from August 2022 – September 2023 including getting started modules and season resources for educators.
- Engineering Notebooks: Printed* student workbooks, also available digitally, that provide open spaces to write and draw ideas to the provided prompts. Children can use their engineering notebooks at the final event to share what they created. >View a sample
- Session Slides: Series of slides for each of the sessions containing real-world connections with videos, images, and helpful questions to guide students through each session.
- Team Meeting Guide: Printed comprehensive guide, also available digitally, that provides educators and facilitators with guidance and lesson plans on how to run the 10 sessions and culminating event celebration. It includes expected student outcomes, educator tips, connected vocabulary, and playful learning and FIRST Core Values connections. >View a sample
*Additional Engineering Notebooks can be purchased in bundles of 10, up to three (3) bundles per Class Pack. For the best experience, if more than three (3) bundles are needed, please order an additional FIRST LEGO League Discover Class Pack.
LEGO Education STEAM Park Set is purchased separately from Class Pack registration.
See what’s included in a STEAM Park Set here: STEAM Park Set
STEAM Park builds on every child’s natural curiosity and desire to create, explore, and investigate the world of early STEAM through creative play. Using the special selection of LEGO DUPLO bricks, children grow their understanding of gears, motion, measurement, and solving problems together in a fun and engaging way.
Each reusable STEAM Park Set contains 295 LEGO DUPLO bricks, including gears, tracks, pulleys, boats, and figures.
LEGO Education recommends no more than eight (8) students per STEAM Park Set to provide all students an opportunity to engage with the various elements.
Follow these easy steps to create your FIRST account and register for one or more Class Packs: How to purchase a FIRST LEGO League Discover Class Pack
Funding opportunity for U.S. teachers:
U.S. public and charter school teachers may receive funding for LEGO® Education robot kits and LEGO® building sets from LEGO Education thanks an opportunity from NewsCorp & DonorsChoose.org. Learn more.
From The LEGO Foundation:
Applications for the next round of FIRST LEGO League Class Pack grants supported by the LEGO Foundation are now open! We are seeking schools, school districts, and youth serving organizations who can commit to reaching at least 80 underrepresented or underserved students in each of the next three years through FIRST LEGO League Class Packs. Preference will go to United States and Canada sites who can implement all three FIRST LEGO League divisions (Discover – pre-K through 1st grade, Explore – 2nd through 4th grade, Challenge, 4th through 8th grade) and sites who can grow participation each year. Grants include Class Pack registrations for each year, required LEGO® DUPLO® or LEGO® robotics sets for each division, and FIRST Certified Professional Development for teachers. Sites must agree to submit student demographics, participate in an evaluation study, and create a sustainability plan to ensure program participation continues after the grant period. See the LEGO Foundation Grant Application Summary 2022-2023 for more information and the link to the application form.
Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis until all available grants have been awarded. Please contact LEGOFoundationGrant@firstinspires.org with questions.
Complete the “Have a Question or Comment“ section of this page and enter “FLL Discover” as the subject or contact our FIRST LEGO League Discover Program Delivery Partner Anya Wiens.
We look forward to helping you!
Discover Program Delivery Partner Anya Wiens is available for any coaches throughout the season, by e-mail, phone, or video conversation. Please send any questions to fllexplore@coloradofirst.org
Each Class Pack site designs their own celebration event. Your Class Pack Guide will give you ideas and a suggested structure. You will also have access to printable certificates for the students to celebrate their accomplishments. If you need additional ideas, please reach out to Colorado’s Program Delivery Partner, Anya Wiens, at fllexplore@coloradofirst.org.
FIRST® LEGO® League Discover MASTERPIECESM Challenge release: August 2023.
Lights, camera, STEAM! Science, technology, engineerins, arts, and math (STEAM) inspire big ideas, bold action – and creativity. Out skills make it possible to create art and experiences that bring us together, entertain us, and move us.
During the 2023-2024 FIRST season, FIRST® IN SHOWSM presented by Qualcomm, we’re shining a spotlight on the role STEM plays in the arts and empowering young people to design and build a world of endless possibilities. The future is a place you will create.
In the MASTERPIECESM challenge, debuting August 1, 2023, FIRST LEGO League teams will imagine and innovate new ways to create and communicate art across the globe.
Lights, camera, STEAM! Science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) inspire big ideas, bold action – and creativity. Out skills make it possible to create art and experiences that bring us together, entertain us, and move us.
During the 2023-2024 FIRST season, FIRST® IN SHOWSM presented by Qualcomm, we’re shining a spotlight on the role STEM plays in the arts and empowering young people to design and build a world of endless possibilities. The future is a place you will create.
In the MASTERPIECESM challenge, debuting August 1, 2023, FIRST LEGO League teams will imagine and innovate new ways to create and communicate art across the globe.
Complete the “,Have a Question or Comment ” section of this page or contact our FIRST LEGO League Discover Program Delivery Partner Anya Wiens .
We look forward to helping you!
