FLL Resources
In the spirit of Gracious Professionalism, here are some great resources that will make participating in FLL easier.
Official FIRST LEGO League Quicklinks
- FIRST LEGO League Website
- Food Factor Challenge
- Complete Document
- Robot Game Page
- Project Page
- Core Values Page
- Robot Game Updates
- Food Factor Certificates and Poster
- Register a FLL Team
- Judging Rubrics
- Team Introduction Sheet
- FLL Forum
- FLL Blog
- FLL YouTube Channel
- FIRST Logos
- For Coaches
FLL In Virginia
- VA/DC FIRST LEGO League Website
- VA/DC FLL Listserv
- Tournament Information
- FIRST LEGO League Lynchburg
Unofficial Team Resources
- Robot Calculator - an application to calculate motor degrees
- Food Factor Mission Movie
- Food Factor Score Sheet (Made by TechBrick)
- Robot Time Management (PDF or Excel Spreadsheet)
- Mission Analysis Form (PDF or Excel Spreadsheet)
- Pizza Project Activity (PDF)
- Project To Do List (PDF)
- Robot To Do List (PDF)
- Teamwork To Do List (PDF)
- Challenge Activities (PDF)
- Robot and FLL Videos on the RoboDesigners YouTube Channel
- CaféPress.com for customized team T-Shirts and Gear
- PrintFection.com for custom team T-Shirts
- AffordableButtons.com for custom team buttons
- Book: "FIRST LEGO League: The Unofficial Guide"
- Book: Preparing Your Team for FIRST LEGO® League"
- Book: "NXT Robotics Competition Workbook"
Our Favorite Team Websites
For Inspiration
- LEGO Mindstorms NXT homepage
- Great building instructions at nxtprograms.com
- The NXT Step Blog
- Join the conversation on the NXTasy.org forums
- Google XPrize Moonbots Challenge
For Coaching
- Iowa State Engineering Kids FLL Web Training
- DTEACh
- Ohio FLL Resources
- Design Squad Educator's Guide
- FLL Coach's Primer (PDF)
- Team Management (PDF)
- Coaching FLL Teams (PDF)
- Rookie Coaches (PDF)
- Intro to Coaching (PDF)
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Coaches' Workshop documents
- Handout
- Main Power Point (PDF or Power Point Document)
- Programming Handout - Morning (PDF)
- Programming Handout - Afternoon (PDF)
For Shopping
- Lego.com
- Brinklink for hard to find pieces
- Lego Education
- Lego.com - NXT Retail model
- Amazon.com - NXT Retail model
- Toys R Us - NXT Retail model
- Buy.com - NXT Retail model
- Lego Education - NXT Education model (need to purchase software separately)
For Learning
- NXT Information
- Design Process
- The Design Process (PDF)
- Watch Episodes of Design Squad
- Design Software
- LEGO Digital Designer
- LDraw
- Google SketchUp (Look in the 3D Warehouse for parts)
- Technic Building
- Example models: HiTechnic
- Technicopedia: Technical fundimentals
- LEGO Set Inventory lists and building instructions: Peeron.com
- Tutorial Videos: DTEACh
- Gear Assembly Movies
- Lego Engineering Constructopedia
- Lego Education Constructopedia
- PDF: Lego Gears
- LEGO Technic Pieces (excerpt from the Unofficial LEGO Mindstorms NXT Inventor's Guide, by David Perdue)
- Downloadable Ebook: LEGO Technic Tora no Maki
- Book: "The Lego Mindstorms NXT Idea Book"
- Book: "Lego Mindstorms NXT The Mayan Adventure"
- Book: "Building Robots with LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT"
- Programming the NXT
- Tutorial: Light Sensor Calibration
- Carnegie Mellon FIRE Project
- MyBlocks Tutorial - NXTPrograms.com
- Programming Activities (PDF)
- PID Controller for LEGO Mindstorms Robots
- Behavior-Based Wall Following tutorial
- LEGO Guards Line Following
- NXT-G Code Snippets Index - Team Hassenplug
- 10 Ideas For Learning How to Program NXT-G (PDF)
- "Writing Efficient NXT Programs" (PDF)
- Custom Sounds for the NXT
- Online Tutorial: Ortop NXT Tutorial
- Curriculum: Mindstorms Made Easy
- Curriculum: Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Academy
- Book: "Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming"
- Book: "Programming LEGO Mindstorms NXT"
- Book: "The Lego Mindstorms NXT-G Programming Guide"