About FIRST® LEGO® League Explore

Teams will conduct research on the annual theme, learn and apply STEAM knowledge and finally create unique solutions with the use of LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential! The competition provides a comprehensive learning journey to students, enhancing their problem-solving skills, communication skills and collaboration skills.

Annual Theme

It's time to get energized to innovate! Teams will explore different types of energies, the energy journeys and reimagine the future of sustainable energy. Let's power your innovative ideas forward to save our beautiful Mother Earth!

Official Competition Tool

LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential and FIRST® LEGO® League Explore Annual set are the official tools used by teams to participate in FIRST® LEGO® League Explore.

Learn more about SPIKE™ Essential

Participating teams will go through the following learning journey:

• Theme-based study
  Every year, FIRST® LEGO® League establishes the annual theme based on an international issue. Students can broaden their horizons and connect with global scientific events by studying the annual theme

• Project showcase
  Strengthen students’ integration and analysation skills; enhance students’ presentation skills and teamwork

• Build a model to illustrate the solution
  Students need to design a dynamic solution using motors and sensors from SPIKE™ Essential or Wedo 2.0

• Code learning
  Develop students’ computational thinking and problem-solving skills; experience the Engineering Design Process

Coach Workshop

Get familiar with the competition learning and teaching materials, building sets and coding interface

Student Courses

Enhance students’ building and coding skills with the use of LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential

Guiding handbooks

Support teams and coaches to prepare for the competition