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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Igniting young minds.
 Teaching life skills.
 Nurturing passions for science and technology.
 Practicing “Gracious Professionalism®.” FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization ®

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FIRST® wants to show that STEM ▪ is fun ▪ is exciting ▪ is rewarding ▪ makes great careers

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY What is STEM? ▪ Science ▪ Technology ▪ Engineering ▪ Math

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY small robots

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY bigger robots

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY really big robots

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FIRST ® levels for different ages

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ✓ Grades K-3 ✓ 4,000+ teams ✓ 24,000+ children ✓ 100+ local Expos ✓ 1 World Festival Expo Design and build Challenge-related models using LEGO® components

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ✓ Grades 4-8 ✓ 23,748 teams ✓ 237,480 students ✓ 994 Qualifying Tournaments ✓ 135 Championship Tournaments ✓ 1 World Festival Design, build, program and test
 an autonomous robot 
 using LEGO MINDSTORMS®

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ✓ Grades 7-12 ✓ 3,800 teams ✓ 38,000 students ✓ 300+ Qualifying and Championship Tournaments ✓ 1 World Championship Design, build, program, and test robots based on sound engineering principles

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ✓ Grades 9-12 ✓ 2,727 teams ✓ 68,175 students ✓ 54 Regionals ✓ 4 Qualifying Championships ✓ 40 Qualifying Competitions ✓ 1 FRC Championship Build and compete with robots of their own design using sophisticated hardware and software

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY A local club with teams at each FIRST® level. Any area K-12 students can join! Edwardsville Robotics Club Want to join a team? http://www.edwardsvillerobotics.org [email protected]