FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge

Team #57027 ICJC Mavericks

“What is FIRST® LEGO® League?

FIRST® LEGO® League introduces science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to children ages 4-16* through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem solving experience through a guided, global robotics program, helping today’s students and teachers build a better future together.”

“Engaging Youth in STEM Exploration with FIRST® LEGO® League

FIRST® LEGO® League guides youth through STEM learning and exploration at an early age. In FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge, students will understand the basics of STEM and apply their skills in an exciting competition while building habits of learning, confidence, and teamwork skills along the way.

Friendly competition is at the heart of Challenge, as teams of students ages 9-16* engage in research, problem-solving, coding, and engineering – building and programming a LEGO robot that navigates the missions of a robot game.”

For more information or questions please email stem@icjc.org

ICJC Mavericks – FLL team participated in the Kansas City Regional on Saturday January 20th at crown center. 

For a 2nd year in a row ICJC Mavericks won 2nd place Champions award at KC Regional from a pool of 48 teams. 

“This award celebrates a team that embodies the FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge experience by fully embracing the Core Values while achieving excellence and innovation in Robot Performance, Robot Design, and the Innovation Project.”

For this year’s innovation project students created a website from their prototype

The Innovations Project for the team was “Astro Sky – Envisioning Accessibility in Astronomy“.  Team members created prototype of a website which is designed with accessibility at its core, it aims to guide users through the wonders of the night sky with features that accommodate a full spectrum of abilities.

Innovation project website https://www.astrosky.org

ICJC Mavericks advanced to the American Dream Invitational in East Rutherford, NJ where the team competed against 60 other teams from all over the United States held in May 2024.

Qualifiers December 3rd 2022

ICJC Mavericks participated in the Kansas City Qualifiers on Saturday December 3rd 2022. From among 25 teams that participated ICJC Mavericks were consistently ranked 3rd in their Robot Game.

Team won the Best Robot Design Game. “This award is given to a team that used outstanding programing principles and solid engineering practice to develop a robot that is mechanically sound, durable, efficient and highly capable of performing challenge missions.”

Team also advanced to the Greater Kansas City Regional Competition.

Greater Kansas City Regional Competition January 28th 2023

The Greater Kansas City Regional was held on Saturday January 28th 2023 at Crown Center. 40 teams from across the entire Kansas City Area participated in this Competition. ICJC Mavericks were consistently ranked in the top 5 during the Robot Game. Team won the 2nd place Champions award.

“The Champion!s Award celebrates a team that embodies the FIRST ® LEGO® League Challenge experience by fully embracing the Core Values while achieving excellence and innovation in Robot Performance, Robot Design, and the Innovation Project.”

By winning this award ICJC Mavericks represented our region at the Arkansas Razorback Invitational in May 2023. At the Invitational ICJC Mavericks and competed against about 80 teams from different countries, and all over the United States.

For more information or questions please email stem@icjc.org