Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Follow this link to view the stream.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umHicryeSks
New FLL Season Kickoff Oct 30!
Bayer® Grants for FIRST teams
2021 FLL Season Update
We are gearing up for the Hawaii FLL Challenge 2021-2022 season! The planning committee has worked hard to put together tentative dates for this year’s events.
We want to find out from our teams how YOUR plans are going. We know things are still evolving as we navigate state health guidelines but please take a moment and let us know what your current participation plans are by filling out this survey by August 22, 2021.
To help you with your decisions here is what the Hawaii FLL Challenge Cargo Connect season looks like so far.
- 2021 FLL Explore and Challenge – Cargo Connect Game Release
- Registration Commitment (Google Form)
- October 22, 2021
- Kick Off – Virtual (Zoom)
- October 30, 2021 @ 9:00 am
- National Registration Deadline
- November 30th, 2021 @ 11:59pm
- Click here for more information about National cost and registration
- District Tournaments (Virtual or In-Person)
- Last two weeks of January 2022
- State Tournament (Virtual or In-Person)
- Last week of February 2022
Booz Allen and Hawai`i FIRST Robotics Are Creating an Island-Based Tech Talent Pipeline
Hawai`i, best known as one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, has a problem retaining talent in technical fields: Many young people have been leaving the islands due to a combination of the high cost of living and a lack of economic opportunities, both real and perceived. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated efforts to improve economic resilience by diversifying the local economy.
Hawai`i FIRST Robotics and Booz Allen are working to be part of the solution by introducing students from ages 6 to 18 to STEM projects, aiming to keep tech talent in Hawai`i and grow the state’s innovation ecosystem. Read more …
Hawaii FIRST Robotics Announces FLL Explore Awards
This year teams across Hawaii participated in a largely virtual season. The 2020-21 FLL Explore theme, PLAYMAKERS, challenged teams to think of new ways to play and move, while applying FIRST Core Values to create a team model. Hawaii FIRST Robotics held a FLL Explore PLAYMAKERS Expo, and here are the FLL Explore Expo Awards for the 2020-2021 season!
Challenge Solution Award: HMS Dolphins (Team 1675)
Core Values Award: The Troublemakers (Team 23632)
Team Model Award: Ripstick Replayers (Team 21597)
Team Model Award: HCAP Revolutionary Warriors (Team 19432)
Congratulations to all the coaches and students who participated during this challenging season! See you next year!
Aloha FLL Explore Coaches/Mentors!
Thank you for your patience as we have endured this most unusual FIRST Robotics season. As promised, we will be hosting a virtual Hawaii State Expo on Saturday, March 6, 2021. While the current circumstances prevent us from celebrating in person, we still hope it will be a day for our Hawaii FLL Explore teams to celebrate and share the results of their hard work and creative efforts. During the virtual Expo, teams will have the opportunity to present their models and answer questions from reviewers.
If you have an FLL Explore team registered with FIRST for the 2020-2021 season and would like to join the Hawaii State Expo, please complete our Form no later than February 19, 2021 so we know how many teams and students plan to participate on March 6th.
https://forms.gle/23g4yHZfG53Z5NX38
There is no additional fee to participate in the Expo. We may need additional information from you on the FIRST Remote Event Hub in the coming weeks as soon as we get more instruction from FIRST. In the meantime, please register your team through the link above, and submit any questions you have on the Form.
Thank you for your dedication to our youngest FIRST teams!
Team Grant Awardees announced for the 2020-21 Game Changers Season!
Hawaiian Electric (@hawaiianelectric) and Hawai`i FIRST Robotics are excited to announce the recipients of the 2020-2021 Game Changers Season Team Grant to support both returning and new First Lego League Challenge and Explore teams with national registration and equipment. We are so very proud of all our teams persevering and working hard to invent a whole new way to do robotics. Congratulations to the following teams:
| FLL Challenge: Holomua 1- Team 2364 from Holomua Elementary School |
| FLL Challenge: Holomua 2- Team 2365 from Holomua Elementary School |
| FLL Challenge: Holomua 3- Team 2366 from Holomua Elementary School |
| FLL Challenge: Holomua 4- Team 2367 from Holomua elementary School |
| FLL Challenge: Knights- Team 2585 from Saint Joseph Parish School |
| FLL Challenge: All Stars- Team 3523 from Mililani Middle School |
| FLL Challenge: Bright Bodacious Blazers- Team 3524 from Mililani Middle School |
| FLL Challenge: HMS Robotics- Team 6898 from Hongwanji Mission School |
| FLL Challenge: The Honubots- Team 16871 from Kailua Elementary School |
| FLL Challenge: Waiheʻe Robo Warriors- Team 28108 from Waiheʻe Elementary School |
| FLL Challenge: Guardians of the Galaxy- Team 39908 a Home School Group |
| FLL Challenge: Palamatrons- Team 45134 from Honolulu Community Action Program, Inc. |
| FLL Challenge: Alaka’i O Hunua- Team 50055 from NSBE JR |
| FLL Challenge: Robogirls- Team 50889 |
| FLL Challenge: Seahorse Robotics- Team 51065 from Waianae Elementary |
| FLL Challenge: Robo-Rangers- Team 51507 from O-Bots Foundation |
| FLL Challenge: Tech Squad- Team 51535 |
| FLL Challenge: Earl’s Team- Team 51563 |
| FLL Challenge: SAS WARRI0RS- Team 51700 from St Anthony’s School Kailua |
| FLL Challenge: Warwick- Team 51701 from BSA Pack 388 |
| FLL Explore: HMS Dolphins 1- Team 1675 from Hongwanji Mission School |
| FLL Explore: Kipapa Cougar Cubs 2- Team 7789 from Kipapa Elementary |
| FLL Explore: Palamatrons- Team 19432 from Honolulu Community Action Program, Inc. |
| FLL Explore: Delightful Dragon Unicorn Friends – Team 19470 |
| FLL Explore: Block Rockers- Team 19651 from St Catherine’s School |
| FLL Explore: Warwick- Team 21597 from BSA Pack 388 |
| FLL Explore: Akamai Keiki- Team 22260 from NSBE JR |
| FLL Explore: Wili Wili 1- Team 23585 |
| FLL Explore: Robo Saints A – Team 23688 from Saint Patrick School |
| FLL Explore: Robo Saints B- Team 23689 from Saint Patrick School |
| FLL Explore: 3 Sargent Boys- Team 23826 a Home School Group |
Grant Opportunity for FIRST LEGO League Explore and Challenge teams (Now closed)
(Now Closed)
Aloha! We have an amazing grant opportunity to share with you. All new and returning Hawai`i FIRST LEGO League Explore and Challenge teams are eligible for a generous grant from Hawaiian Electric (O’ahu, Maui County, and Hawai’i Island) as well as Hawai`i FIRST Robotics (Kauai). We have the following grants available to reimburse teams in part for registration, equipment, and kits:
FLL Explore Teams (grades 2-4, formerly known as FLL Jr.)
Returning Teams $100
New Teams $300
FLL Challenge Teams (grades 4-8, formerly known as FLL)
Returning Teams $300
New Teams $500
Fill out the Google Form below to apply for the grant. If you have trouble viewing the application form, you may access the application through this link: https://forms.gle/yeJic9vDS2qZALJH7
Funding is limited so please submit your applications as soon as possible! Deadline – November 6, 2020 @ 11:59 pm HST or until funds run out.
FLL Explore (FORMERLY FLL jr.) Update
Aloha!
Whether you are stoked, hopeful, or curious about the upcoming FLL Explore “Playmakers” season, we wanted to share information to help you and your teams navigate these challenging conditions. We are sending this email to everyone on last season’s mailing list in case you are still considering a Jr. team this season and in case any information here can help you with your remote learning plans. Future eblasts for this season will be sent to coaches with a registered 2020-2021 FLL Explore team or anyone who responds to our survey. Since there is so much information in this email, we created a Google site with virtual classrooms for you to explore with the following links.
You can access our 2020 Google site here:https://sites.google.com/view/hawaii-fll-explore-2020/home
Coaches’ Room
- **FLL Guide for COVID Interruptions: helpful guide for FLL meetings and implementing other remote learning**
- FIRST @ Home: remote STEM activities & projects
- LEGO Ed: education plans
- Star Wars Force for Change landing page
- **FIRST Mentor Network: NEW interactive platform that helps teams and mentors find each other**
Teacher’s Room
- FIRST Curriculum for Educators: national standards alignment and curriculum information
- FIRST Professional Development: register for professional development classes
- QR Code for FIRST Educators landing page
FIRST Room
- FLL Explore Kick Off Video
- FLL Discover Kick Off Video
- PLAYMAKERS Challenge and Season landing page
- FLL Explore Class Pack information
- FLL Discovery Class and School Pack Information
Virtual Events Room (coming later this season)
- Hawaii FLL Explore Kick Off: Saturday, 11/14/20
- Hawaii FLL Explore Expo: Saturday, 3/6/21 (additional dates may be added if needed)
- Please note that these dates are tentative as we are coordinating with other FIRST program levels, but our current plan is to have a virtual Kick Off in November 2020 and virtual Expo in March 2021.
If you would like remain on our mailing list, please be sure to respond to our HFR Explore survey which will remain open for a couple more weeks here:
https://forms.gle/P7J5nYiGKLnzxWe68
Thank you again for all your dedication to our youngest FIRST participants in Hawaii!
