{"id":29,"date":"2020-05-15T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2020-08-17T16:58:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T23:58:47","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League Explore for Early Elementary School Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-252 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/38469484506_f52cb49b0b_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" \/><span style=\"color: #00a651; font-size: 18px;\">More than robots.<\/span><br \/>\nIn Michigan, FIRST LEGO League Explore is an early elementary school program with teams comprised solely of team members in K-3 who learn, play, hone skills, and acquire new ones.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Build and test models using LEGO Education WeDo to show their ideas.<\/li>\n<li>Create Show Me posters to share what they learned.<\/li>\n<li>Increase interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through a real-world challenge.<\/li>\n<li>Work with coaches to practice research, critical thinking, and imagination.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about the fascinating world of science and technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FIRST is more than robots. Its vision is to develop the next generation of innovators and leaders.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00a651; font-size: 18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-372\" src=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_4066.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/>Let\u2019s play!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Teams come together in a variety of ways. They can be school-based or can form within non-profit organizations, scout troops, home school groups, neighborhoods. <em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League is a fit in any setting: large, small, public, private, rural, urban, or suburban.<\/p>\n<p>Teams explore an important real-world issue through the yearly challenge using the LEGO\u00ae Inspire Set. Guided by adult coaches, students build models using LEGO\u00ae Education WeDo and create Show Me posters to present what they learned.<\/p>\n<p>Events are a celebration of the season and a chance for teams to share what they learned and created.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"color: #999999;\" \/>\n<h4><strong>Meet Our Teams<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Below is a map of where our early elementary <em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League Explore teams are located. Click on any icon to see the team number, the school name or organization, plus the year they started.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Our Amazing Sponsors<\/strong>\u200b\u200b<\/h4>\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: center; height: 301px;\" width=\"691\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumersenergy.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2410 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Consumers-Power-300x98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gm.com\/index.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2416 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GM-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/newlook.dteenergy.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dte-web\/home\/community-and-news\/common\/dte-energy-foundation\/about-the-foundation\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2413 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DTE-Energy-Foundation-300x68.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ford.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2415 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/fordlogo-300x112.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"62\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2423 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/State-of-Michigan-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gm.com\/company\/giving-back\/about.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2417 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GM-2-300x53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.therobotgarage.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2422 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Robot-Garage-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcagroup.com\/en-US\/group\/regions\/Pages\/nafta.aspx\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-367\" src=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FCA-Foundation-Vert-4C-300x183.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST LEGO League Explore for Early Elementary School Students More than robots. In Michigan, FIRST LEGO League Explore is an early elementary school program with teams comprised solely of team members in K-3 who learn, play, hone skills, and acquire new ones. Build and test models using LEGO Education WeDo to show their ideas. Create Show Me posters to share what they learned. Increase interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through a real-world challenge. Work with coaches to practice research, critical thinking, and imagination. Learn about the fascinating world of science and technology. FIRST is more than robots. Its vision is to develop<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/about\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-klaw-webmastergmail-com","post-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}