{"id":2974,"date":"2026-10-16T10:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/10-16-26-fll-explore-team-eblast\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:12:37","slug":"10-16-26-fll-explore-team-eblast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/10-16-26-fll-explore-team-eblast\/","title":{"rendered":"10.16.26 FLL Explore Team E-Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1>10.16.26 FLL Explore Team E-Blast<\/h1>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;width:702px;max-width:100%;line-height:0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BIOGLOW_Team_EBlast_10-16-26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BIOGLOW_Team_EBlast_10-16-26_v2_web-scaled.webp\" alt=\"October 16, 2026 FIRST in Michigan FLL Explore BIOGLOW Team E-Blast: Find Your Festival with BIOGLOW\" width=\"702\" height=\"1053\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;margin:0;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/17R73Tvpm1SsCVfMXpPM-YmvYqGuyAJ09lEvSpTxfLa4\/copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Open sample sponsor letter\" title=\"Sample sponsor letter\" style=\"position:absolute;left:19%;top:52.8%;width:30%;height:3.5%;display:block;z-index:2;\"><\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BIOGLOW_Team_EBlast_10-16-26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the October 16, 2026 Team E-Blast (PDF with clickable links)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3>Links from this E-Blast<\/h3>\r\n<ul style=\"list-style:none;padding-left:0;margin-left:0;\">\r\n<li><strong>1. Home festival and registration:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/team-list\/\">Home Event List<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/event-registration\/\">Event Registration<\/a> (open October 16\u201323)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>2. Printing sponsor:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/resources\/\">Team Meeting Guide and Engineering Notebooks<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/17R73Tvpm1SsCVfMXpPM-YmvYqGuyAJ09lEvSpTxfLa4\/copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Printing Sponsor Letter Template<\/a> (make a copy for your team)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>3. Event ready:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/fim-fll-e-event-readiness\/\">Michigan Explore Team Readiness<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>4. Michigan grade bands:<\/strong> Explore (K\u20133): <a href=\"mailto:heidi@firstinmichigan.org\">Heidi Ferguson \u2014 heidi@firstinmichigan.org<\/a>; Challenge (grades 4\u20135): <a href=\"mailto:jessica@firstinmichigan.org\">Jessica Gupta \u2014 jessica@firstinmichigan.org<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>5. 99h funding:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MDE Grants Repository<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>6. SPIKE hub support:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/education.lego.com\/en-us\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEGO Education Support<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>7. Coach invitations:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:customerservice@firstinspires.org\">customerservice@firstinspires.org<\/a> or 800-871-8326<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>8. Start or grow a team:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:heidi@firstinmichigan.org\">heidi@firstinmichigan.org<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Questions?<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:heidi@firstinmichigan.org\">heidi@firstinmichigan.org<\/a> \u00b7 (989) 513-1841<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10.16.26 FLL Explore Team E-Blast Open the October 16, 2026 Team E-Blast (PDF with clickable links) Links from this E-Blast 1. Home festival and registration: Home Event List and Event Registration (open October 16\u201323) 2. Printing sponsor: Team Meeting Guide and Engineering Notebooks and the Printing Sponsor Letter Template (make a copy for your team) 3. Event ready: Michigan Explore Team Readiness 4. Michigan grade bands: Explore (K\u20133): Heidi Ferguson \u2014 heidi@firstinmichigan.org; Challenge (grades 4\u20135): Jessica Gupta \u2014 jessica@firstinmichigan.org 5. 99h funding: MDE Grants Repository 6. SPIKE hub support: LEGO Education Support 7. Coach invitations: customerservice@firstinspires.org or 800-871-8326 8. Start or grow a team: heidi@firstinmichigan.org<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/10-16-26-fll-explore-team-eblast\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","post","publish","author-heidi","post-2974","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2974"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2997,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions\/2997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}