Do you or your child love finding exciting new ways to learn? What about playing a game that you can go professional in? FIRST® Tech Challenge allows students to enjoy learning because they get to control how they learn and work towards goals they set themselves.

It’s way more than building robots. FIRST®Tech Challenge (FTC) teams (3-15 members, grades 7-12) are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head-to-head challenge in an alliance format. Participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have!”

Guided by adult Coaches and Mentors, students develop STEM skills and practice engineering principles while realizing the value of hard work, innovation, and sharing ideas. The robot kit is reusable from year-to-year and robots are programmed in languages such as Java and FTC Blockly. Teams learn how to raise funds, design and market their team brand, and do community outreach for which they can win awards. To learn more about FTC visit https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc.

Interested in learning more? Join us for an information session on how to start an FTC team and learn what it takes to run one. Learn from teams and coaches that have been a part of FIRST® for over 5 years.

This session will cover:

- The mechanics of what FTC is and how to get involved

- The different components of the season

- Suggestions for how to run a team and organize your meetings

- Sample schedules and typical time commitments

- How Wizards.exe will help guide you through your rookie season and the resources we have available

- Open-ended Q&A session

This information session is a part of a full day event at Launch Workplaces, with a FIRST LEGO League Junior Information Session earlier in the morning and a FIRST Tech Challenge Information Session in the afternoon. There will also be an opportunity to participate in hands-on robotics activities. Email us at wizards.exe@gmail.com with any questions and check out our website at wizards-exe.weebly.com.