Lego EV3 Robotics

Did you know that middle school students can build Lego Mindstorms robots that compete in a national competition?  FIRST Lego League (FLL) is the middle school version of Overlake’s popular upper school Robotics Team (FTC).  In this Project you’ll learn to build and program Lego robots using the powerful EV3 brick, first introduced in 2013.  You’ll build challenge models to learn the basics of gears, motors, sensors, levers and joints.   Then you’ll tackle a challenge in which each team of two students will invent a unique solution.  You’ll spend the majority of your week building, programming and testing robots.   You’ll need patience, creativity, ability to follow instructions and willingness to work with others to solve problems.