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Starting and registering a team

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Starting a team

The grade levels are provided as an approximate bracket for the age groups:

Basic annual team budget

FIRST™ LEGO™ League
registration
(per individual team)

$262 + shipping

Challenge set
(purchase with FIRST™ LEGO™ League registration)

$116

Arizona competition
registration*

$150

*This covers the cost of attending a qualifier and championship (if your team advances).

If a team does not have a SPIKE™ Prime Robot kit add an additional $588 + shipping. You may also want to factor in things like t-shirts/costumes, presentation supplies, end-of-season party, etc.

A budget of $3000 is recommended for a new team that is starting from scratch.

Registering with FIRST™

To register your team with FIRST™ and compete this season, you will need to have two coaches with completed background checks and each participant must have a consent and release form signed by their parent or guardian. 

On the FIRST™ dashboard, there will be options for completing your background registration free-of-charge through a third party. After submitting, it takes approximately two days for this to update on your dashboard.

Once this is complete, you will be able to send requests to parents and guardians to complete their student’s consent and release forms.

For more information on this process, please see the FIRST™ website.

Registering with Arizona FIRST LEGO League

In order to officially participate and compete as a FIRST™ LEGO™ League team, be sure to pay both your FIRST™ and Arizona FIRST™ LEGO™ League fees.

  • Payments to FIRST™ are made payable to FIRST™, not ASU.
  • Qualifying tournament fees are paid for through ASU’s Aventri account. ASU accepts both credit cards and checks. If you are paying with a check, please have the check addressed to Arizona State University and mailed to the address below:
    • Arizona State University
      Fulton Outreach and Recruitment
      Engineering G-Wing Room 252
      P.O. Box 875506
      Tempe, AZ 85287-5506

Several items are also required for competition:

  • LEGO™ EV3 or SPIKE™ Prime Robot Kit, which can be purchased at any time and is reused from season-to-season.
    • You will notice, however, that there are several options for the robot: the LEGO MINDSTORM™ EV3 Education Set, MINDSTORM™ Retail Set and SPIKE™ Prime set.

      Any of these versions are acceptable to compete with; however, the EV3 education set with comes equipped with additional software and sensors that the retail set does not have. You are able to add those items separately at a later date if you choose to start with the retail version. Please visit the LEGO™ website for information about purchasing a kit.
  • Challenge kit, which includes the season’s challenge materials. The challenge kit is not included in your season registration fees.