Farmington Continuing Education

Designed for children in Kindergarten, DISCOVER teams focus on the basics of STEM and building as they are introduced to real world problems.

This year's LEGO® League Theme is SUBMERGED! In the SUBMERGED challenge, teams will use creative thinking and LEGO® technology to explore the layers of the ocean and bring their learnings and ideas to the surface as they “sea” into the future.

Students will investigate a challenge related to a real-world theme, designing and building their solution as a group.  Students will work together to solve fun engineering challenges and build models using LEGO® DUPLO® bricks, gaining habits of learning, confidence, and teamwork skills along the way. Students will think and behave like designers and engineers, developing their ability to observe, question, gather information, and ask more questions.

PARENT COACHES are needed to help assist teams. If you are interested, please email the FIRST LEGO League Program Manager, Tuhan Nguyen at nguyent@fpsct.org, and our Enrichment Supervisor Kevin Riendeau at riendeauk@fpsct.org, for more information. *This program is not possible without Parent Coaches.

Coaches will manage a group of, at maximum, eight children (including your own child). This program is run in partnership with the Farmington High School Robotics team, and coaches will be assisted by a student mentor who will help teach through the entire season. Coaches are expected to serve as the adult in the room and can be as involved or hands off as they like with the actual teaching. A weekly curriculum will be sent out to serve as a guideline, and all mentors will be fully equipped to teach. In addition, the program manager will be present at all meetings to supervise all coaches.

• The course fee includes the cost of supplies.