Every year, Alaskan youth join FIRST® LEGO League, FIRST® Tech Challenge, and FIRST® Robotics Competition teams to work together to build and program robots and to find solutions for the problems their teams face. For students aged 6-18, FIRST is the hardest fun you’ll ever have. For team mentors, coaches, and volunteers, it’s the most rewarding adventure you’ll ever undertake. For sponsors, it’s the most enlightened investment you could ever make. The annual programs culminate in robotics competitions where teams win recognition, gain self confidence, develop people and life skills, make new friends, and perhaps discover an unforeseen career path.
FIRST In Alaska is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization promoting FIRST Robotics Programs and STEAM Education programs across the state of Alaska
Vision
To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders.
Mission
Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
Our Programs
FIRST LEGO League Explore
Designed for children aged 6-9, FIRST LEGO League Explore is a very hands on program designed to capture young childrens inherent curiosity and direct it toward discovering the possibilities of improving the world around them.
FIRST LEGO League Challenge
Developed for upper elementary and middle school age students, in FIRST LEGO League Challenge Students are challenged to build and program a small LEGO robot, investigate a research topic, and build a team around the FIRST Core Values.
FIRST Tech Challenge
Designed for students, grades 7-12, who want to compete head-to-head, using a sports model. Teams of up to 15 students are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams.
FIRST Robotics Competition
Designed for high school students in teams of ten (10) to twenty (20) students, FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams and their mentors to solve common problems in a six-week timeframe using a standard “kit of parts” and a common set of rules.
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Pick.Click.Give
The FIRST in Alaska Program is supported in part by the Alaska Development Corporation (ADC). In the Alaska PFD Campaign "Pick.Click.Give" every dollar donated to ADC goes directly to supporting the FIRST in Alaska Program!Thank You To Our Leaders In Technology and Captains of Innovation Level Sponsors
Leaders in Technology Sponsor
Captains of Innovation Sponsor
Thank You to our other Sponsors of the FIRST in Alaska Program
Alvin A & Roberta T. Klein Trust
