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Young visitors to the FLL State Championship at JMU learn the finer points of the game from two team mentors.

FLL team members jam at the World Festival in Atlanta under the watchful eye of Virginia’s own Green GLOOOC!

The University of Virginia’s U-Hall provides plenty of space for four fields at the FTC State Championship.

Goochland High School students work side-by-side with teacher Matt Wilson to diagnose and correct a problem with their robot

2009’s FRC game, Lunacy, celebrated the 40th anniversary of Apollo with a game played on a surface simulating the 1/6th gravity on the moon.

FIRST’s youngest future engineers proudly share their ideas with visitors to the Jr.FLL Expo.

Students from FRC team 388 in Grundy – Maximum Oz – share their excitement at the 2009 FRC Regional at VCU.

Students from Team 401 in Montgomery County confer about game strategy at the 2009 FRC Regional in Richmond

Robots from Mills Godwin High School in Henrico and Chatham High School in Pittsylvania face off in the FRC 2009 Lunacy game.

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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 15:01 vivek

Welcome to the website for VirginiaFIRST!

VirginiaFIRST is the Virginia-based affiliate of FIRST, an international non-profit mentoring organization that was created to excite young people about science and technology, prepare today’s students to enter the advanced technology-based workplace of tomorrow, and provide them with life skills that will prove valuable in the future. VirginiaFIRST embraces FIRST programs as the vehicle for innovative learning and collaborates with its corporate, academic and community partners to bring exciting and challenging opportunities to Virginia youth.

There is a lot of FIRST happening around our state:

Click here to Check out our calendar
FTC qualifying tournaments are going on around the state! Click here for more details
The 2010 FRC Challenge is “Breakaway”
VirginiaFIRST has a permanent home at the Science Museum of Virginia!
VirginiaFIRST has joined forces with the Science Museum of Virginia to promote a greater interest in science, technology, and engineering to Virginians across the state. This partnership provides key opportunities showcase all of VirginiaFIRST’s programs at the Science Museum, including exhibit space, tournaments, demonstrations and off-season scrimmages, in order to share the excitement and the success of our students with visitors to the museum.

Last Updated ( Monday, 25 January 2010 13:07 )

Friday, 25 September 2009 13:40 administrator

VirginiaFIRST Partners with The Science Museum of Virginia

VirginiaFIRST has joined forces with the Science Museum of Virginia to promote a greater interest in science, technology, and engineering to Virginians across the state. This partnership allows VirginiaFIRST the ability to exhibit, and to schedule scrimmages, as well as providing other key opportunities to showcase all of VirginiaFIRST’s programs at the Science Museum.