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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 Karen

Welcome to VirginiaFIRST

We are 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.

We work with our FIRST program partners to deliver hands-on project-based learning programs and activities to over 5,000 children in kindergarten through 12th- grade. Programs inclue the Virginia/DC Junior FIRST LEGO® and FIRST LEGO® League, Virginia FIRST Tech Challenge, and Virginia FIRST Robotics Competition.

Our success is based on community support from sponsors and hundreds of volunteers who mentor teams and support activities and events. We hope that you will be excited about the many opportunities that VirginiaFIRST has to offer. Please join us in supporting a team, volunteering, or sponsoring an event or team.

Here are some ways you can participate in VirginiaFIRST:

Get involved in FIRST programs in Virginia
Donate to VirginiaFIRST
Sign up as a member of VirginiaFIRST and receive our email newsletter. This will allow you to stay connected to teams and events statewide.
Check out our calendar for events in your area.
Learn more about FIRST Tech Challenge and qualifying tournaments that are going on around the state!
Find out about Junior FIRST LEGO® and FIRST LEGO® League Programs in Virginia and DC.
Learn more about the FIRST Robotics Competition and the 2010 FRC Challenge "Breakaway". Scrimmages will be held around the state. Registration for the 2011 season begins in September, and the 2011 challenge will be unveiled in January 2011.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 May 2010 13:12 )

A View from All Sides

Wednesday, 05 May 2010 10:11 Karen

Additional news and videos can be found In the News

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.