• Provides affordable, accessible opportunities to compete head to head using an exciting sports model
• Offers high-school students a chance to develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles

*May include 8th grade students 13 and older who are prepared to enter a high-school program

• Ages 14 to 18; grades 9-12
• Up to 10 students per team
• 2 to 3 Mentors per team
• Teams use a modular robotics platform to conceive, build, and compete in a FIRST-designed game
• Includes schools, home schools, after-school groups, churches, civic organizations, neighborhood groups
• Corporate Sponsors
• Sports-like events with judges and awards
• Up to 48 teams per event
• Can be used in and out of the classroom

2011 – 2012 Season Overview**

• Design, build, and program robots
• Get hands-on programming and rapid-prototyping experience
• Apply real-world math and science concepts
• Document the engineering process
• Develop problem-solving, organizational, and team-building skills
• Learn about Gracious ProfessionalismTM
• Compete and cooperate in Alliances at tournaments
• Earn a place in the FTC World Championship
• Qualify for almost $10 million in college scholarships

May 4, 2011 ……………………. Online Registration Opens September 10, 2011……… Kickoff November – March ……….. State and Regional Tournaments April 25–28, 2012 …………. FIRST Championship/
FTC World Championship Event