Kids building their own Lego creations 

On Wednesday, June 18th, 2025, the LigerBots hosted our annual FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Information Night at Newton North High School where parents got informed about the details of FLL. Kids got to engage with a variety of STEAM activities like origami and binary beads. They also got to see a FLL kit and field demonstration and our outreach robot. 

A LigerBots member helps facilitate the origami STEAM activity, which helps kids learn about geometry, shape and structure.   

FLL, is a global STEM program for kids ages 4-14 that introduces them to engineering and robotics through hands-on theme-based learning. FLL is similar to the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), which we are a part of!  

Coach Paul helps a kid load a tennis ball into the outreach bot to get ready for launching 

The LigerBots host the FLL Newton Qualifier every November at Newton North High School. We also often host the FLL Eastern Massachusetts Championship in December, also at Newton North. To encourage parents to start new teams, and compete in the Qualifier, we give an informational presentation at FLL Information Night. Info NightLigerBot members and coaches cover what FLL is, how to start a team and who we are.  We also collected information from people who said they were interested in starting a team because we can provide guidance and help.

LigerBots members, who are leading the Binary Bead STEAM activity, teach kids about binary code (a system of 0’s and 1’s to represent all information).  

Apart from the presentation, we had STEAM activities including the kaleidoscope, legos, origami, the skeleton handprint and binary beads. They also got to see a FLL kit and field demonstration to inspire them to do FLL. Likewise, we had our Outreach robot up and running, driving around and shooting the huge tennis balls.

Kids had a blast catching the flying tennis balls launched from our Outreach bot, with Coach Paul driving