The 2026-2027 FIRST® LEGO® League season is BIOGLOW™, part of the FIRST CANOPY season. This year's challenge is all about biodiversity: the variety of life in the world's ecosystems. FIRST LEGO League Challenge (Founders Edition) teams build and program a LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime robot for the Robot Game, research a real-world problem for their Innovation Project, and show their Core Values.
West TN 2026-27 at a glance
- Championship: Saturday, February 27, 2027 at Collierville High School.
- No qualifiers this season: every registered West TN Challenge team goes straight to the Championship.
- Practice events: optional, dates coming soon.
- Regional Activity Fee and registration cut-off: Tuesday, December 1, 2026.
- To take part: register your team with FIRST, then pay the West TN Regional Activity Fee (RAF). See Steps for Successful Season.
Challenge materials
Season Overview
Challenge UpdatesTeams are scored on the latest version
Team Meeting Guide
Engineering Notebook
Field Set-Up Reference Guide
Robot Game Table Building Instructions
Mission Model Building InstructionsAll 13 models on the FIRST resource page
Multimedia Resources
Rules, judging and scoring
Participation Rules
Robot Game Rulebook
Robot Game Rulebook (interactive)
Rubrics
Judging Session Flowchart
Awards
Score Calculator
Season videos
Season Welcome
Robot Game Missions
All season materials are published by FIRST on the official Challenge resources page. Always check the latest Challenge Updates.