FIRST LEGO League BIOGLOW (2026-27)
Everything our teams need for the 2026-27 BIOGLOW season, in one place. These are the Founders Edition, Grades 4-8 (Challenge) materials - the same files FIRST publishes on its season materials page, plus our own build guide.
Mission criteria: the criteria for the fifteen missions taken from the Robot Game Rulebook.
Mission model build instructions: all thirteen models with pictures of the finished build and the bags each one needs.
Start here
- Season Overview
- Robot Game Rulebook: the missions and the rules that score them.
- Engineering Notebook: these are good for making notes and drawing out experiments.
- Team Meeting Guide: we do not follow this guide, but it has some good ideas.
- Challenge Updates: rule corrections. Check this periodically for any changes or clarifications.
Building
- Mission model build instructions (our page)
- Element overview and prepack overview
- Robot game table
- Field setup reference guide and the field set-up video
- Wireframe and grid
- mat measurements for planning robot paths.
Programming
- PyBricks: what our teams program in.
- PyBricks Code Editor: the online IDE for PyBricks.
- PyBricks Git Extension: a Chrome extension to make it easier to use GitHub with PyBricks.
- Mission Path Planner: a tool to help plan robot paths.
Scoring and judging
- Score calculator: a fast way to check a run.
- Robot game scoresheet: this is the scoresheet the referees will use at competition.
- Judging session flow chart: what happens in the judging room.
- Rubric: this is what the judges use to evaluate and score your team.
- Awards: the list of official awards and what they mean.
Videos
- Season welcome: brief overview of the season theme and some strategy for innovation project from last year’s world champion team.
- Robot game missions: explains each of the missions in the robot game.
- Preparing for your event: this is a great overview of what FIRST LEGO League is and explains how the competitions play out.
Other resources
- FIRST season materials: the source for everything above, including French and nonverbal versions.
- FIRST LEGO League and the FLL program page
- Event Hub: tournament schedules and scores.