Wonder League Robotics Competition

Registration opens June 10th

Fun facts Why join? Prizes The origins What is required? Past competitors

The WLRC

Coding is the new team sport for future tech leaders and innovators. Teams of kids ages 6-8, 9-11, and 12-14 will design solutions for real-world science and technology challenges by programming Dash, Dot, and our newest robot, Cue. They will develop problem-solving and creativity skills while building meaningful relationships with their peers and having fun! Plus, they will display their scientific thinking through authentic journaling.

Ready for Year 5?

Registration for year 5 (2019-2020) will open June 10th, 2019. Coaches will be able to register themselves as coaches, register their teams, and have early access to resources to help both teams and coaches get familiar with the competition. In addition, teams can gain access to resources to help practice their skills with some new summer mini missions. The competition will begin September 16th, 2019, when all missions and additional resources will be released. And stay tuned, we have a surprise for all our Wonder Leaguers for year 5.

Registration opens June 10th

Fun facts

Girl power

47% of WLRC participants are girls!

Team growth

63% of our coaches found a growth in teamwork, collaboration and perseverance in their teams.

Worldwide

69 countries participated in last year’s competition.

Why join?

Encourage 21st-century learning

Develop computational thinking skills

Build teamwork and community spirit

Compete virtually from anywhere in the world

Submit all entries online

Participate for free

Registration opens June 10th

Prizes

3 Grand prizes:

$5,000 STEAM grant
Each member of a winning team receives a robot of his/her choice
National recognition
Official Invitational Round Winning Team Certificates
Additional prizes to TBD

Top 15 teams:

Each member of a winning team receives a robot of their choice
Official Invitational Round Winning Team Certificates
Official Final 15 T-shirts
Additional prizes to TBD

Invitational round invitees:

Recognized Honorable Mentions
Additional prizes to TBD

The origins

The Wonder League Robotics Competition started in 2015 and has now reached more than 78,000 kids over the last four years. This growing network of coding and robotics teams uses our all-inclusive program to inspire an early love of coding, computer science, tangible learning, and STEAM education.

Through a series of story-based missions, the teams develop problem-solving, growth mindset, and creativity skills while learning to code. Three years ago, we invited international teams to participate and continue to see an ever-growing international presence making the Wonder League a truly global competition.

Through the competition, our daughter and her teammates surfaced tremendous creative problem - solving ideas, inventiveness and persistence - critical lifelong skills. What started as a robotics project for a small group of girls grew into a remarkable story for learning and perseverance that excited our entire community.

Frank Tappen

Coach of The Pink Eagles, 2016-2017 winners

What is required?

A team made up of a supervising adult coach and one to five children
Teams in 6-8 & 9-11 age brackets will need one Dash and one Dot robot
A compatible device
Teams in 12-14 age bracket will need a Cue robot
A 5' x 8' mat of 30cm squares, basic prototyping materials. To order a themed mat, please go to here
Internet access to download and upload materials

Past competitors from around the world

Teams from all over the world are welcome to compete in the Wonder League. Our past competitors joined us from 69 different countries, and we look forward to welcoming even more countries into the league this year.

Angola
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chili
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Denmark
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
France
Germany
Ghana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Republic of Korea
Macau
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Myanmar
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can compete?

Any kid, anywhere in the world, ages 6-14 as of 12/31/19, can participate. There are three age brackets: 6-8, 9-11, and 12-14. Kids must be the qualifying age for their bracket on the last day in 2019, when registration closes.

What makes a team?

A team is made up of a supervising adult coach and one or more children. That’s right, kids can compete solo but will need a coach who is 18+ to help with the submission process! For multi-kid teams, each member must be in the same age bracket. Coaches may have multiple teams within the same registration form.

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Wonder League Robotics Competition

The WLRC

Ready for Year 5?

Fun facts

Girl power

Team growth

Worldwide

Why join?

Prizes

The origins

Frank Tappen

What is required?

Past competitors from around the world

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can compete?

What makes a team?

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