FIRST Tech Challenge Links and Resources

Here are links to the official FIRST Tech Challenge resources to get you started in the right direction:

• Twitter:
  • FIRST: https://twitter.com/firstweets
  • FIRST Tech Challenge: https://twitter.com/FTCTeams
• YouTube:
  • FIRST: https://www.youtube.com/user/FIRSTWorldTube
  • FIRST Tech Challenge:  https://www.youtube.com/user/FIRSTTechChallenge
• Facebook:
  • FIRST: https://www.facebook.com/FIRSTOfficial/
  • FIRST Tech Challenge: https://www.facebook.com/FTCTeams/
• FTC Game Forum: http://ftcforum.usfirst.org/forum.php
• Blog: http://firsttechchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Main website: http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc

SoCal Region:

• Read about League Play: http://www.firsttechsocal.org/info-for-teams-2/league-play-how-does-it-work/
• Sign up (mentors, teams, and parents) for Robot Tuesday (regular e-newsletter). Coming soon!
• Follow LAFTC on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Los.Angeles.FIRST.Tech.Challenge

Game Description and Manuals:

• Game Manual Part 1 – Rules for robot design, judged awards, general game rules for remote events. https://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/ftc/game-manual-part-1-remote.pdf
• Game Manual Part 2 – 2020/2021 Season version coming after September 12th! https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/ftc/game-and-season-info
• One-Page Game Description – 2020/2021 Season version coming after September 12th! https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/ftc/game-and-season-info

Registering and Buying Stuff:

• Team Registration and Youth Protection: https://my.firstinspires.org/AccountManager/Account/Register
• FTC Field Parts, Game Elements and Robot Parts and Supplies Available From AndyMark: Link to AndyMark/FTC Page
• Grants: http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc/grants

Guides:

• FTC Forum – Key place to find out what has changed since the Manuals. http://ftcforum.usfirst.org/
• Youth Protection Guide — http://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/about/FIRST-YPP-ProgramGuide.pdf
• Mentor Manual – Nearly everything you need to know to be a coach or mentor for an FTC Team. 2020/2021 Season version coming after September 12th! https://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/ftc/mentor-manual.pdf
• Engineering Notebook Guidelines – 2020/2021 Season version coming after September 12th! http://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/ftc/engineering-notebook-guidelines.pdf
• Sample Team Budget – 2020/2021 Season version coming after September 12th! https://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/ftc/sample-budget.pdf
• FTC Fundraising Guide – What team couldn’t use more funding. This guide is full of ideas on how to raise it. 2020/2021 Season version coming after September 12th! http://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/ftc/ftc-fundraising-guide.pdf

Helpful Resources for Students:

• Guide to Successful University Interviews
  • https://etonx.com/resource/university-interview-guide 
• Benefits of a Career Plan
  • https://online.york.ac.uk/resources/aspiring-senior-managers-guide/benefits-of-career-plan/

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