The FIRST organization has posted the rules for the 2015-2016 Trash Trek Challenge. Get a head start on the season and checkout these videos and documents

Check out this video from CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/05/18/superbowl-of-robotics-rachel-crane-ts-orig.cnn

There are number of fantastic resources on the web for learning the basics of computer programming.

Young kids can learn the basics by moving Frozen or Angry Bird characters around in this Hour of Code tutorial.

Older or more advanced kids can try their hand at building websites or programming in Python with these tutorials from Codecademy.com.

These sites are a great start to developing a tremendously valuable skill and they’re completely free.