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Block by block: LEGO robotics builds interest in STEM

LEGOs—we all know them. The colorful building blocks have been an essential part of growing up for decades. Now an international competition challenges kids to take those little blocks to the next level. With FIRT LEGO League, students design and program robots made of LEGOs. Teams compete on a board filled with a veritable gauntlet of tasks. The more your robot can do, the higher your score. Education Reporter Lindsey Foat followed FIRST LEGO League team from Red Bridge Elementary to the Kansas City championship competition in January. Although the Rocking Robo Roadrunners did not advance to the final championship competition in St. Louis, Coach Chrissy Chandler says that her students are already talking about how they are going to improve next year's robot.