LEARN Science & Math Club, a nonprofit, all volunteer program that offers science and math enrichment programs to Kansas City kids, was recently awarded a Lemelson-MIT grant in the amount of approximately $10,000 to create a biomedical engineering product called Script Alert. LEARN Science & Math Club is one of sixteen organizations nationwide to receive an InvenTeam grant this year.
The Kansas City Rock’n Robo Rabbits did their hometown proud! After winning top honors – the Chairman’s Award – at the Western Missouri and Kansas Regional FIRST LEGO League Championship, the Robo Rabbits went on to represent Missouri and Kansas at the FIRST World Festival. There, they competed with the top 79 teams from 34 countries and most American states.
The 2011-2012 robotics season was a huge success for LEARN teams. In the Regional Qualifiers:
All of our teams advanced to the next level of competition.
The Rock'n Robo Rabbits Earn a Spot at World Festival
LEARN kids marched to battle this October - to compete in the Burns & McDonnell Battle of the Brains. For this battle, Science City and Burns & McDonnell challenged Kansas City kids to design the next great exhibit for Science City. And, our kids did an amazing job! In just three weeks, they pulled together proposals for four awesome exhibits. Click on the following to find out just how cool Science City's new exhibits could be.
TeamXchange launched its first international partnership between FLL teams on August 26, 2010. After nine months of emails, phone calls and Skype conferences, Da Steam from Oberhausen, Germany (a tiny town south of Munich) arrived in Kansas City to work with LEARN Science and Math Club's three FLL teams.
The Rockin' Robo Rabbits, one of our FLL teams, felt driven to change Kansas City's future development.Jenna, a memberteam, said “When we tabulated the results of our Kansas City Transportation survey we knew Kansas City had to find better ways for people to travel from suburbs to city centers. We focused on creating a better ride-sharing program. Available programs aren’t used much. 72% of Kansas Citians don’t ride share because:
One of our FLL teams, the Rockin' Robo Rabbits, dived into the Smart Moves challenge with a focus on one of Kansas City metro's most serious challenges: urban sprawl. Kansas City covers nearly 8,000 square miles, making it the fifteenth largest city though it is only the 29th most populated American city. Griffy K., a member of the team, reported that "being so spread out:
Our Kids Bring Home Honors!
Saturday, February 26, 2011 - Our Rock'n Robo Rabbitstook top honors in the 2011 Western MO/KS Regional. Over90 teams and 900+ kids participated in this year's regional competition, held Saturday, February 26th in Lee's Summit, MO.
Our Kids Take Home Awards!
Saturday, February 27, 2010 - Two teams from the Club took home awards from the 2010 "Smart Moves" Western MO/KS Regional. 76 teams and over 700 kids participated in this annual event, held Saturday, February 27th in Lee's Summit, MO.
If you’re like most of us, you have heard a lot about the climate crisis – the Earth is warming, life on this planet as we know it may go the way of the dinosaurs, and insects could finally take over the planet!(OK, that might be overstating matters a bit, but the real dealis pretty scary.) And, yet, what can you do about it?