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Speaking the Lego language

Kristen Sindelar
Feb 9, 2024
Feb 9, 2024

FIRST LEGO league 2.jpg — Anxiety is evident on the faces of the Bionic Buffalo team members as they watch their robot perform at the 2023 FIRST Lego League statewide competition.
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A smile speaks words in a thousand languages, but there is something even more powerful connecting hundreds of thousands of youth and adults around the world: Lego.

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FIRST LEGO league 1.jpg — February is Nebraska 4-H Month. Youth are increasingly engaging in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) through hands-on 4-H activities.
Image from Cornell Cooperative Extension

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FIRST LEGO league 4.jpg — The FIRST Lego League statewide competition is an intense event. This year, 80 teams have registered from all corners of Nebraska.
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FIRST LEGO league 3.jpg — This is an example of a code the Scottsbluff robotics team wrote for their first Mission Leg in 2023.
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Reporter Kristen Sindelar has loved agriculture her entire life, coming from a diversified farm with three generations working side-by-side in northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at Kristen.Sindelar@midwestmessenger.com.