Devin Edwards is sold on the strategy. Happy to play his part. So we need more scientists and engineers? More homegrown talent? More students of color? Boys and girls alike? Right here in the heart of the city? The 17-year-old Paseo Academy junior totally embraces the Pied Piper...
Nearly 500 students from the Kansas City metro area competed in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, or FIRST, Tech Challenge qualifier Saturday. Thirty-seven teams of middle and high school students filled UMKC's Swinney Recreation Center. Each team brought a small remote-controlled robot...
Forty teams participate in sold-out event Close to 500 students from the Kansas City region will put their robots to the test during the FIRST TECH Challenge (FTC) qualifying tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24 at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. UMKC’s School of Computing and Engineering will...
Forty teams of Lego robot builders ages nine to 14 filled the Sprint Festival Plaza at Union Station on Saturday to compete for the FIRST Lego League regional title. See a full photo gallery here by Mingle: Your Kansas City in Pictures....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City's first LEGO League World Class Challenge was held Saturday at Union Station. Fifty metro area teams used the building blocks to solve problems, like how to get rid of old electronic devices. The fourth- to eighth-grade students created robots which had...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some of the brightest young minds in Kansas City put their brain power to the test competing at “The Lego League World Class Challenge.” On Saturday, 40 teams of students, in grades forth through eighth from area schools, used Legos to compete...
The robotics squad at Our Lady of the Presentation School will be well represented at the FIRST Lego League championships this weekend at Union Station in Kansas City. The Lee’s Summit-based Catholic school had three teams in the fifth, sixth and eighth grades qualify for the...
How do you improve the way someone learns? See 40 solutions from more than 400 4th – 8th graders @ Union Station Saturday, January 17 They were born in a Digital Age where information is literally at their fingertips. But that’s not the same as learning. What do they...
OLATHE, KS (KCTV) - Future mathematicians, scientists and astronauts were in the metro Saturday to kick off a robotics competition. Fifty-six area high school teams, coaches and mentors kicked off the 2015 FIRST Robotics season with a NASA televised game reveal from FIRST headquarters in Manchester, NH. Students were able to...
OLATHE, Kan. – School starts back up for most next week, but some students are already kicking off 2015 with engineering, communications, and business skills. It’s all part of the kickoff for the 2015 FIRST Robotics season. High school tech enthusiasts around the world will set...