I have been volunteering with a local Lego League. Have you heard about them? They use the Lego Mindstorm NXT which is robotic Lego’s. You can go to their web site at usfirst.org and check them out if you are interested in what they’re all about. Each year they have a challenge that has to do with the environment. Last year it was alternative sources of fuel. This year the challenge is on global warming and what you can do in your community to help.
There is a state competition in December and the team that wins there, goes on to Atlanta to participate in the World competition. There will be teams from China, Germany and many other countries. I absolutely love working with these kids. These are our future engineers. Not only do they win trophies, but they also can get schlorships to some pretty impressive colleges just because of their involvement with this so I feel very blessed to be a part of it.