   engineer-it legos  But these aren’t your mother’s Legos—these
bricks have come a long way. The MIT Media Lab Lifelong
Kindergarten Group is currently partnered with Lego to create
innovative tools for kids of all ages. These new Lego kits are
creating technologically-savvy kids primed with an interest in
careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). For
example, kids can use the Lego Mindstorm kit to build their own
robot. The more complex Technic kit, aimed at high-schoolers,
teaches the basics of gears and torques to create tow trucks,
cranes, and jet planes that really fly.  The group is currently
at work creating the next generation of Scratch, an online game
that teaches kids the basics of programming. With Scratch,
children create interactive stories through a programming
language based on the stacking patterns of actual Lego bricks.
Try your hand at engineering with the Science Center’s newest
exhibit, Engineer It! This exhibit takes advantage of the
connection between Legos and engi