Mahwah Company Uses LEGOs, Hands-On Learning To Teach Kids

MAHWAH, NJ — Stryker, a medical technology development company, hosted its annual LEGO-themed Take Our Kids To Work Day recently.

More than 200 8- to 12-year-olds learned about the joint replacement industry through interactive, educational activities utilizing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. Activities included building blocks, robots and Kragle foam slime, along with helping create “snack packs” containing healthy, kid-friendly and easy to prepare sealed food to help school-aged children.

Stryker has participated in the Take Our Kids to Work Day program for 12 years.

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Kids sharpen their engineering skills by building a LEGO carrier to test on a zip line.

Parents and children put their LEGO designs to the test on a zip line.

A participant races a wind-powered LEGO speeder.

Children interact with an intelligent robot built from durable plastic pieces that moves and speaks.

Kids learn about communications and how to work a studio teleprompter.

Children rebuild a broken femur bone with nails and plates.

Justin Marason, a fifth-grader at Oradell Public School, helps create a snack pack to address child hunger.

Photos courtesy of Stryker