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Tribune-Star/Joseph C. Garza
Learning with LEGOs: Rebecca Bercich, right, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, looks over middle school math teachers Nick Utterback and Dustin Speth's LEGO dog as it barks with the help of a small motor as part of a professional development course for middle school teachers at Woodrow Wilson Middle School on Tuesday. The course was made possible by a $300,000 math/science partnership awarded to PRISM, Vigo County School Corporation and Indiana State University from the Indiana Department of Education.

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