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Amy Burke, board chair of the Children's Science Center Lab, and executive director Adalene “Nene” Spivey watch Emily Brunner, 15, of Falls Church take on the robotic arm challenge after programming the device to play the “Happy Birthday” song on a xylophone following a Sunday morning ribbon cutting in Fair Oaks Mall. Brunner participated on her school’s robotics team at George C. Marshall High School.

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Mall STEM Lab Celebrates First Birthday

Children's Science Center Lab celebrates with cake, a new robot, aquarium and checks worth $125,000.

Some children go to the shopping mall because their moms have to run errands or it's a nice place to hang out with friends. Who knew Fair Oaks Mall is a go-to place to conduct science experiments, program a robot and make stuff out of a 3-D printer?

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