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Shartara Wallace picks up her son James, 4, from preschool in Tulsa, Okla., in 2014. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
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The Arbutus Middle School Kinetic Club rests during the Kinetic Sculpture Race in Baltimore. The students created and raced a foot-powered sculpture in a 15-mile race across downtown Baltimore on May 7. Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption
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Sean Davis (left), Stephen Geisler, Rithik Kavanakudy and Andy Patterson laugh as they test drive the cart that will power their kinetic sculpture. Each year they reuse the cart's frame, which includes classroom chairs and bike chains, and create a new sculpture to go on top. Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption
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Sean Davis (left) and teammate Ryan Thomas watch as their paper tower begins to fall. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption