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"LEGO learning activities are organized roughly by subject."

"How to make your construction set: Get yourself a piece of sturdy cardboard. You'll want it to be stronger than a cereal box so it doesn't bend or rip easily. Now, simply cut your cardboard up into squares. Then along the edges or at the corners, cut some very narrow V-shaped slits."

"Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG™, a five-part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston. Here are the main features of the site: Bridges, Domes, Skyscrapers, Dams, and Tunnels."

2013 NASA Space Settlement Design Contest is intended for students in grades 6-12, although younger students may enter. Individual or teams from anywhere in the world propose a design for a space settlement, a permanent community in orbit rather than on another planet or moon. Click here for more information and registration details. Proposals are due March 15, 2013.

"this is an historical list, intended to deal with the time period when women working in science were rare. For this reason, this list ends with the 20th century."

"I want to challenge you. Yes, you, who are reading this article: mention five, just five names, of amazing women in science and technology you know, from five different countries in the world. The average person will likely fail to complete the challenge."

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"Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives. Appropedia is for collaborative solutions in sustainability, appropriate technology and poverty reduction. "

"A "How it's made" video showing how they make something that makes other things. Specifically, a laser cutting machine. The coolest thing we didn't know before seeing the video is that a laser beam must be the appropriate shape in order to cut optimally, just like a router bit or a kitchen knife designed for a specific task. "

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Here's your challenge: Using our clues, discover the identities of 10 "mystery materials." Some of these substances may be familiar, others not, but all are examples of amazing materials science at work. Get ready to test your mettle.

"PAL-V's Personal Air and Land Vehicle takes to the skies in the "crazily awesome" video shown here. Commercial deliveries of these space-age vehicles are expected to commence within the next two years or so for those brave enough to turn freeways into runways"

"NASA's Curiosity rover is a 1-ton robot that will make an unprecedented Mars landing on Aug. 5, 2012. See how the risky maneuver will keep rover team members in suspense for 7 fateful minutes."

"The Antikythera Mechanism: http://bit.ly/fm4oFK is the oldest known scientific computer, built in Greece at around 100 BCE. Lost for 2000 years, it was recovered from a shipwreck in 1901. But not until a century later was its purpose understood: an astronomical clock that determines the positions of celestial bodies with extraordinary precision. ((In 2010, we built a fully-functional replica out of Lego. ((Sponsored by Digital Science: http://www.digital-science.com/ a new division of Macmillan Publishers that provides technology solutions for researchers. Available under a CC-BY-3.0-Unported license. Antikythera Mechanism Research Project http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr"

"list of best applications for STEM education as noted by Online Universities, and with selections that work for students of all ages and abilities:"

"Robots and Robotics "All things related to robots and robotics" "

"A bionic eye has given an Australian woman partial sight and researchers say it is an important step towards eventually helping visually impaired people get around independently. Dianne Ashworth, who has severe vision loss due to the inherited condition retinitis pigmentosa, was fitted with a prototype bionic eye in May at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. It was switched on a month later."

Wastepoered Toilet Mobile - An innovative hybrid project is turning heads across Japan, as the TOTO Bike Neo, known more causally as the poop-mobile, makes a high-profile pitch for environmental responsibility. The three-wheeled bike is powered by biogas fuel made up of fertilized, purified livestock waste and gray-water, according to the International Business Times. Despite the eye-catching -- and decorative -- oversized-toilet seat, the bike does not actually run on excrement provided by the driver. "