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"LEGO Mindstorms with Caroline Hanson. As teacher and member of the LEGO Education Advisory Panel, Caroline routinely uses LEGOs to teach her enrichment courses in reading, math, academic competition, and STEM topics to students at Aspen Middle School in Aspen, Colorado. Catherine talks to us about her experience with LEGO Mindstorms in the classroom and gives us a preview of the new LEGO Mindstorms EV3."

"StoryMath™ is an innovative new approach that uses storytelling to present math in a fresh, fun and exciting light. Reading and listening to our stories will stimulate students' imagination and help them learn useful vocabulary. Moreover, seeing math in this new context enables a deeper understanding of concepts - and helps remove the fear of the subject. "

"Canstruction 2010, that annual celebration of cool design, tricky engineering, and donating a whole lot of time, talent and food to New Yorkers who need it most. all those amazing creations will be dismantled and the construction materials-some 100,000 (!) cans of food-will be given directly to City Harvest, and so to scores of hungry New Yorkers, men, women and children, via soup kitchens, food banks, shelters and senior homes citywide. "

From Yahoo News: By John Whitesides FLINT, Mich. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton sparred in a debate on Sunday over who had the best chance to beat Republican front-runner Donald Trump, and mocked the level of discourse in the Republican White House race. Near the end of a Michigan debate that featured sharp clashes over trade and the auto industry bailout, as well as a lengthy discussion of religion, Clinton and Sanders both said they could not wait to face the brash billionaire in the Nov. 8 election to succeed Democratic President Barack Obama. "I think Donald Trump's bigotry, his bullying, his bluster, are not going to wear well on the American people," Clinton said.

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"Engineer better medicines Engineers are developing new systems to use genetic information, sense small changes in the body, assess new drugs, and deliver vaccines."

"Developers unfamiliar with Apple's operating systems must learn a new programming language, Objective-C, if they hope to master the apps course. Stanford students take a year of computer science classes and learn the technique of object-oriented programming before tackling the iOS development class. Two Stanford prerequisite courses, Programming Methodology and Programming Abstractions, are available on iTunes U."

"A hands-on approach designed to provide help students develop a better understanding of friction in both solid surfaces and fluids & which fluids include liquid and gas. A new spin on friction focuses on kinetic, static, fluid, and skin friction to help students make connections with this force in other contexts, instead of only using ramps or flat surfaces when teaching this concept."

variety of interesting articles - some news

"Spaceport America is the world's first purpose-built, commercial spaceport designed with the needs of the commercial, space business in mind. Unique geographic benefits, striking iconic design and the tradition of New Mexico space leadership are being utilized to create a new way to travel into space."

"Space Adventures' mission is to open spaceflight and the space frontier to private citizens, and Space Adventures vision actually stretches far beyond space tourism. Our goal is to benefit not only the private citizens who fly to space, but help open up the resources of space for all of mankind. We continually aim to develop new spaceflight experiences that are exciting yet safe, and are constantly seeking new ways of arranging more reliable, affordable and safer access to the infinite resources of space!"

"Scholarships Offered for 2012 WAI is proud to offer a diverse selection of scholarships again this year. Check back often as new scholarships are added regularly. New scholarships are marked with a Just Added tag. Please be sure to read the scholarship descriptions carefully as some have special instructions and/or additional requirements. "

"The night sky over Australia: new timelapse A new time-lapse video has captured the beauty of the night sky above the Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory in eastern Australia. It was made by astronomy research fellow Dr Ángel López-Sánchez (Australian Astronomical Observatory and Macquarie University). "I made the video by combining about 3800 frames, each of which I had processed individually," said Dr López-Sánchez. Each second in the video corresponds to 12 minutes in real time.""

"With each of their great achievements, the adventurers of the last century constantly pushed back the limits of the impossible. Today, the drive to make new discoveries must go on, not to conquer new territories but with the aim of improving the quality of life on our planet. In building the first solar aircraft able to fly day and night, and piloting it right round the world without fuel or pollution, Solar Impulse's ambition is for the world of exploration and innovation to contribute to the cause of renewable energies, to demonstrate the importance of clean technologies for sustainable development; to save natural resources and reduce our dependency on fossil energy; and to place dreams and emotions back at the heart of scientific adventure."

"Dare 2B Digital, a conference designed to encourage girls to pursue careers in science and technology that attracted more than 400 participants to such workshops as Sylvia's "Hands-on Robotics -- Kits and Demos." Sylvia's MakerBot was heating plastic, which then squirted onto a heated platform, to be transformed into something new and wonderful."

"New results from the MARSIS radar on Mars Express give strong evidence for a former ocean of Mars. The radar detected sediments reminiscent of an ocean floor inside previously identified, ancient shorelines on the red planet. The ocean would have covered the northern plains billions of years ago. "

"Teaching Resources New! "Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Take Physics" Poster There are many resources available to help teachers of physics, astronomy, and physical science. A few are listed here, and we always welcome suggestions for new items to add to the list."

"News that the faster-than-light neutrinos that caused a sensation in September may have a mundane explanation - a faulty cable connection - comes as little surprise. There has never been a convincing physical explanation for the result."

"CELEBRATE SCIENCE! The 3rd USA Science & Engineering Festival, the largest science festival in the United States, features nationwide contests and school programs during the 2013/2014 school year, including our popular 'Nifty Fifty' science speaker program. The Festival culminates in a 2-day Grand Finale Expo on April 26-27, 2014, with Sneak Peek Friday on April 25, and the US News STEM Solutions Conference on April 23-25. New this year: X-STEM - presented by Northrop Grumman Foundation and MedImmune - an Extreme STEM Symposium for middle and high school students on April 24."

A group of 12 teenagers from all across the Portland/Vancouver area have teamed up to build an airplane. It's a one of a kind program developed by local aviation enthusiasts who are now passing on what they know to a new generation. Vancouver's Mountain View High School. For six hours every Saturday, 12 local teens get to build an airplane with the help of dedicated mentors who are all volunteering their time to help in the effort. Scott McDaniels helped create the teen flight program.