Look Up! Educator Network

"Engineering for Change provides a forum to connect, collaborate, solve challenges and share knowledge among a growing community of engineers, technologists, social scientists, NGOs, local governments and community advocates, who are dedicated to improving the quality of life all over the world"

"Browse the E4C Solutions Library, a growing collection of cataloged solutions and related information from organizations throughout the world. Adapt these solutions where appropriate or innovate to create your own."

"In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. Rigorous projects help students learn key academic content and practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking). "

"Have you ever tried to guess how many pieces of candy there are in a jar? Or tackled a mindbender like: "How many piano tuners are there in Chicago?" Physicist Enrico Fermi was very good at problems like these -- learn how he used the power of 10 to make amazingly fast estimations of big numbers."

Science Videos My videos from youtube that cover a variety of science topics."

F111 - great video about the plane, some history and emergencies

"SchoolTube video reporting on the SOPA, PIPA and ACTA controversy that threatened the freedom of the Internet in an effort to stop piracy."

Plan Ceibal has a separate Khan Academy Web site at http://khan.ceibal.edu.uy/ where they are apparently hosting 1,100 (!) videos which have been translated to Spanish:

"Video: Snow Engineers - Benjy Miegs, a snow sculptor and student at Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering, explains snow sculpting in this cool video."

"An engineer and a humanitarian, Annie Saunders '12 discusses how being president of Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering (DHE) and traveling to Africa have enhanced her experience at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth."

"Andrew Wong '12 discusses his focus in engineering, environmental studies, and international studies at Dartmouth."

"Dartmouth student David Seliger '12 talks about the creative and the technical aspects of engineering and studio art, and how he wants to impact the world."

"A Dartmouth engineering student and future space explorer, B.E. candidate Max Fagin discusses his work at NASA's Glenn Research Center and more."

"NC STEM Learning Network has developed a comprehensive list of STEM attributes. These attributes - a checklist of characteristics that are hallmarks of programmatic quality in STEM education - are based on local, state and national research and public feedback from 125 practitioners, educators, and business leaders. These attributes have been adopted by the North Carolina State Board of Education and will serve as the standard measure of quality STEM programs in the state."

"Sterling was aware that there was a significant gap in the formative space of play. Because of this, she was motivated to spend a year of research with over 100 children in order to develop GoldieBlox: a construction toy for girls."

"This challenge has given me practice in thinking critically and solving problems. It has given me confidence in my abilities and my work. It has given me a glimpse-my first taste-of the engineering process and has thereby strengthened my desire to pursue an engineering career."

"Students are required to design a vehicle that addresses a series of engineering problems that are similar to problems faced by the original Moonbuggy team. Each Moonbuggy will be human powered and carry two students, one female and one male, over a half-mile simulated lunar terrain course including "craters", rocks, "lava" ridges, inclines and "lunar" soil."

"Electromagnetic Spectrum A picture showing the electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma waves This diagram shows the types of wavelengths going from longest to shortest. Image Credit: NASA all the wavelengths of visible and invisible light. Visible light is near the center of the spectrum. "

"The electromagnetic spectrum is more familiar to you than you might think. The microwave you use to heat your food and the cell phones you use are part of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. The light that our eyes can see is also part of the electromagnetic spectrum. This visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum consists of the colors that we see in a rainbow - from reds and oranges, through blues and purples."

loons on Mason Lake and a chorus of birds in Queensland, Australia, thanks to this Mashable link to the free natural sounds archive, now available online from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. As Open Culture reports, the recordings go back to 1929.