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Predicting Future Technologies: Keeping in mind that prediction is more of an art than a science, CNN spoke to a host of design and technology experts -- from academics to magazine editors -- in search of what might well just be the shape of things to come.

This is a call for crowdfunding "the think tank" a mobile cognitive science lab that will travel to HSs to teach students about cognitive science and help them design and carry out their own inquiries. might be a cool sample project for Intersections

Can we grow a garden on Mars? would students like to research and write about this question? Maybe an idea or an idea stimulator for an intersections project?

first person by Naomi Shah, winner of Intel Science Talent Search. Discusses her research, her work getting young girls interested in science and her future plans.

A Blueprint: Maker Programs for Youth is just what it sounds like, directions for starting a maker program. It may have ideas that will be helpful to teams as they design their science-literacy projects.

Saving TED talk here as well. Discusses science/engineering as an act of translation, discusses making connections between biological record and human anecdote, and involves fashion, too.

This piece argues that the NGSS has focused on diversity and inclusion, and talks about science as the great equalizer. Perhaps of interest as discussion point in teams.