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Congratulations to the following educators for being selected as contestants in the first-ever Boston LEGO Education Landmark School Competition! The competition is one of the activities featured during the Boston LEGO KidsFest planned for September 25 & 26. To qualify, each educator had to submit an essay about their landmark build, explaining why they selected the landmark for the competition and its importance to their students and community. Now these educators, along with their students...

Is America losing its creative edge? According to recent studies creative I.Q. in the United States is declining. Learn how researchers came to this conclusion and what can be done to fix it. http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html

As part of the LEGO KidsFest activities, LEGO Education is hosting a LEGO Landmark competition for area elementary schools! If you are an K-4 educator within the Boston, Massachusetts, area and would like to entry for your chance to display your local LEGO Landmark build and WIN awesome LEGO Education prizes, visit http://legokidsfest.com/Boston/landmark.html ! Hurry, deadline to enter your landmark idea is August 25th! Twenty classrooms will be selected and will display their builds to those attending...

LEGO Smart Activity By LEGO Education Wind power is a safe and inexpensive renewable energy source. Wind farms can be found around the world with more than 20% of some countries' energy produced by wind turbines! Within the United States, Texas leads the pack in energy produced by wind, generating enough power for up to 600,000 homes! Within this activity, we will use the elements of the LEGO Smart Kit to create a movable LEGO Smart windmill. There are no right or wrong ways to construct the...

Registration for the 2010 LEGO Smart Creativity Contest will end on July 31, 2010! If you are a K-12 teacher or home educator residing in the U.S., you are eligible to compete! Visit www.LEGOeducation.us/CreativityContest for more information and to register! Hurry, time is running out!

NASA is working diligently with local school districts in West Virginia to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. Through hands-on workshops and trainings educators are empowered to lead students through STEM activities. Read more here: http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=83267