Are you LEGO® Smart™? Are your students? Being LEGO Smart is more than building with LEGO® bricks. It’s having the ability to work in teams, solve problems, and create solutions. It means understanding key science, technology, engineering, and math concepts – not just on paper, but through demonstration. LEGO Smart students don’t just know it, they DO it. The sets, software, and curriculum designed by LEGO Education harness the power of the LEGO brick and combine to create learning opportunities for students that will help develop the skills needed for a lifetime of creating, solving, and contributing to a global society. Be LEGO Smart – be the future.
In the most recent episode of Robots - The podcast for News and Views on Robotics, engineering education at the elementary level is discussed.
First up is Chris Rogers, a Tufts University professor who is an avid supporter of engineering and youth. He has a long history with LEGO Education and speaks about his work and the impact robotics and engineering can have in the classroom.
Following Chris is Liz Herron, director of the LEGO Education Center in Southlake, Texas. Liz talks about her experience with children and robotics at the Center and the excitement it has created for the program.
Check it all out now by visiting http://www.robotspodcast.com/
Now through August 2009, LEGO Education is hosting an activity challenge for educators of all grades and subject areas!
The LEGO Smart Creativity Contest begins with your imagination and ends with one Grand Prize and eight monthly winners, online recognition, and the chance to share your activity with thousands of students across the nation!
The task is simple. Create an activity using only the bricks included in a LEGO Smart Kit.
Anyone employed or working in the education field is eligible to participate. This includes teachers, home school educators, classroom aides, after-school facilitators, coaches, and administrators! One free kit is provided per request. The contest is limited to online participation only, no purchase necessary.
Come join the challenge! Visit www.LEGOeducation.us/CreativityContest or click the contest logo found on our homepage for details!
The 2009 LEGO Education Main Catalog is here and ready for distribution!
For the first time in LEGO Education history, a complete continuum of robotics hardware, software, and curriculum for students in elementary school through university level is available! Check out the catalog's robotics section to see what you can add to your tech-savvy classroom!
Updated programming software, a new NXT touch sensor, fresh activities from Carnegie Mellon University, and an updated Simple and Motorized Mechanisms Set round out the enhancements viewable in this year's main catalog.
With color-coded sections for each topic, the 2009 LEGO Education Main Catalog is organized in a way that makes it easy to find the right product for any lesson or activity.
CLICK HERE to order yours today!
For the latest LEGO Education news, product updates, and robotics builds, check out the most recent issue of LEGO Smart News!
Inside this online publication you will find features on the LEGO Education Robotics Continuum, product launch information for LEGO Education WeDo Robotics and TETRIX by Pitsco, as well as details on how your students can become LEGO Smart!
Interested in viewing the issue in printed form? CLICK HERE to download your copy!