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Category: General (4)
 | LEGO Education | comments: 0 Referrals: 326 |
| LEGO Education North America is a joint venture between Pitsco, Inc. and the educational division of the LEGO Group. The joint venture was cemented on a common philosophy: Well thought-out, hands-on activities motivate students and create a fertile environment for learning. LEGO Education (LE) combines the motivational advantages of LEGO Education sets with award-winning software and standards-based activity packs that integrate math, science, and technology into engaging hands-on classroom projects.   10.0 - 2 votes - | ||
| LEGO Education Blog | comments: 0 Referrals: 248 |
| For up to the minute news on what's happening at LEGO Education be sure to visit their blog. 10.0 - 2 votes - | |
| LEGO Shopper | comments: 0 Referrals: 69 |
| Buy new and used Legos online at Lego Shopper. not rated - | |
| Peeron.com | comments: 0 Referrals: 234 |
| Do you ever wonder where a paticular LEGO piece came from? Ever wanted to know the exact inventory of 9794 set? This is your place. Complete set inventories for many LEGO sets new and old. 10.0 - 1 vote - | |
Category: Fundraising & Grants (1)
| Grant Wrangler: A Grant Index for Teachers | comments: 0 Referrals: 199 |
| Grant Wrangler is a grants listing service offered by Nimble Press at no charge. They make it easy for teachers to search for grants by subject area, grade level, or grant name. With more than $14 million in grants listed, their goal is to help more schools find funding for all areas of learning and growth for K-12 education. Pay them a visit to search for the latest classroom and teacher grants or sign up for their monthly Grant Wrangler Bulletin. not rated - | |
Category: Competitions (4)
| BotBall | comments: 0 Referrals: 227 |
| Botball is a hands-on learning experience in robotics designed to engage students in learning the practical applications of science, technology, engineering and math. not rated - | |
| First LEGO League | comments: 0 Referrals: 238 |
| FLL is an international LEGO robotics competition that introduces children around the world to the fun and experience of solving real-world problems by applying math, science, and technology. The FLL season runs September through January each year. 10.0 - 2 votes - | |
| ROBOGAMES | comments: 0 Referrals: 213 |
| Formerly known as the ROBOlympics, this San Francisco based competition takes place each year bringing robot enthusiasts from around the world together to meet, compete, and just plain show off. They host a whole series of LEGO robotics based events. not rated - | |
| Sonoma County LEGO Robot Challenge | comments: 0 Referrals: 212 |
| The Sonoma County LEGO Robot Challenge is the culimnating event in a year long county wide robotics program taking place in Sonoma County. The competion is announced each February with the competition taking place late April. 10.0 - 2 votes - | |
Category: Ideas & Challenges (3)
| Brickshelf | comments: 0 Referrals: 285 |
| Brickshelf is a web site that hosts galleries of LEGO creations. Many include building instructions. not rated - | |
| CEEO Activity Repository | comments: 0 Referrals: 298 |
| Activities are organized by grade level and subject. The site also hold many programming and building tips. not rated - | |
| stomp | comments: 0 Referrals: 244 |
| This site equips classroom volunteers with classroom-tested LEGO-related activities and the knowledge necessary to use these activities the classroom. It will walk you through hardware and software installation, RoboLab programming basics, and building tips. not rated - | |
Category: Building Tips (2)
| LEGO Constructopedia | comments: 0 Referrals: 365 |
| A reference work containing articles on different aspects of construction. This is the place to learn all about how things work! This section is an ideal supplement for teachers using the LEGO Education Science & Technology range of products, helping youngsters understand principles of machines and mechanisms.  1.0 - 1 vote - | |
| TECHNIC Design School | comments: 0 Referrals: 331 |
| Learn the basic TECHNIC elements and how they create stability or allow motion in your creations. not rated - | |
Category: Classes & Camps (3)
 | Digital Media Adventures Summer Camp | comments: 0 Referrals: 140 |
| A robotics camp/course for kids 9-13 at Stanford University this Summer. The program is called Digital Media Adventures (Adventures in Robotics and Programming) and it is being put on by Digital Media Academy (DMA). DMA is a nationally-recognized organization offering creative hands-on learning experiences in a broad range of digital media technologies. For more information please visit. 10.0 - 1 vote - | ||
| Robotics Learning | comments: 0 Referrals: 242 |
| Located in the south San Francisco Bay Area, Robotics Learning host a whole series of LEGO robot summer camps and classes. 10.0 - 2 votes - | |
| SuperQuest | comments: 0 Referrals: 180 |
| Supported by the Software Association of Oregon - SuperQuest is a summer institute for teachers in Oregon and Washington offering courses in LEGO Robotics. not rated - | |
Category: Support Organizations (7)
| Center for Engineering Educational Outreach | comments: 0 Referrals: 192 |
| The Core purpose of Tufts Center for Engineering Educational Outreach (CEEO) is to improve education through engineering. The CEEO is the developer of Robolab. not rated - | |
| Central Valley Robotics | comments: 0 Referrals: 171 |
| Central Valley Robotics is the support organization that supports FLL efforts in central California. They are based in Clovis. not rated - | |
| FirstWA | comments: 0 Referrals: 170 |
| FirstWA is the support organization that supports FLL efforts in the state of Washington. not rated - | |
| LEGO Engineering | comments: 0 Referrals: 236 |
| LEGOengineering.com is dedicated to providing educators with resources for teaching through engineering with LEGO materials. Submitted by James not rated - | |
| ORTOP | comments: 0 Referrals: 167 |
| The Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach Program runs FLL efforts in the state of Oregon. They host a wide variety of events and courses throughout the year. not rated - | |
| Play@Learning | comments: 0 Referrals: 176 |
| Play@Learning runs the Northern California First LEGO League Organization and host many LEGO robotics oriented outreach programs throughout the year. not rated - | |
| Southern California First LEGO League | comments: 0 Referrals: 171 |
| SCRRF is the support organization that supports FLL efforts in the southern California. not rated - | |
Category: User Groups (2)
| BayLUG | comments: 0 Referrals: 171 |
| BayLUG is a LEGO users group that meets in Palo, Alto, CA. not rated - | |
| LUGNET | comments: 0 Referrals: 183 |
| LUGNET is a global community of LEGO enthusiasts uniting LEGO fans worldwide through discussion groups, web pages, and services. not rated - | |
Category: Blogs & Information Sites (8)
| BNXT | comments: 0 Referrals: 278 |
| An unofficial site is entirely devoted to Lego Mindstorms NXT. not rated - | |
| MAKE Magazine | comments: 0 Referrals: 177 |
| MAKE brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. This is a magazine that celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will. 10.0 - 2 votes - | |
| NXTasy.org | comments: 0 Referrals: 205 |
| A LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Community not rated - | |
| NXTbot | comments: 0 Referrals: 213 |
| Covering the world of consumer and personal robotics not rated - | |
| Philo's Page | comments: 0 Referrals: 224 |
| If you need inspiration Philo's site has it. From RCX to NXT he creates some amazing stuff. His detailed information on the internal workings of the MINDSTORM system are of particular interest. not rated - | |
| robots.net | comments: 0 Referrals: 161 |
| the place to read the lastest news on personal and industrial robotics, robot competitions, and other cool stuff. not rated - | |
| SERVO Magazine | comments: 0 Referrals: 149 |
| SERVO Magazine is dedicated to the "Next Generation of Robotics Experimenters", devoted 100% to robots and robotics. With an all robots - all the time focus, each monthly issue will inspire, educate, and entertain with feature articles, interviews, tutorials, DIY projects, hacks, parts sources and much more. Whether you are building your first line-follower or finishing off the perception layer in a positronic brain, SERVO Magazine delivers the sharp technical tools you need to stay on the cutting edge. Advances in robotics are dynamic and as important as those of computers in the 80s and 90s. not rated - | |
| The NXT Step | comments: 0 Referrals: 213 |
| The NXT STEP Blog brings together news and information related to the LEGO Mindstorms NXT system. 10.0 - 2 votes - | |
Category: LEGO CAD (4)
| BrickSmith | comments: 0 Referrals: 177 |
| Bricksmith is a full-featured model editor for Mac OS X 10.3 or later. Bricksmith provides a spinnable 3D model view, a fast, comprehensive part browser, easy access to the full color palette, and inspectors to tweak part components. It also supports submodels (MPD), steps, and primitives, as well as the usual features you expect in a Mac application (undo, copying, scrolling, and drag-and-drop reordering of file contents). And it is open source. not rated - | |
| LDraw.org | comments: 0 Referrals: 221 |
| START HERE!! LDraw™ is an open standard for LEGO CAD programs that allow the user to create virtual LEGO models and scenes. You can use it to document models you have physically built, create building instructions just like LEGO, render 3D photo realistic images of your virtual models and even make animations. 10.0 - 2 votes - | |
| LeoCAD | comments: 0 Referrals: 166 |
| This is a great editor for Windows and Linux which has offered several improvements to the straight LDraw .dat format. It supports some basic animation (via keyframing) and can also export to 3DStudioMax, POV-Ray, and Alias Wavefront. not rated - | |
| MLCad | comments: 0 Referrals: 184 |
| A popular LDraw-based Windows editor, MLCad offers full drag and drop support for adding, copying and moving LEGO parts, a parts inventory feature for your models, creation of steps for building instructions, and much more! 10.0 - 2 votes - | |