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Story 400
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Technology through the Ages
: New Mexico students learn how tools improve the quality of life
Story 383
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Construction Zone
: Students design and build energy-efficient model houses
Story 359
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Solar Challenge
: Middle school students tackle design challenges
Story 304
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Tangible Results
: Girls enjoy the chance to experience engineering
Story 296
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Designing the High Frontier
: Middle school students design space colony models
Story 287
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Powered by the Sun
: Students create Lego vehicles that run on solar energy
Story 281
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Moving Parts
: Animation helps students "see" how machines work
Story 270
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Movie Moments
: Using Lego* animation, students recreate silver screen sequences
Story 267
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Coasting Into Science
: Students study energy, then design roller coasters
Story 262
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Ready, Set, Race!
: Students build real and virtual racecars, then compete
Story 258
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Everybody Wins
: Robotics teammates learn technical skills, teamwork
Story 247
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Inspired to Build
: Students become certified craftspeople after making balsa wood models
Story 208
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Sound Ideas
: Students create and build their own musical instruments
Story 201
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Energizing the Press
: Chemistry students design batteries for newspapers of the future
Story 186
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Robot Mummies
: Israeli students ponder futuristic feats of science
Story 145
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Probing Questions
: Students become educated consumers through science fair projects
Story 135
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The Race Is On
: Eighth-graders go to college for help with vehicle design
Story 122
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To Build a Boat
: Students integrate complex technologies to manufacture boats
Story 108
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Jewel of a Project
: Students master cutting-edge design tools
Story 102
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Pride on Display
: Interactive technology helps students present the best of their hometown
Story 71
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A Very Hot Topic
: Technology sparks student interest in global warming
Story 60
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Invasion of the Cybugs
: In rural Tennessee, students build robotic bugs
Story 35
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The Flight of the Honeybee
: Animated films showcase what second-graders have learned
Story 32
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Constructing a Better Way
: Inventing robots helps students see the challenges of climate change
Story 18
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Inventing the Next Breakthrough
: Girls discover their potential to engineer the future
Story 12
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Building a Better Robot
: Using teamwork to build a winning robot in six weeks
Story 4
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Toys Bridge the Gap
: First-graders invent toys to learn how technology works