building

Amazing Structures, Famous Landmarks – As of 2010, the tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai,…

engineering4kids

engineers are creative problem-solvers engineers make a world of difference; engineers help shape the future engineering is essential to our…

LEGO engineering

LEGO Engineering – Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, Tufts University. teacher resources, useful links Challenges – EV3 Light and Dark…

La Sagrada Família

Barcelona’s most famous church, La Sagrada Família, designed by Antoni Gaudí, draws so many people to see it that the…

laser

laser – a device that emits a direct beam of light based on a stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation through…

Large Hadron Collider

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It first started up on 10 September…

light emitting diode (LED)

Light from Sand (podcast 2:00) – LEDs or light emitting diodes are everywhere from traffic lights to Christmas ornaments to…

LEGO block party

LEGO fun facts The Number of Ways You Can Put Together 6 LEGO Bricks Will Astound You – 915+ million!…

knot

Trucker’s hitch {Power Cinch Knot, Haymaker’s Hitch, Harvester’s Hitch) has the distinctive feature of providing a mechanical advantage when being…

kite

Kite – a tethered aircraft. The necessary lift that makes the kite wing fly is generated when air flows over…

kinetic sculpture

Kinetic sculpture – art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or depends on motion for its…

kitchen appliances

Food preparation and cooking are important tasks in most families. Kitchen appliances are available to assist with these jobs. hand…

Kinetic Sculpture Race

Kinetic Grand Championship is a 3-day, 42-mile bicycle race over land, sand, mud and water. Many refer to the Kinetic…

kitchen design

What’s the problem? Read about it… How might we WHAT for WHOM in order to CHANGE something? kitchen work triangle…

Kirigami

Kirigami – a variation of origami that includes cutting of the paper (from Japanese “kiru” = to cut, “kami” =…