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Neither rain, nor snow, nor winter's gloom can stay old-fashioned holiday mail from its appointed destinations. Even in the Internet era, greeting cards remain a robust industry: Americans buy 6.5 billion annually, with Christmas cards accounting for a quarter of that total. Your designers will exercise their artistic as well as engineering skills in this month's activity. Full STEAM ahead!
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| Activity: Greeting Card Assembly Line
In this collaborative math and art lesson, students in grades 4 to 12 explore central ideas in industrial engineering - including productivity, efficiency, and quality - by designing their own assembly line and working together to mass produce greeting cards.
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Researchers say that the Japanese art of origami could have practical implications ranging from minimally invasive surgical aids to highly efficient capture of solar energy and giant space telescopes that fit into a small payload.
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Spotlight: Grant to Teach Every Kid to Code
 Computer programming is such an essential language that an Atlanta-based tech company chief believes every elementary student should get a head start on learning it. And he's launching a nationwide grant contest that would send a master coding instructor to train K-8 teachers in a high-poverty school district for up to a year.
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Announcements
eCybermission 2016. -- Students in grades 6 to 9 can play real super-spy detectives in this Internet-based STEM fair. Entries are due February 29, 2016. Learn more.
Imagine Tomorrow! -- High school teams can win $100,000 by solving a clean energy problem in Washington State University's contest. Register by April 1. Learn more.
EngineerGirl! Video & Essay Contest. -- Responsible Engineering is the theme for this year's contest for boys and girls in grades 3-12. Enter by Feb. 1. Learn more. Free Online Safety Curriculum. -- DangerBots is among the fun, interactive learning modules aimed at increasing K-6 students' awareness of cybersecurity. Learn more. Amy Poehler Creates Science Web Series. -- Watch "Experimenting with Megan Amram," a new comedic STEM web series for teenagers. Learn more. |
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