Full Disclosure: I have a son.  I love Lego.  He loves Lego.  Let’s build!

With that said, if I had a daughter, I would be promoting the same ideas I will be in this post.  The following links are meant to get people started for people considering being a “Maker” or enabling their students to become “Makers”.  They explore some lessons and theory behind STEM, some tools to use, details about the fairs and movement, and a neat online tool to get kids into 3D design:

• http://www.stemcentric.com/about/ – This first link is to tutorials about how to use some of the NXT Lego solutions.  It has essential tutorials, which include how to move blocks and create loops, and it has advanced tutorials that include sensors and cascading switches.  I hope to explore these ideas with my son in the near future.  He is almost three!
• http://powerfunctions.lego.com/en-us/whatis/default.aspx#HowDoesPFWorkContentProvider – These products from Lego add…