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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>First Lego League isn’t meant to replace core curriculum, it’s an afterschool or club program. It not only promotes programming Mindstorms robots (and at the high school level designing and engineering robots), but also inquiry based learning, problem solving, team building, research skills, and communication skills. So, of course Legos can’t replace science instruction, but you must agree all of these are essential to scientific inquiry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D'>Linda Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D'>Talent Development Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D'>5th and 6th grade self-contained unit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D'>Ashland City Schools<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D'>419-289-7964<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ohiogift-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:ohiogift-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Will Fitzhugh<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> Rosado Feger, Ana<br><b>Cc:</b> ohiogift@lists.service.ohio-state.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ohiogift] STEM with LEGOS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I didn't realize that the FIRST Lego League<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>could teach Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Technology, Engineering and Mathematics using<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>only LEGOS!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If they can adapt that 13-year-old's STEM curriculum<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>to manage all that with LEGOS, my hat is off to them!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>What until all those East Asian countries learn<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>about our advantage in that!!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Amazing! Perhaps they will really tackle history<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>and academic expository writing with LEGOS next?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The just-released NAEP results show only 3% of <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>8th and 12th grade students are proficient in <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>writing</b> at present....<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Will Fitzhugh<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'><br></span></b><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>“Teach by Example”</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>Will Fitzhugh [founder]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>The Concord Review</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'> [1987]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>Ralph Waldo Emerson Prizes [1995]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>National Writing Board [1998]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>TCR Institute [2002]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>730 Boston Post Road, Suite 24<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776-3371 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>978-443-0022; 800-331-5007<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:#3863BB'><a href="http://www.tcr.org/">www.tcr.org</a></span></u><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>; <a href="mailto:fitzhugh@tcr.org">fitzhugh@tcr.org</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:#150F85'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'>Varsity Academics®<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.tcr.org/blog">www.tcr.org/blog</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>