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• The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 platform will begin shipping August 1, 2013. The education platform is now available in the U.S. for educators to preorder.

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• The LEGO® Education WeDo STEM Expansion Pack encourages students to expand on previous building and programming knowledge gained through working with LEGO Education WeDo as well as incorporating reading, writing, and vocabulary activities.
• The LEGO Education WeDo STEM Expansion Pack is a cross-curricular offering designed for elementary educators for use in third-grade classrooms and above. The children can work individually, in pairs, or in groups.
• The curriculum pack contains management ideas, curriculum support, and Getting Started materials such as teacher’s notes; student worksheets; six main activities; four open-ended, problem-solving activities; assessment tools; building instructions; and images for classroom use.

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Top educators influence LEGO Education product development to create better learning environments for students

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New education solution aligns with Common Core Standards for English and language arts, levels the playing field for students of all abilities

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• LEGO® Education StoryStarter is a new language arts product for grades 2-5 that teaches students the basic mechanics of a well-composed story – making it a great tool for analyzing existing stories, writing new stories or discussing specific, current topics.
• LEGO Education StoryStarter supports select Common Core Standards for English and language arts and makes writing and reading an exciting and engaging experience for students of all abilities and backgrounds.
• LEGO Education StoryStarter includes specially-selected LEGO bricks, StoryVisualizer, Web-based interactive software for digital storytelling and a Curriculum Pack.

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• The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 platform is the third generation of LEGO Education robotics technology designed for classroom use. It is a full teaching solution developed with educators to actively engage students in a number of key curriculum areas such as computer science, science, technology, engineering, and math correlated to national standards.
• The EV3 platform includes customizable curriculum and digital workbooks; a hardware platform based on real-world robotics technology for engaging, hands-on activities; an intuitive software platform consisting of both programming and data-logging interface including 48 step-by-step tutorials; and extensive professional development courses.
• The LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 platform is backwards compatible with the previous MINDSTORMS Education NXT platform, ensuring that existing sensors, motors, and building elements can be reused. It is also possible to program NXT using the new EV3 software.

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• LEGO^® Education and Learning Care Group, the second-largest for-profit educational child care provider in the United States, will pilot LEGO Education Preschool Solutions in schools in Florida and Utah.
• LEGO Education Preschool Solutions, when implemented at a young age, spark an interest in learning by helping children develop fine motor skills, an understanding of the world around them, social and emotional understanding, and age-appropriate literacy and math skills.
• The schools will have access to Web-based teacher training that is customized to their environment.

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• LEGO Education North America will offer preschool educators in the United States with the option to buy a selected list of more than 45 different LEGO Education preschool products via Amazon.com. A few of the sets have been specially packaged and will only be available via Amazon.com.
• The products will be available under the Amazon.com Industrial and Scientific store and will provide easier access for preschool educators to buy classroom sets of the LEGO Education preschool offerings.
• At this time, only the LEGO Education preschool products listed below will be available for purchase on Amazon.com. All other LEGO Education products are available via www.LEGOeducation.us

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