{"id":2009,"date":"2010-05-22T13:55:37","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T17:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:52:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:52:45","slug":"lego-takes-renewable-energy-to-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/lego-takes-renewable-energy-to-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego takes renewable energy to kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/XL_779688.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"154\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Lego<\/figcaption><\/figure>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not out yet but it&#8217;s bound to sell like hot cakes. Lego\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Renewable Energy Set Add-On has all the cuteness of Lego toys plus an educational message to go with it.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nLego says on its website that the product is an addition to the Simple &amp; Motorized Mechanisms Set. The idea is to let students \u00e2\u20ac\u0153explore renewable energy sources; investigate energy supply, transfer, accumulation, conversion, and consumption; and use measurements and data analysis to describe and explain outcomes through hands-on activities and exciting, real-life models.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Sounds very sophisticated for a toy, indeed!<br \/>\n<!--adsense#300--><\/p>\n<p>In the face of the environmental disaster caused by Gulf oil spill, it is very important to educate future generations about the benefits of renewable energy. It that can be accomplished in a fun way, even better.<br \/>\n<!--adsense--><\/p>\n<p>Lego\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legoeducation.us\/store\/detail.aspx?ID=1968&#038;bhcp=1\">Renewable Energy Set Add-On<\/a> is due out in the Fall 2010. (Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\">Fastcompany.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top:10px;height:15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/8390e0d7-b19b-48eb-986d-df6baac48aec\/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=8390e0d7-b19b-48eb-986d-df6baac48aec\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" style=\"border:none;float:right\"><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li>No Related Posts Found! Go find some...<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not out yet but it&#8217;s bound to sell like hot cakes. Lego\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Renewable Energy Set Add-On has all the cuteness of Lego toys plus an educational message to go with it. Related Posts:No Related Posts Found! Go find some&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[364,1746,362,365,1713,112,366],"class_list":["post-2009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-renewable-energy","tag-collecting","tag-education","tag-lego","tag-recreation","tag-renewable-energy","tag-technology","tag-toy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9575,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions\/9575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}