Lego Engineering curriculum - Early elementary
Early Elementary curriculum for designing & building with Lego pieces. Build a sturdy wall, shapes, tower, chair, pulley wall, intro to motors,transportation & build a vehicle. Includes worksheets, planning sheet, and design cycle prompts.
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Lego Double helix DNA
Create a model of double helix DNA strand. These are the microscopic set of instructions that tells cells how to replicate themselves.
Resources:
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Lego- Down The Ramp
Challenge: Build a car that travels the farthest down a ramp.
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Lego in Curriculum Ideas
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Lego Maze
Using Lego pieces, design a maze that is complex with a confusing series of pathways.
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Lego Town, village, city
Create a city with stores and streets, cars that you need during the week. Some ideas might be: food store, drug store, home, school, church etc.
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Symmetry
Lego Wall Challenge
Build a wall that is at least 7 bricks tall and can withstand the “flick test” (a simple flick of the finger).
Read the story: "The Three Bears"
Materials: variety of lego bricks Lesson Plan: http://www.legoengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Sturdy-Wall-Lesson-Plan.pdf
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Lego Brain Puzzle
Challenge: Fit all 9 pieces into the box.
Puzzle Build It: http://www.instructables.com/id/Lego-Puzzle-Box/?ALLSTEPS
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Penguin BuildBuild a Penguin - (level: Experienced)
from: http://www.lego.com/en-us/classic/building-instructions |
Resources:
Lego in Curriculum: MS, HS: http://edgerton.mit.edu/search/node/lego
Lego Building Instructions:(Easy, Medium, Advanced Building)
http://www.lego.com/en-us/classic/building-instructions
http://www.lego.com/en-us/classic/building-instructions