Are you LEGO® Smart™? Are your students? Being LEGO Smart is more than building with LEGO® bricks. It’s having the ability to work in teams, solve problems, and create solutions. It means understanding key science, technology, engineering, and math concepts – not just on paper, but through demonstration. LEGO Smart students don’t just know it, they DO it. The sets, software, and curriculum designed by LEGO Education harness the power of the LEGO brick and combine to create learning opportunities for students that will help develop the skills needed for a lifetime of creating, solving, and contributing to a global society. Be LEGO Smart – be the future.
Pre-build a simple LEGO model using only 5-7 elements. Divide the students into small groups of 3-4.
Give verbal directions to the class on how to construct a model that looks exactly like the pre-built model. Challenge each group to brainstorm what this model could be. Have them look at it in all different ways (upside-down, sideways, etc.). A note taker at each table can jot down all the possible ideas formulated by their group.
Ask each table to share their ideas. Which were the most original? Ask each group to elaborate on their original idea. What attributes, i.e. shape, colors, size, and features of the model helped the students to determine what it might be?