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LEGO Smart Creativity Contest Entry By Julie Wille, Aspen Elementary School
Give students ample time to free build a mythological creature. Students should be asked to use their imaginations to create a creature with various powers, depending on the LEGO bricks used and the attributes assigned. Creatures may be animal like or a mix of person and machine. Students will then be asked to write a description of the character. Teams of students will be formed and given the task of creating a game where the characters are integrated. Creating a game with other students.
Lesson Learned: Creative play Applied imagination Writing a character description