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LEGO Smart Creativity Contest Entry By Becky Beyer, Granby Elementary Gifted Services
Students will work in small groups. The light gray LEGO brick equals 1 unit of volume. Using this brick as "x", students will express all other bricks in relation to x. For instance, the flat black 6x2 brick is expressed as 1/3x. When they are done comparing and expressing volumes, students will make a shape that looks like an alligator. Then, they will decide what the volume of the alligator is, based on the light gray brick as one unit of volume.
Lesson Learned: Students will explore the use of a variable when comparing volume.