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Monday, August 02, 2010 11:18 AM

Creating a LEGO Smart Windmill

LEGO Smart Activity By LEGO Education Wind power is a safe and inexpensive renewable energy source. Wind farms can be found around the world with more than 20% of some countries' energy produced by wind turbines! Within the United States, Texas leads the pack in energy produced by wind, generating enough power for up to 600,000 homes! Within this activity, we will use the elements of the LEGO Smart Kit to create a movable LEGO Smart windmill. There are no right or wrong ways to construct the...
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Monday, January 25, 2010 12:52 PM

Flags of the World

LEGO Smart Activity By Daniel Carter, LEGO Education The goal is to introduce students to the flags of the world. Flags represent many different people, places, and things. Exploring flags can be a fascinating journey into the history, mystique, origin, and lives of many cultures. Using the bricks provided in a LEGO Smart Kit, ask students to build a structure based on the colors of various flags around the world. Each level of the structure must represent a color of a flag. For example, the American...
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Monday, December 07, 2009 4:48 PM

Center of Mass Exploration

LEGO Smart Creativity Contest Entry By Ian Durham, Saint Anselm College In order to assist activity leaders in using this activity, a URL leading to a PDF that includes some basic pictures is listed at the end of the following description. 1. Students begin with the 8x2 brick and the single 1x1 brick. Initially they mount the 1x1 piece directly under the 8x2 in the dead center and set it on a table. It should stand on its own without leaning (barely). Note that this means the single 1x1 piece should...
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Monday, December 07, 2009 4:46 PM

Geography Challenge

LEGO Smart Creativity Contest Entry By Melissa King, Home school Using all the available LEGo bricks, students will build the shape of a state. Several different geographic challenges can be presented depending on the age level and ability of the student. For example: 1) Each student builds the shape of the state where they reside. (Early Elementary) 2) Each student builds the shape of a state they have visited or where a family member resides. (Upper Elementary) 3) Each student builds the shape...
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Monday, December 07, 2009 4:45 PM

Calculating Perimeter and Area and Extending This to Construction Technology

LEGO Smart Creativity Contest Entry By Kay Kraatz, OCM BOCES - McEvoy Campus Materials: LEGO Smart Kit (plates: 1-2x2, 1-2x3, 1-2x4, 1-2x6, 1-4x4; bricks: 1-1x1, 2-2x1, 3-2x2, 1-1x4, 1-1x6, 1-2x3, 2-2x4, 2-2x6, 1-2x8; angle- 1-1x 4); Architect's triangular scale. This activity requires students to find smallest and largest area using: plates: 1-2x2 cream LEGO base plate, 1-2x3 red LEGO base plate, 1-2x4 red LEGO base plate, 1-2x6 black LEGO base plate, 1-4x4 green LEGO base plate. Students will...
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Monday, December 07, 2009 4:44 PM

Build 2 gether

LEGO Smart Creativity Contest Entry By K Walker, Walker Christian Academy 1. Put students in teams of 2 or 3. 2. Give each an equal amount of bricks. 3. Give them the name of something to build. 4. Start with one student and each student gets to add 1 brick at a time trying to build the item you have named (like car or house). 5. Students cannot talk or help or tell the others where to place their brick. 6. Have each group share what they have managed to build. Lesson Learned: Cooperation, inventiveness...
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