Hello LEGO Students and Families!
Each week I will place a new LEGO Building challenge for your student (but, I am going to leave them up so feel free to work through them at your own pace, or in your own order). If you don't have Legos, you can use anything else to build with that you have on hand...(get creative, please don't purchase any new materials). If your student would like to take part in the week's challenge, they can then post a picture of their best solution on our class Padlet for everyone to see! (You can also email me a picture and I can put it on the Padlet at alexander.melissa@battlegroundps.org ).
I will link the Padlet in Google Classroom and I will also send out via email.
Using Padlet - Click on the link - Click on the plus to start a new entry. Put in your name in the Title Space and then add a description. To add a picture you can click on the camera icon and take on right in Padlet or or upload one from your device.
So this our last week of a Lego Challenges. I have really enjoyed seeing all the creativity and engineering brilliance that this group has produced throughout this distance learning time. Now, parents don't hate me for this one, but you have to admit, it looks fun! This week's challenge is a Build a Lego Volcano. Combine the joy of building with a little chemistry!
Don't forget to post on Padlet to share with others! (On Google Classroom.) Have fun building!
I have enjoyed seeing the projects from those students taking part in the weekly challenges. I hope you have been having fun with them. This week's challenge is a Rubber Band Car. Use this as an idea to get you started and spark your creativity, but you don't need to build your car like the one in the link, nor does it need to be Superhero themed. Make it your own!
Don't forget to post on Padlet to share with others! (On Google Classroom.) Have fun building!
Read a Newsela Article with a family member and then use it as your inspiration for this week's Lego Challenge - Can you build a planet (can be real or imagined) - post your pictures on our Padlet!
For an extra challenge complete the activites with the Newsela Article.
Sign in with Google for Newsela Assignment
Remember this can be done from ANY household item - you could draw, build out of something YOU have (dry pasta, painted paper, what can you think of?)
HAVE fun! Don't forget to post on Padlet! (Check out what others have done while you are there. Feel free to leave some positive comments!
Check out Padlet for Examples of Parachutes from last week!
For this week's challenge let's go back to the ground and try making a car that is powered by a balloon! Of course, the link gives you instructions on one way to do it, but be creative see what other materials might work or other variations.
There are so many possibilities! Have fun!
Again, add your picture or video to the Padlet (link on Google Classroom) for everyone to see! I have enjoyed looking at the posts from last week!
Don't forget to check out the cool ziplines that people posted from this last week or the catapults from the week below - I am truly blown away by all you awesome Lego engineers! I shared your Padlet to the Homelink River Staff so they could see all your cool work, too!
For this week's challenge try making a parachute to safely land a Lego mini-fig. Now the link gives you instructions on one way to do it, but be creative see what other materials might make a parachute OR what makes the BEST parachute. Or try more than one. There are so many possibilities! Have fun!
Again, add your picture or video to the Padlet for everyone to see! I have enjoyed looking at the posts from last week!
Padlet will be on the Google Classroom!
Update - Check out the Padlet for the students that posted challenges from last week, there are some awesome examples of some catapults on there! You can comment (ask a question or make a positive compliment) on what you see!
For this week's challenge try building a Zipline - again, this link is for a Lego Zipline, but you could build a zip line for ANYTHING it does not have to be with Legos. There are some great science concepts here...talking about gravity, slope, speed, etc. And you could use all sorts of things to make your zipline, if you don't have Legos...just need something for your line (cord, string, yarn, rope of some kind and something to put over it...a wire hanger could work and then just need something to hold in whatever you are transporting. Again, add your picture or video to the Padlet for everyone to see! I have enjoyed looking at the posts from last week! Happy Zipping!
Padlet will be on the Google Classroom!
Build a Lego Catapult - Again, if you don't have Legos, think of other materials to use, craft sticks work great or even sticks gathered from outside. Get creative! As an added science experiement, use variables to test your catapult. Ideas: Choose three different objects to see which launches the farthest (do heavier or lighter objects travel farther); Or use the same object and test different size rubber bands (do thicker or thinner rubber bands work better to launch objects further); Or does the shape of a projectile make a difference on how far an object travels? What else can you think of to test? (Just remember to only test one variable at a time!)