You may have seen Lego walls in libraries or Makerspaces. At Section, we designed our Lego wall to be mobile. Instead of a mere destination for creative building, our mobile Lego wall can be brought into your classroom to supplement math, science, and social studies lessons. The following is a list of topics that can be illustrated with the Lego wall. For detailed explanations or additional ideas, please email Jen Cotturone (cottuje@masd.k12.wi.us)
even and odd numbers
patterns
perimeter, area, volume
cartesian coordinates
scale and proportion
balanced equations
ratios
fractions
powers of 10
density
modeling (plant and animal cells, landforms, layers of the earth, parts of a plant, insects)
types of clouds
pulleys
gears
map features
scale
modeling
urban vs. rural
Example of a contour map showing variations in elevations and landforms
Modeling even and odd numbers
Patterns
Visual representation of numbers that are perfect squares (4, 9, 16, etc.)
Three types of levers