Lego Domino Chain Reaction

• Lego bricks - you can experiment with different sizes and see what happens

• Flat, stable surface like a table

Set up the Lego bricks in a design of your choosing - think simple to start - straight lines and simple shapes the go where your imagination takes you.

SOME TIPS:

• Make a number of safety-breaks : Make your dominoes in sections, and leave a few tiles in between the sections so that if there is a piece gets accidentally knocked over, it will only topple the LEGO bricks in that section and not set off the entire pattern.

• Turn angles: When designing turns, make sure that the distance between dominoes is closer on the inside of the turn. Also, make sure the angle between each tile making up the turn isn’t too great. Otherwise, your LEGO piece would hit the next one and just push it instead of toppling it over. We learned this through many trials and errors.

Playing LEGO dominoes is a great way to teach your kids about kinetic energy.

When a LEGO piece is standing upright, it is full of potential energy. However, when the brick falls, the force of gravity turns that potential energy into kinetic energy. In simple words, kinetic energy is the energy that the LEGO piece has because it’s in motion.

As a LEGO piece falls, energy is converted from potential to kinetic. And this change creates a chain reaction, causing one LEGO after another to topple.