April 12

Lego Challenge-Innovation

Today Mrs. Sisul joined us with her tub of 3,000 legos.  She began by sharing a funny video of her kitten that keeps getting into the cat food.  Problems…they are everywhere.    We spent a little time thinking of a problem we wanted to try and solve.  A few ideas that came up were: Create a machine that will clean our room.  Create a car that won’t add any pollution to the environment.  Create the ultimate pair of basketball shoes.  Create a baseball uniform that is lightweight and protective as well. Create a watch that people with asthma will wear.  There is a button that you push when you have an attack.  The watch works with your body to open your lungs so you can breathe.  This will be perfect for athletes.  I was so thoroughly impressed with the work the kids did as well as the reasons behind each invention.  

We are the innovators, the inventors, the problem solvers. IMG_1625-min


Posted April 12, 2016 by Mrs. L in category Uncategorized

2 thoughts on “Lego Challenge-Innovation

  1. Jen

    I love that your kiddos came up with their own problems! We were going to do that extension after our first Lego Challenge but haven’t gotten there yet. What advice would you give 2nd graders that wanted to try it out?

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  2. Mrs. L (Post author)

    It was great that they came up with a few problems. It made it personal. It also helped those that were having trouble thinking of a problem that they actually wanted to solve. The big thing that we took from this was don’t share too many examples of what others have tried. We did share a few pictures, but we didn’t want to take away any of their thoughts or ideas. Pictures could also scare a few from just going for it. We also really like to design with either Notability or notebooks before we started to build. I have some extremely detail oriented kids that really love that part of any design challenge. Keep us posted!!

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