replace the old batteries with new ones. Make sure you are using small tires. And, Make sure there is no contact between the rotating shaft and other lego parts

In this activity students will be asked to design a sturdy chair that keeps
Mr. Bear seated upright

Have the students make a sample program as a class where one student is the robot with their left leg acting as motor A and their right leg acting as motor B. You can print off ROBOLAB icons and put them on the board as they make the program.
test

Learning Objectives: To introduce the students to pulleys and how they work
• What LEGO pieces make a pulley? (pulley wheel, pulley band)
• How do pulleys work?

The Challenge: Each student builds a 2-pulley wall (a beam with 2 pulley wheels, 2 axles, 2
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Learning Objectives: To engage students in an open-ended engineering design challenge
that utilizes their motorized vehicles
The Challenge: In this activity students will be tasked with designing a vehicle that will
clear snow from a path

Think about when you give students accessories and LEGO People. Kids can often get distracted with decorating over the goal of the activity. I give students people once they have passed whatever tests their creation needs to pass.

Objectives: Familiarize students with sturdy building using LEGO simple machine kits. Use sturdy shapes to build a structure. Build engineering and LEGO vocabulary.
Materials Needed:
LEGO Simple Machines Kits
Stack of books
Rulers
Worksheets
Procedure
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I find it helps to keep young children (early elementary) more focused on the task at hand if they only have access to the pieces they need. For example, I usually take the motors and battery packs out of the Simple Machine kits.

Use bricks, beams and other pieces to build a sturdy pencil holder. This is a good follow up to Sturdy Wall since students will need to build four connected walls.

1st Grade students attempted to make windmills using LEGO bricks. The windmills were hooked up to a teacher-programed LEGO brick that would turn on more lights - depending on how fast the windmills turned. Our wind source was the office fan.