Lesson Plan
LEGO Marble Maze
In this lesson, students will solve a design problem as they create a marble maze out of LEGO bricks.
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Learning Objectives
Students will collaborate to create a LEGO marble maze that meets specific design criteria.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Tell students that you will be presenting them with a design engineering challenge. They will be given a task to complete that will require them to design and build a project that meets certain requirements or criteria.
- Ask students what they already know about engineering. What do engineers do? Facilitate the discussion to draw attention to the creativity and problem-solving elements of design engineering.
- Announce that the design engineering challenge is to create a marble maze out of LEGOs.