Simple & Motorized Mechanisms

Simple & Motorized Mechanisms Base Set and Activity Pack

Lego brick set and curriculum. Students work together to build and investigate everything from basic mechanical principles to advanced motor-powered machines while acquiring insights in science, engineering and technology. Recommended for Primary and  intermediate grade levels.  

Extension 1: Pneumatic (Advanced)

Lego components, Advance lessons, extension activities and problem-solving tasks after students have mastered the understanding of simple machines. Students will engage in scientific inquiry and engineering by exploring power systems, prototyping, kinetic and potential energies and much more. Recommended for ages 10+  

Extension 2:Renewable Energy (Advanced)

Students will explore solar, wind, and water energies and use measurements and data analysis to describe outcomes. Includes Lego components, teacher’s notes, student worksheets and real life images. Recommended ages 10+  

Number of students served per set: 3-4 students  

Simple & Motorized Mechanisms Key Learning Values  

Science  

• Communicate changes in movements of objects resulting from action  

• Observe, predict, and record  

• Learn about gravity, friction, and air resistance  

• Measure forces  

Technology  

• Recognize characteristics of familiar things  

• Find out how mechanisms can be used to move things  

• Learn about mechanical-and pneumatic-control systems  

Creative Development  

• Explore ideas  

• Design and make things  

• For different purposes  Mathematics  

• Learn about shape and space through practical activities  

• Problem solving, reasoning  

• Fractions, percentages, and number operations 

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