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Learning with LEGO Education

Discover STEM with Getech & LEGO Education!

Learning with LEGO Education

In these sessions, students work in teams of 2 to build and code a theme park ride using the new LEGO® Learning System.

Getech's LEGO Education trainers are certified LEGO trainers, who will come to your school to guide students through a scenario to solve a problem and discuss the importance of engineering jobs in the future.

Scenario: Maria, Daniel, Sofie and Leo (LEGO Characters) are at a theme park today and they want to ride on the Ferris Wheel together. However, it's not stopping to let them on! Work as a team of engineers to build and code a working Ferris Wheel ensuring it's accessible for all of them to ride!

By using LEGO in the classroom, students can develop problem-solving skills, enhance creativity, and improve communication and collaboration. The LEGO characters used have different abilities/disabilities which helps promote diversity and inclusion.

Cost

£850 +VAT for a full day made up of 3 or more workshops (typically 60-90 minute per session). It is possible to work with multiple groups throughout the day.

Learning outcomes

  • Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects

  • Improve attainment and progress in STEM subjects

  • Develop engineering employability skills

  • Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers

  • Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering

Topics

  • Light
  • Sound
  • Electricity
  • Forces
  • Computing
  • Structures
  • Mechanisms

Working scientifically

Whichever curriculum your school follows, pupils should have the opportunity to carry out practical investigations in science that help them to develop their scientific skills. This experience builds the following enquiry skills:

  • Asking questions
  • Setting up tests
  • Observing and measuring
  • Interpreting and communicating results
  • Evaluating

Essential skills

The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:

  • Creativity - the use of imagination and the generation of new ideas.

  • Listening - the ability to listen and understand information.

  • Problem solving - the ability to find a solution to a complex situation or challenge.

  • Speaking - the oral transmission of information or ideas.

  • Teamwork - working cooperatively with others towards achieving a shared goal.

Good for a career in...

  • Aircraft
  • Computing
  • Construction
  • Design
  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Space
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