Lego engineering

LEGO water activity for building dams and exploring the flow of water. One of the many cool ideas in the Unofficial Guide to Learning with LEGO book.

Here’s a fun STEM building challenge for kids! Set up this bridge building activity and challenge kids to construct a sturdy LEGO® bridge that spans the width of the river. I love activities like this because they are beneficial and engaging for a wide range of ages. In order to build a bridge, kids need […]

Here’s a fun STEM project for kids that is perfect for warm weather – build a LEGO® water wheel and experiment with fluid dynamics. It was actually not shockingly hot over the July 4th weekend (we live in Texas), and we enjoyed playing outside with LEGO®! First, Aidan used duct tape to secure some base […]

Here’s another fun LEGO® building challenge – engineering wind powered LEGO® contraptions! We wondered what (if anything!) we could build out of LEGO® bricks that could be powered with the wind from an electric fan. Surprisingly, we came up with some neat things – various wind mills and even a wind powered LEGO® car. Challenge […]

Dust off your Lego Mindstorms kit with these 5 Engineering Projects! Great for electives, extracurricular clubs, and engineering classrooms.

Simple Machines for Kids: LEGO Pulleys STEM Building Challenge. Learn about simple machines and mechanical advantage with this fun engineering lesson!

I love LEGO creations that teach! These LEGO engineering challenges, or STEM challenges, are perfect for kids of all ages, from preschool to kindergarten to early elementary.

So cool. Build a Spirograph drawing machine with LEGO. Fun hands on engineering project for kids | STEM | STEAM

Races are always good to do in Lego Club, and this is a great spin on that. After we talked about rules, I told kids today that we would be making cars and racing them. But there would be an adde…

This was another really simple concept that kids liked!! After we went over rules, I told our kids that our theme was: secrets! We didn’t really brainstorm as a group, but I told them some …