Lego Boat
Online Learning
Focus: Thinking Skills, Research Skills
Following on from our experiments with Sinking and Floating…
Challenge: LEGO Brick Boat
- Make a LEGO brick boat.
- Put your LEGO boat to the test in a tub of water.
- Add 1 RMB coins , a few at a time to see how many your boat can hold.
- Post a picture of your LEGO brick boat!
- How many coins could your LEGO brick boat carry safely?
NOTE: This learning invitation will help children think about weight, engineering and design. You can give your child a certain number of Lego bricks for an added challenge.
Felix the Engineer:
Felix LOVES Lego and was very excited to try the Lego boat challenge. He took parts of a space shuttle and modified it for his boat. After that Simon and Felix tried a lego boat. It worked great! They had a lot of fun, especially with the water 🤭. Look carefully to see how many coins his space shuttle could hold safely.
Leming worked like a scientist, planning, designing and creating a boat that could stay afloat while carrying lots of coins. Leming then tested his boat to see if it works.
Approaches to Learning (ATL’s)
- think critically
- plan an experiment
- observe carefully
- test ideas
- gather information through experimentation
- demonstrate persistence in tasks
- use strategies to problem-solve