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Welcome to the LEGO® Education Science Summer Learning Program for grades 6–8!

Use these outlines to plan your lessons across 10 learning experiences. Lessons are designed to build from experience to experience, culminating in a design challenge experience and showcase event. Lessons include additional extensions to stretch learning across multiple sessions or a longer time period, as needed.

Don’t forget to start your journey on the LEGO® Education Teacher Portal. Additionally, you may want to reference the Build the Change: Biodiversity & Climate Change introductory materials.

Full Description: Introduction to LEGO Education Science and working as a team.

Topics Covered:
Students learn collaboration expectations and begin exploring science concepts through LEGO Education tools.

Resources:

Full Description: Students will support an argument that changes to the components of an ecosystem affect populations and will then evaluate design solutions for maintaining biodiversity.

Topics Covered:
Ecosystems, populations, biodiversity, evaluating solutions.

Resources:
Forest Showdown | Teacher Portal

Full Description: Students will be introduced to the concepts of biodiversity, habitat, and climate change.

Topics Covered:
Biodiversity, habitat, climate change.

Resources:
Introductory Lesson PDF

Full Description: Students will learn about challenges facing bees (and other insect pollinators) and their habitats because of climate change and design their own solutions to help protect them.

Topics Covered:
Pollinators, habitat threats, climate change, environmental solutions.

Resources:
Stories of Change A PDF

Full Description: Students will investigate some of the unique effects of climate change on polar bears including the Arctic, predators, and prey.

Topics Covered:
Arctic ecosystems, predators & prey, climate impacts on species.

Resources:
Stories of Change B PDF

Full Description: Students will investigate challenges facing Bengal tigers in the Sundarban mangrove forests of coastal India and Bangladesh because of climate change and come up with their own solutions to help protect them.

Topics Covered:
Species threats, climate change impacts, environmental protection.

Resources:
Stories of Change C PDF

Full Description: Students will design a method for minimizing and monitoring human impact on the environment.

Topics Covered:
Human impact, monitoring systems, environmental innovation.

Resources:
Food Festival Fix | Teacher Portal

Full Description: Students will research a local problem/challenge/affected species and design something to help solve the problem.

This lesson should take two days (~90 min).

Topics Covered:
Research skills, problem-solving, design thinking.

Resources:
The Big Challenge PDF

Full Description: Students will research a local problem/challenge/affected species and design something to help solve the problem.

This lesson should take two days (~90 min).

Topics Covered:
Climate issues, local ecosystems, engineering solutions.

Resources:
The Big Challenge PDF

Full Description: Students will share their thinking and learning by showcasing their solution then reflect on their learning.

Topics Covered:
Presentation, reflection, communication.

Resources:
Showcase Day PDF

Resources to support your summer learning program:

Other learning opportunities and ideas for extending the sessions: