Welcome to the LEGO® Education Science Summer Learning Program for grades K–2!
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: Saving Today’s Dinosaurs 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.
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Full Description: Students will create a solution that reduces the impact of humans on other living things in the local environment.
Topics Covered:
Human impact, plant life, local ecosystems.
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Flower Friends | Teacher Portal
Full Description: Students investigate birds as modern dinosaurs and consider positive and negative human impacts on nature.
Topics Covered:
Birds, ecosystems, human behavior, conservation.
Resources:
Introductory Lesson PDF
Full Description: Students will investigate the challenge of habitat loss linked to human impact, and ways humans are fixing this.
Topics Covered:
Habitat loss, human impact, environmental solutions.
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Stories of Change A PDF
Full Description: Students will create a model to describe the diversity of life in a single habitat.
Topics Covered:
Biodiversity, habitats, modeling ecosystems.
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Animal Rescue Team | Teacher Portal
Full Description: Students will investigate the challenge of water pollution linked to human impact, and ways humans are fixing this.
Topics Covered:
Water pollution, human impact, solution-based design.
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Stories of Change B PDF
Full Description: Students will investigate the challenge of light and noise pollution linked to human impact, and ways humans are fixing this.
Topics Covered:
Pollution types, human impact, engineering solutions.
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Stories of Change C PDF
Full Description: Students will demonstrate their cumulative learning by creating something to protect migrating birds.
Topics Covered:
Migration, bird protection, applying cumulative knowledge.
This lesson should take two days (~90 minutes).
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The Big Challenge PDF
Full Description: Students will continue demonstrating cumulative learning by creating something to protect migrating birds.
Topics Covered:
Ecosystems, species migration, engineering design.
This lesson should take two days (~90 minutes).
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:
Reflection, communication, presenting solutions.
Resources:
Showcase Day PDF
Resources to support your summer learning program:
- LEGO® Education Summer Implementation Guide
- LEGO® Education Showcase Guide
- LEGO® Education Sample Summer Schedules
- Human Impact: Today's Dinosaurs Background & Facilitation Tips
- LEGO® Education Summer Program Evaluation - COMING SOON!
Other learning opportunities and ideas for extending the sessions: