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LEGO Education Lesson Plans
Classroom lesson plans built around design challenges with specific LEGO Education sets.
LEGO Education tags each plan in its lesson library with a product, subject and grade band. Examples include an amusement-park unit with spinning rides and a High-Tech Playground challenge where learners design a new feature for story characters. The plans ask children to explore a problem and revise a model, not only to follow building steps. They are written for teachers, though the discussion prompts can be adapted for siblings or a child at home.
- Ages
- Select the published grade band and matching LEGO set
- Works on
- Web browser; App
- Topics
- Making, Science
- Languages
- English
- Listed
- 2026-10-11
What kids do
- Build a carousel
- Design a playground feature
- Test a ride prototype
- Explain changes to a model
Who it suits
Grade bands differ from lesson to lesson and appear on each plan, next to the LEGO set it uses.
Notes for parents
Each plan names a particular LEGO Education set. The High-Tech Playground lesson, for instance, relies on the SPIKE Essential Set and a device running the SPIKE App, and ordinary loose bricks can’t stand in for them. Turning a classroom plan into a home session takes some adult preparation.
What you need
- The LEGO Education set named in the lesson
- Compatible device and software where listed
- Adult setup
Visit LEGO Education Lesson Plans
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