Workshop Programme Teachers' Notes
Get Moving
Workshop
During a 45-minute workshop using LEGO
®
Education Simple and Powered Machine kits,
pupils enjoy building LEGO vehicles and testing them on a speed ramp. They learn that
friction is a force that slows moving objects and can prevent an object from starting
to move.
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The Hill Train
A cable-driven train (funicular) utilising the counter balanced weight of the carriages to
produce motion.
Miniland
A miniature wonderland offering lots of opportunities for observing movement and forces
at work: boats, hovercraft, aeroplanes and more.
Pirate Falls
A water ride in which the force of gravity sweeps the pupils in `logs' down artificial rapids.
Driving School
The pupils will be introduced to the Highway Code. After this tuition they will drive and
steer their own cars around a road layout and utilise their road sense. On completion they
get a LEGOLAND driver's licence.
The Rat Trap
An attraction with net climbs, slides, cables and suspension bridges offering numerous
ways of experiencing movement and force.
of the vehicles that travelled the
furthest/the shortest distance?
Make a graph to illustrate the
results.
Ask the pupils to rebuild their vehicles changing only the weight or wheel sizes of the
vehicles. Predict, test, discuss and make a graph of the results.
Expand on the activity by placing the ramp at various angles, testing on different
surfaces carpets, wood, paper, etc.
