LEGO Education Community (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between LEGO and LEGO Education? ›

Lego Education (formerly known as Lego Dacta and stylized as LEGO education) is a Lego theme designed specifically for schools that concentrates sets that can be used by education institutions and includes sets that focus on Duplo and Technic themes and contain larger amounts of pieces.

A System for Learning

Connect: the topic or task is introduced, allowing students to ask clarifying questions and build on their existing knowledge. Construct: every task includes a building activity to promote experimentation with collaboration and construct artefacts that can be recalled later.

Pros: Fun, real-world engineering tasks with lesson plans; easy-to-use app; block-based programming. Cons: A single starter kit is only enough for two students; text is minimal but there's no text-to-speech option. Bottom Line: It's a well-designed product that provides layered learning and teacher supports.

The Construct phase in the LEGO Education approach to learning creates a situation where the learners are given tools and a system to construct real, meaningful objects and artefacts with which they can experiment and experience cause and effect, observe connections, and understand more about the world around them.

Standing on the shoulders of the core values of the LEGO Group, LEGO Education has delivered playful learning experiences for well over 30 years with the mission to make learning fun and impactful and create active, collaborative and lifelong learners.

LEg GOdt becomes the LEGO® name

The company changes its name after Ole Kirk Kristiansen allegedly holds a competition among his employees to find a good name for the business.

What you may not know is that LEGO is not a retail company or a toy company or an entertainment concern—LEGO is an education company, probably the biggest education company in the world. The company was founded in 1932 to help children learn by playing with the interchangeable, addictive blocks.

An eLearning program is included for educators. The system includes the EV3 Intelligent Brick, a compact and powerful programmable computer that makes it possible to control motors and collect sensor feedback using the intuitive icon-based programming and data logging software that is delivered with the set.

Where is LEGO Education 's headquarters? LEGO Education is located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States . Who are LEGO Education 's competitors? Alternatives and possible competitors to LEGO Education may include University of Pennsylvania , University of Toronto , and Worcester Polytechnic Institute .

Does LEGO train your brain? ›

Building with LEGO isn't just fun; it's mentally stimulating. It enhances problem-solving skills, spatial awareness, and fine motor skills. These cognitive benefits contribute to improved mental agility and mental resilience.

And I think doubly surprising on the show when you've got cameras on you.” For the fourth season of “Lego Masters,” the winning team will take home $100,000 and see their season-finale creation adapted into a Lego set that will be produced for sale to the general public.

The answer is no. Legos were not around at the turn of the century when Maria Montessori was developing her curriculum for children. In fact, at the time of Montessori's death (1952), plastic Lego bricks as we know them had only been in production for three years.

LEGO Therapy is an effective intervention for children and adults with ASD and various communication and social skills challenges. LEGO building activities are a powerful tool in therapy, fostering the development of social communication skills.

LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Home

The content of the set is similar to the Mindstorms EV3 Educational version. So you can find simple beams of 8 different lengths, 6 types of curved beams and two types of building frames. However, short beams dominate. There are fewer long beams, making it easy to create building frames.

SPIKE Essential is generally designed for younger students, often in the early to upper elementary grades (ages 6-10). SPIKE Prime is typically aimed at upper elementary to middle school (ages 10+) as a more advanced platform for older students to delve deeper into robotics and coding.

An eLearning program is included for educators. The system includes the EV3 Intelligent Brick, a compact and powerful programmable computer that makes it possible to control motors and collect sensor feedback using the intuitive icon-based programming and data logging software that is delivered with the set.

Usage notes

The plural form Legos is chiefly American. Other regions tend to use Lego as a mass noun, and refer to Lego bricks and Lego sets.