At a glance
LEGO® Dacta® Bridges and Towers is a 60-minute workshop for grades 3 to 6. After a few stories about the Brooklyn Bridge and the Chrysler Building, teams build one of three bridges and one of two towers, which must hold a 4 kg load or survive a 15-second earthquake.
Will your structures hold a 4 kg load or survive a 15-second earthquake?
Take on our LEGO® Dacta® architecture challenge!
After a few surprising stories about the Brooklyn Bridge and the Chrysler Building, your architects build one of 3 bridges and one of 2 towers in LEGO®, and their talent will surprise you!
Learning goals (elementary)
- Take the project’s constraints into account (time, dimensions, teamwork, building challenges).
- Describe the features of a motion.
- Describe how one or more forces act on a structure (set it in motion, change its motion, stop it).
- Understand why the centre of gravity, symmetry and triangles matter in engineering.
