Sample Lesson
Try a BrickBundles lesson in your classroom this week
Four ready to run physics challenges, plus planning and reflection sheets, taken straight from our classroom booklet. Read them online below or download the full PDF to print.
Every activity follows the same simple structure, so students quickly know what to expect and teachers can run it with almost no prep.
Each team challenge runs in the same three phases. Allow a little extra time for cleanup.
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- Divide students into teams or tables
- Give each team LEGO
- The building must be at least 50 cm
- The structure must stand on its own
- No holding the building during testing
- Base size
- Height
- Supports and reinforcements
- Place the build on a large book
- The teacher shakes the book for 10 seconds (the teacher should be the one to shake the book)
- Students observe what happens
- Students complete the reflection activity
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- Tell students they will build a bridge using LEGO
- Show the gap and explain the bridge must go across it
- Explain the bridge will be tested with some weight (choose a weight at your discretion, for example a book)
- Put children into groups and distribute LEGO
- The bridge must span 50 cm between two supports or tables
- The structure must support its own weight
- No holding or adjusting the bridge during testing
- Strong shapes such as triangles or arches
- Even weight distribution
- Where forces push down and pull apart
- Place the bridge between two supports
- The teacher adds weight slowly at the centre, for example 3 small books
- Students observe what happens
- Stop testing after a specified amount of weight is added
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- Tell students they will build a LEGO skyscraper
- Explain that skyscrapers must resist wind and that theirs will be tested using wind
- Put students into teams and distribute LEGO
- Must stand on its own
- At least 40 cm tall
- Height greater than width
- No holding or adjusting during testing
- Wide bases
- Even weight distribution
- How shape affects stability
- Place each skyscraper on a flat surface
- Apply wind for the same time to each group
- Students observe what happens
- Stop testing if the structure collapses
- Desk fan: fixed distance, one speed, set time
- Handheld fan or cardboard: fan steadily for a set time and keep the distance consistent
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- Tell students they will build a LEGO device that can protect a small object from a drop
- Explain the object must stay safe when dropped from a short height
- Show a simple example using soft LEGO supports or cushioning bricks
- Put students into teams and distribute LEGO
- The shock absorber must hold the object securely
- The object should not fall out or get damaged during testing
- No holding or adjusting the device during testing
- Using flexible or reinforced supports
- Spreading the impact over a wider area
- How weight and placement affect stability
- Preventing tipping or falling
- Place the protected object inside the LEGO shock absorber
- Drop the device from a set height (teacher decides)
- Students observe how the object behaves and whether it stays safe
- Stop testing if the object is damaged or the structure falls apart
These sheets are completely optional and every build works without them. They are a great way to bring STEM structure and critical thinking into an activity, especially for senior classes.
4 engineering plans
Four levels of planning sheet, from a simple name and drawing up to labelling key parts, describing the purpose of the build and reflecting on what to change next time.
Reflection sheet
Students record their goal, how their design worked, what worked best and what problems they met. Ideal for group challenges.
Building idea sheet
Quick open ended prompts for individual builds, perfect when you want a calm, creative activity with no setup.
Use building ideas for individual work, or the team challenges above for group work.
Individual activity
- Choose one of the engineering plans to print for each student, or have students copy the plan headers into their copybooks.
- Choose a building idea for the class, for example build a spaceship.
- Have students fill out their engineering plans. Plans 3 and 4 have two parts: a pre-build plan completed before building, and a reflection completed once building is finished.
Group activity
- Choose one of the group challenges and divide students into groups.
- Print the reflection sheet and give one to each student, or have them copy it into their copybooks.
- Students can begin building immediately. Once the build is complete and tested, if required, they fill in the reflection sheet.
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