LEGO education innovation studio

Hastings has a proud history of inspiring scientists, adventurers and inventors! We are continuing that legacy with our LEGO education innovation studio. We use LEGO bricks, programming tools, and museum workshops to ignite students’ curiosity. Young people develop essential communication, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking-skills in a fun and exciting way. We are proud to provide engaging experiences that encourage young people to explore core STEAM concepts.

Projects

  • Key Stages: 2

    Subject Areas: Science, Engineering, Technology, Art, Maths, Computing

    Length of Session: 1 hour 30 minutes

    Delivery: On site

    Build a pulling robot, investigate how to improve its pulling power and have a tug of war with your classmates!

    ‘Very funny educational programme, children enjoyed the hands on activities. Definitely will return’ Y3 & Y4 Teacher, Crowhurst Primary School

  • Key Stages: 2
    Subject Areas: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Computing, Mathematics and History
    Length of Session: 1 hour 30 mins
    Delivery: On site

    Transport has changed in many ways since the beginning. Your class will explore a vast array of transport vehicles and will built their own race cars exploring motion and speed using their coding and science skills. Students will create and program their race car to investigate what factors would increase its speed. We will investigate in what ways cars have improved to travel at higher speeds and we will explore the factors that influence the time that takes a car to travel a set distance.

    ‘Excellent resources, well explained, patient teacher, very relaxed atmosphere’ Y3 Teacher, St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School

  • Key Stages: 2

    Subject Areas: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Computing and Mathematics

    Length of Session: 2 hours 30 mins

    Delivery: On site

    How can you improve recycling methods to reduce waste? Use WeDo 2.0 Lego Education to explore how better sorting methods for recycling can aid in cutting back the amount of waste that is discarded. Students will create and program a device that will sort recyclables according to their size and shape.

    ‘It was just what the kids needed and pitched at the right level. We all thoroughly enjoyed it’ Y5 Teacher, St Pauls CE Academy

     

  • Key Stages: 2

    Subject Areas: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Computing and Mathematics

    Length of Session: 1 hour 30 mins

    Delivery: On site

    How can a car go faster? Your class will explore the features of a WeDo 2.0 Lego Education race car and will build and programme a race car to investigate what factors would increase its speed. Get ready for some races!

    ‘Second time we have been, all pupils are 100% engaged and focused on building and creating a set of codes to make their Rover’ Y3 Teacher, St Mary  Star of the Sea Catholic  Primary School

  • Key Stages: 2

    Subject Areas: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Computing and Mathematics

    Length of Session: 1 hour 30 mins

    Delivery: On site

    How do frogs morph during their lives? Explore what you know about the stages in the life cycle of a frog, from birth to adult using WeDo 2.0 Lego Education. Children will create and program a model of a young frog and an adult frog. They will document the changing characteristics of their model throughout different of a frog’s life.

  • Key Stages: 2

    Subject Areas: Science, Engineering, Technology, Maths, History, Computing

    Length of Session: 1 hour 30 minutes

    Delivery: On site

    Build and programme a MORSE code machine using WeDo 2.0 Lego Education, learn about local resident Alan Turing and communicate with your fellow spies!

  • Key Stages: 2

    Subject Areas: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Computing, Geography and Mathematics

    Length of Session: 2 hours each (you can complete 1 project per slot)

    Delivery: On site

    You can choose which WeDo 2.0 Lego Education projects works best for you- you can choose more that one project.

    A. How can you reduce the impact of water erosion? Children will explore the various ways that precipitation can change during the seasons and how water can cause damage if it is not controlled. They will create and program a floodgate to control the water level of a river.

    B. What factors make structure earthquake resistant? Your students will explore the origin and nature of earthquakes and will create and programme a device that will allow them to test building designs.

    C. How do scientists use the different stages of volcanic activity to guide their scientific exploration? Your class will explore the different ways that scientists monitor volcanic activity and will test your program and how well it indicates these  different stages.

     

  • Key Stages: 2

    Subject Areas: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Computing and Mathematics

    Length of Session: 1 hour 30 mins

    Delivery: On site

    How would a moon base be installed? Explore with your class why we would set up a base on the moon and how we could do it using WeDo 2.0 Lego Education. Your students’ mission is to create and program a robot that can move on the surface of the moon!

    ‘An excellent workshop, all pupils were engaged and absolutely loved the challenge’ Y3 Teacher, St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School

     

  • Key Stages: 2

    Subject Areas: Science, Technology, Engineering, Computing, the Arts and Mathematics

    Length of Session: 1 hour 30 mins

    Delivery: On site

    Students will explore how different organisms take an active role in plant reproduction using WeDo 2.0 Lego Education. They will create and program a model of a bee and a flower to represent the relationship between the pollinator and the plant.

  • Key Stages: 1 and 2

    Subject Areas: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Computing and Mathematics

    Length of Session: 1 hour 30 mins

    Delivery: On site

    Students will explore different ways in which scientists and engineers work using WeDo 2.0 Lego Education. They will build Milo, the science Rover using Motion Sensors Input and Tilt Sensors to communicate with base and help Milo discover a special plant specimen.

    ‘Children were very engaged. Good tasks and well organized’ Y2/3 Teacher, Icklesham CE Primary School and Nursery

Museum workshops

We also have a fantastic range of curriculum-linked workshops which develop practical, critical and creative thinking skills using real objects from the collection. 

Cost

LEGO workshops are free for schools within the Hastings Borough Council Area (unless the same class combines a LEGO workshop with a topic workshop in the same day, in this case the LEGO workshop will be £3 per pupil).

For non-borough, language and independent schools LEGO workshops are £3.00 per child which needs to reach a minimum (please get in touch for amounts). Our fees and charges are reviewed on annual basis by Hastings Borough Council.

Please get in touch with our learning officer on [email protected], if this charge presents a problem.

Booking

To book, please complete the school booking form

Safeguarding

Our schools and groups visit risk assessment (pdf 300mb) is reviewed annually and updated as required. We follow Hastings Borough Council’s safeguarding policies and procedures. All museum staff have undergone Disclosure and Baring Service check.

Evaluation

We would appreciate evaluation forms being completed for workshop so we can improve and refine the offer.

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