Archive for the ‘Lego Maths’ Category
No Frills MATHs Skills for Parents 4: FRACTIONS for Beginners
June 6, 2022
Here is a post on Lego Fractions by New York Grade 3 teacher Alycia Zimmerman. Surprisingly I found this on an art website.
Just play with the Lego blocks. Add and subtract … you can even multiply and divide.
Next time.
Awesome Lego Maths and a Giant Lego Tree
July 28, 2018
You may not want Lego brick blossoms falling on your head,
but the Giant Lego Cherry Blossom tree has some awesome maths
to explore. See the tree built in fast forward below.
Maths isn’t TOO HARD; it’s TOO BORING, Sir!
January 15, 2016
Hello my little Peeps,
In 2012 The New York Times ran an article by Andrew Hacker titled ‘Is Algebra Necessary?’ The argument was, basically, that too many students find algebra difficult and colleges in America use math results to screen students thus further disadvanting already disadvantaged students. The author had a point. eg. Of all who embark on higher education, only 58 percent end up with bachelor’s degrees. The main impediment to graduation: freshman math.
Perhaps, algebra could be taught in a different way. Mathspig was inspired by New York Grade 3 teacher, Alycia Zimmerman, who uses Lego to teach fractions (See next post) and came up with the following examples.
But Mathspig has always lerved Lego Maths. Here are just a few examples;
Ratios: The Rosetta Project Scaled down to a Lego Universe
Other links to Lego Maths.
And while you are doing your Lego Maths you an also use the Lego Template to design your own Lego Figurine.
Download Template here.
Have fun peeps.
Cheerio
Mathspig
Lego Fractions
January 15, 2016Here is a post on Lego Fractions by New York Grade 3 teacher Alycia Zimmerman. Surprisingly I found this on an art website.
Mathspig found this Lego Maths so much fun she thought she’d try some more. Here is the result:
Lego Mean, Median, Mode
January 15, 2016Students can calculate the Mean, Median and Mode using Lego. Here is the exciting part:
The lego stacks become the graph
START with 40 LEGO BRICKS
Draw a graph of No. of Blocks Vs No. of Prongs (per block) Make sure all blocks are the same height.
Start with 40 bricks.
Sort into Stacks to create graph of
No. Prongs Vs No. Bricks
This is a close up of the stacks above.
The no. of bricks in each stack is written on top of the stack.
Lego Algebra
January 15, 2016
This Lego Algebra is designed as s a demonstration, rather than a student activity.
Let x = no. of Lego Bricks.
Now find x:
Don’t forget there is a lot of algebra fun on Mathspig with Algee Baa: Algebra for Beginners
Lego Mania 1: Going Loopy
May 29, 2012As part of our Mid-year/ End of year madness here are some crazy things to do with Lego.
The idea with these projects is to challenge you, my pretties, by giving you the Lego, the time and the inspiration so you can go, go, go for it and, maybe even, surprise yourself.
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1. Going Loopy
Can you make something round from oblong Lego blocks?
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You will find more awesome Lego Loops at Discovery News and more cool curves and loops @ Sanders Brick Bending Blog
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2. Going Bloomin’ Crazy
Lego constructions can move. Here is The Blossoming Lotus built by the Brickengineer. If you click on this link you can see the Lotus blossom. Cool! Can you make a Lego flower bloom, mathspigs?
But if you really want to see some Lego flowers bloomin’ get yourself down to the Reiman Gardens @ Iowa State University. They have the Lego flowers, the Lego birds, the Lego butterflies, a Lego Zoo. Perhaps, mathspigs, your class could put your heads together and make a Lego garden or a Lego Zoo.
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3. Going Square
Lego artist Nathan Sawaya’s Lego sculptures are mind boggling. You can find the following sculptures @ sayhi-todesign blog spotto or @ Nathan’s own blog, The Art of the Brick. Maybe, mathspigs, you could build a geometric sculpture out of Lego blocks.
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Or get inspired by Nathan Sawaya’s other sculptures
Wow! That’s just how Mathspig feels when I’m waking up in the morning.
Lego Mania 2: Going Musical
May 29, 2012Another way to get your brain wrapped around the idea of symmetry, 2D patterns and 3D image rotations is by building a musical instrument and some of them even play music, um, sort of!
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1. Lego Harpsichord built by a kid
with ordinary Lego that works!!!
2. Lego Electric Guitar that really works
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3. Lego Flute that works
They say it works. Mathspig hasn’t heard it. The kid could be just spending time blowing on a Lego block.
More @ Izakoo Blog Spot
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4. Lego Cello
Here is another art work by Lego artist Nathan Sawaya. The cello doesn’t play music, but this is such an awesome video of Nathan building the cello, it is a MUST see, mathspigs.
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5. Lego Guitar
This one is by Patrick Dube
It doesn’t play music, but think about it mathspigs. It would look soooooo cool sitting in your bedroom. Besides, many a guitar sits in a bedroom without being played.
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6. Lego Saxaphone
Here is another work by Pat Dube. It doesn’t play music but it’s just cool, man. Put on those sunglasses, feel the vibe and chill.
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