Thriving STEM: How to do a Lego Engineering Project for Second Grade

Here's a beginner Lego engineering project that's fun enough to do at home, and aligned to NGSS standards for school.

"That's so cool. I have to tell Mom!" Over hearing that phrase makes any winter break project a winner on its own, but this LEGO engineering project was also super easy and covers NGSS standard k-2ETS1-2

"Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an objec helps it function as needed to solve a given problem."

To do this Lego Engineering project you will need

About 20 Legos

paper

pencil

rubber bands

other office supplies (optional)

cotton ball (optional)

Disclaimer: Always be sure to monitor flying objects to prevent injury. Fast moving Legos could hurt someone.

Step 1 of your Lego engineering project

Tell your students to build a sling shot that launches a single Lego, or if you want to be a little safer in a large group, a cotton ball.

You could really assign any LEGO contraption, but sling shots are fun. Check out our launcher.

Step 2 of your Lego Engineering Project

Ask your students to, "draw a picture that explains how their Lego launcher works, and label every important part."

That's it. You're done! However, your students may need a little longer to play, like my child did. I just hope he always wants to tell me about it.

LEGO is an amazing learning material! Check out how you can use science with LEGO to make learning fun in every subject with these activities from the Early Elementary Blogging Team!