Quirky Creations: Engineering Cool School Hacks

Description

Get ready to design, build, and bring wild ideas to life! In Quirky Creations, students become real-world inventors as they tackle everyday problems with playful solutions. Using LEGO SPIKE™ Essential kits, they'll dream up high-fiving robots, helpful machines, and even silly school gadgets.

Along the way, they'll learn how to brainstorm, test, and improve their creations—just like real engineers. But this isn’t just about building—it’s about building confidence, creativity, and collaboration. Whether designing a trash-sorting robot or inventing something brand new for the classroom, kids will laugh, learn, and think like future innovators!

Objectives

• Define and understand a given problem

• Brainstorm and iterate on design solutions

• Build a solution meeting given constraints

• Establish success criteria and identify failure points

• Engage in collaborative discussions

• Refine prototypes through iterative testing

• Apply insights from previous lessons in an open-ended project

Keywords: Engineering design, LEGO robotics, Creative problem-solving, Collaboration, Prototyping, Innovation