FIRST® LEGO® League Explore Digital Resources
Welcome to the digital resources for the DCU - Teacher Guide for Ireland. Here you will find all of the digital resources mentioned in your guide for you to use within your classroom. Links to downloadable/printable resources are also within each lesson belo
- Lesson 1
- Lesson 2
- Lesson 3
- Lesson 4
- Lesson 5
- Lesson 6
- Lesson 7
- Lesson 8
- Lesson 9 & 10
- Lesson 11 & 12
- Lesson 13
- Lesson 14
Purpose:
Learners will consider energy in their everyday lives including what energy is, where it comes from and how it travels.
Digital Resources:
Printable picture and caption matching activity - Journey of Electricity
Sample energy Journey
Printable Energy Audit for Classroom/School
Energy Journey:
Video: How is energy made and delivered to your home
Video: Solar energy for kids: Learn how electricity works
Video: The path of electricity
Video: How is energy generated and how does sit get to our homes
Purpose:
Learners will identify and explore the advantages and disadvantages of renewable and non-renewable sources of energy.
Digital Resources:
Purpose:
Learners will examine wind as a source of energy. They will develop an understanding of how wind is formed and consider the factors that impact the location of a wind farm.
Digital Resources
Discussion Images for Lesson 3
Additional Useful Links:
Purpose:
Learners will examine how wind turbines function.
Learners will build the LEGO wind turbine and explore how it works.
Digital Resources:
Discussion Images for Lesson 4
Wind Turbines - How they work videos
Wind Turbine detailed video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUJqTT3THU
How Wind Turbines Work TEDed:How do wind turbines work? - Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor
Wind Turbine Video Tours
360-Degree video tour: Wind turbine inside and out https://youtu.be/GvnDSGGYUcE
Tour of Wind Turbine, narrated by Engineer: Tour A (Wind) Turbine - #RoundIsAShape (U.S. Department of Energy) GoPr
Purpose:
Learners will explore how energy is stored and distributed.
Digital Resources:
Purpose:
Learners will be introduced to the LEGO Education Set (SPIKE Essential or WeDo 2.0).
Learners will be introduced to a simple block-based coding language.
Learners will build and code a motorised LEGO robot.
Digital Resources:
Teacher links to videos/builds - to be added later if needed
Discussion Images for Lesson 5
Purpose:
Learners will be introduced to sensors and their associated coding blocks.
Learners will build and code a LEGO robot which uses/responds to a sensor.
Learners will begin to consider how sensors could enhance the safety of their LEGO builds.
Digital Resources:
Discussion Images for Lesson 7
Purpose:
Learners will build and code a motorised LEGO vehicle and then adapt it into an ‘Electric Car’ in order to explore an example of energy consumption.
Digital Resources:
Images of consumer cars; electric and fossil fuel
Discussion Images for Lesson 8
Purpose:
In teams, learners will create a Team Model that shows ‘Better ways to source, store, and use energy’. Their Team Model can address a specific part of the energy journey, or all of it.
Digital Resources:
Digital Voting/Response Tool to support planning and brainstorming (e.g. Mentimeter, Sli.do)
Purpose:
In teams, learners will plan, design and create their Team Poster to support their Team Model.
Digital Resources:
Digital Poster software (e.g. Canva, Slides, piktochart)
Digital Voting/Response Tool to support planning and brainstorming (e.g. Mentimeter, Sli.do)
Purpose:
In teams, learners will plan for how they will share their Team Model and Team Poster at the final event.
Digital Resources:
Reviewing Sheet and Questions for Final Celebration Event
Purpose:
Learners will reflect upon the SUPERPOWERED lessons, their Team Model and Poster, and their understanding of energy journeys.
Digital Resources:
Discussion images for Lesson 14