Lego simple machines ideas

Here are two fun LEGO® machines to build – a paper crimper and a circle drawing device! Challenge kids to build these designs or invent their own. This is a great project for a LEGO® club! What other machines can you build to do something with paper? Maybe a folding machine? We found the paper […]

Use your LEGO bricks to build your own LEGO pinball machine! This is a fun building project that really works.

Use this hands-on classroom activity to teach your students about animation while guiding them through the Maker design process. What is a cartoon? How were animations made before computers? Have the children draw simple pictures and make a simple machine that can move images to make their own animated cartoon. For maximum creativity you may choose not to share the image with students.

STEMtastic shows how using LEGO blocks to build pulleys and other simple machines at home helps children develop STEM skills and creativity.

Step-by-step tutorials explaining how to do simple electrical engineering activities for kids. Make learning about simple circuits hands-on and fun.

LEGO Building Challenge: Machines + Paper. How to build a working LEGO paper crimper and a machine that draws circles. Great STEM challenge!

As part of the 30-Day LEGO STEM challenge, this DIY Lego Zip line activity is reminiscent of our days of traveling and playing an actual Zip line in France! Learn how to do this fun LEGO activity with your kids using LEGO pieces you already have at home. #FunLEGOActivitiesForKids #LEGOSTEMChallenge #STEMActivitiesForPreschoolers

Working Mini Lego Pinball Machine: Learn how to make this working pinball machine completely from Lego.

Want to learn how to build a LEGO bowling lane? Following along with this video tutorial by Tiago Catarino.

Simple physics science experiments for kids! Explore force and motion, Newton's laws, simple machines, magnetism, and electricity.

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Amazing Hot Wheels Type Car Launcher made just from popsicle sticks. Try it out now!

This LEGO catapult is an amazing physics activity and kid's STEM activity. Design and build a LEGO catapult to launch marshmallows.

Thousands of complete step-by-step printable older LEGO® instructions for free. Here you can find step by step instructions for most LEGO® sets.

Need a creative way to demonstrate simple machines? These hands-on simple machine projects are perfect for your next lesson.

Circus fun!! I came up with this idea completely out of the blue. I was trying to think of simple machines in real life, and somehow thought about the circus too. It’s kinda…

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