Be an Inventor With LEGO
Learn what it takes to be an inventor while making your own invention with LEGOs.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania
Average rating:
4.7
Number of reviews:(176)
What's included
1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
Do you like being creative? Do you have lots of innovative ideas? Grab your LEGOs and let's get to work. At the beginning of class, students will learn about different inventors as well as the engineering design process. Students will think about a problem they would like to solve and then innovate a solution. Do you want to make a robot that cleans your room? A super-fast electric car? Or something no one else has ever thought of before? Once students determine a problem and a solution, they will build a model of their invention out of LEGOs. They will work on improving their design and be prompted by the teacher and other students on aspects of the design they might not have though of before. At the end of the class, students will share their inventions with each other. Come have fun inventing and learning with us!
Learning Goals
Learners will plan, create and show off an invention of their own.
Other Details
Supply List
LEGOs Paper Writing Utensils
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Outschool is neither affiliated with, nor sponsored by, nor endorsed by the LEGO Group, owner of the LEGO® and LEGO® logo marks.
Joined May, 2020
4.7
176reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania is a unique organization consisting of 15 Clubhouses and our Career Works Center as well as our virtual classrooms in Outschool; seven of our Clubhouses are school-based sites and eight are stand-alone facilities. We are experts at running fun and engaging classes and summer camp programs. We also offer partner programs inside of 7 school-districts and other community centers across the Pittsburgh Metro and have expansion plans for surrounding counties. We serve several thousand youth ages 4-18, making us the largest comprehensive after school and summer youth provider in our region. Our goal is to provide every young person with the essential tools needed for a successful and bright future by doing whatever it takes to activate and advance their potential, especially during this time when face to face programming and camps will be limited.
For over 130 years the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania has been serving youth and influencing young people. One of our greatest accomplishments is that we have been able to adapt to the needs of our youth. Our staff are former and current teachers, AmeriCorps members and dedicated program directors.
Specific acknowledgements include:
Life’s Work Employer of the Year Award
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Founding Member Award
United Way of Allegheny County Outstanding Campaign Performance Award
Agency Leadership in Volunteerism H.J. Heinz II Volunteer Award
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Honor Award for Program of the Decade
Boys & Girls Clubs of America Military Outreach Award
Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice Commission Community Based Program of the Year
United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania Award for Excellence
Every day, Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania strive to improve each young person’s life by growing self-esteem, academic abilities, professional skills, courage, and positive values through all of our programs; we have five core program areas. Several thousand youth come to our Clubhouses or participate in our programs every year to receive tutoring and homework help, technical training, sports, participate in the Pirates RBI Program, build healthy lifestyles, build their arts skills, engage in fun and enriching summer programming, get ready for life after high school, or just come to a safe place to be with friends. Our youth gain confidence by developing a sense of competence, usefulness, positive influence and belonging within safe spaces.Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$10
per classMeets once
45 min
Completed by 26 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-10
4-9 learners per class
