$20
per classDesign and Build Your Dream House with LEGO and Math!
New class
Ages 8-13
Live One-Time Class
Live video meetings
Meets once
5-10 learners per class
55 min
What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hoursMastery Evaluation
1-2 hours per week. includedGrading
includedClass Experience
In this one-time live class, students will use LEGO to construct their dream homes and discover how math plays a critical role in real-world architecture. Through step-by-step guidance, students will sketch a simple floor plan, then bring it to life by building a 3D model of their home. Along the way, they'll apply math concepts like area, perimeter, and geometry to their designs. By the end of the class, your child will have a LEGO house to show off, along with a deeper understanding of how math and creativity combine in the world of design! Class Outline: 1. Introduction to Design and Architecture (5-10 minutes) o Quick icebreaker about dream homes and architecture. o Explain how architects use math to design buildings. o Students are introduced to how they’ll be combining math with their LEGO building. 2. Create a Simple Floor Plan (10-15 minutes) o Math Focus: Area, Perimeter, and Measurement. o Students sketch a basic blueprint of their dream house on graph paper (or use imagination if preferred). o They’ll measure room dimensions (e.g., 6 LEGO bricks long, 4 LEGO bricks wide) and calculate area and perimeter. o Example: "If one brick represents 1 foot, how big is your bedroom if it's 6 by 4 bricks?" 3. Building with LEGO (30 minutes) o Math Focus: Geometry, Shapes, Spatial Reasoning. o Students start building their house based on the floor plan they created. Encourage them to use their measurements to build the walls, windows, doors, and other features. o Discuss how shapes like rectangles, squares, and triangles are used in their designs. o Help students adjust proportions and scale as they build. o Ask guiding questions: "How many bricks will you need for the perimeter of your house?" 4. Optional: Material Estimation (5 minutes) o Math Focus: Multiplication and Budgeting. o Introduce a quick activity where students estimate how much flooring or wall materials they might need (e.g., “Each LEGO brick represents 1 square foot of tile—how many tiles do you need for the living room?”). 5. Showcase and Wrap-Up (10 minutes) o Students share their LEGO house creations and discuss what math they used in their designs. o Recap how math is essential for real-world architecture and design. o Encourage students to continue building and exploring architecture beyond the class.
Learning Goals
1. Design and build a 3D model of a dream house using LEGO.
2. Apply math concepts such as area, perimeter, and scaling in a creative project.
Other Details
Learning Needs
Offer alternative ways to measure and calculate. For example, if a student struggles with drawing a floor plan, let them build their house without it and estimate the size based on the number of LEGO bricks used. This flexibility helps all.
Supply List
• LEGO Bricks (or other building materials like blocks). • Graph Paper (for sketching the floor plan). • Pencil and Ruler. • Calculator (optional, for area/perimeter calculations).
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
*Double Major Computer Science with a track in Cyber Security and Applied Mathematics
* 10+ years study of English, Spanish, French with a basic understanding of Portuguese(Brazilian), Italian and Russian.
*8+ years working with Neurodivergent Learners
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