A graphic novel that follows the neighborhood adventures of teens in Chicago as they wrestle with designing the city they want, need and deserve.
Build-It Design Challenges
Use your imagination and work through the Design Process to solve a problem and create your own unique construction, then share your results! Designed for ages 5-12.
Use your imagination and work through the Design Process to solve a problem and create your own unique construction, then share your results! Designed for ages 5-12.
Pass The Duck
The Design Process is a tool architects and engineers use to organize information and ideas, make decisions, and share solutions with others. Pass the Duck is a fun warm-up activity for builders of all ages to learn about the Design Process and get familiar with designing with LEGO!
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Design Challenges
Use your imagination to work through the Design Process and draft an original plan for a series of projects. Collaborate with a partner to brainstorm ideas and provide feedback on final designs, then translate your design into a 3D model using LEGO!
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Amusement Park Design Challenge
Educator Resources & Curriculum
- Activities
Hands-On Activities
Explore architecture and the built environment using all of your senses through hands-on activities about science, math, art, reading and writing, and social studies, using things you can find around the house (Ages 5-12)
ActivitiesBuild-It Design Challenges
Use your imagination and work through the Design Process to solve a problem and create your own unique construction, then share your results!
Field Trips
Looking, touching and making are essential for learners of all ages. CAC field trips include tours and hands-on workshops that will engage your students with the built environment and their role in it.
