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!
