Lego+Serious+Play

__//**Lego Serious Play**//__  A different way of thinking about teaching and learning ﻿    Using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY™ method effectively will enhance your students learning in many ways. In every activity students are guided through a process that includes three important steps: BUILD, REFLECT and SHARE. A BUILDING challenge is linked to a curriculum subject or topic at hand. For example a teacher may say: “Build a model that describes the main character in the story” or “Build a model that illustrates what you understand by recession.” Students enter a REFLECTION process. As they build, they explore their thoughts, ideas, knowledge and understanding. They build a model that is a metaphoric representation of the things they have been learning, or the questions they wish to answer.

Students SHARE their thoughts about their model. They effectively use it as a visual aid to express themselves. This is a rich and rewarding experience for the speaker as well as for the audience.

LEGO Serious Play for Education in 3 minutes Lego Serious Play Movie

//__**Setting the Foundation (Rules) **__// 1. No sharing ,trading or taking from another person's kit. 2. No negative comments about another person's build. 3. Your build must reflect the challenge. 4. Be respectful during share time. 5. Imagination Required __ //**﻿Ideas for Builds (Challenges): **// __  **__100 Dots__:** Students build a structure that, when viewed from above, will show exactly 100 LEGO dots (studs). When the builds are complete, have students compare their structures, noting similarities and differences in desing. Invite students to share their building strategies. **Lesson learned: Even the easiest of callenges requires critical thinking and problem solving skills. Being Lego Smart means you work to overcome obstacles and are willing to share your ideas with others.** **__Build a Duck__:** Students remove the yellow and red LEGO bricks from the kit. Ask students to use only six bricks to build a duck. When they are finsihed, have students compare their ducks to others ducks. Are any of the ducks exactly alike? What features are similiar throughout the design. **Lesson learned: There are many ways to reach a solution. Being Lego Smart means you understand that learning is the process you use when searching for an answer.**

__**Back to Back:**__ Divide students into pairs and give each student an identical set of LEGO bricks. Ask the students to sit back-to-back so neither can see the other. Instruct Student A to build a structure out of his or her bricks. When he/she has finished, ask Student A to give only verbal instructions to Student B on how to build the exact same structure. Student B cannot look at Student A's stucture or ask questions during the reconstruction process. Student A cannot watch Student B's progress. When Stuent B is finished, compare the two structues. Are they identical? It not, what could have been done during the activity to correct the errors? **Lesson learned: Not all solutions can be seen; some must be heard. Being Lego Smar means you communicate effectively and use your hands and head to solve problems.**

Build the main character and show what he/she wants  Build the setting of our story. Build something you might find in the city, country, water, ect. ..