FIRST® LEGO® League Explore Digital Resources


Welcome to the digital resources for the DCU - Teacher Guide for Ireland.  Here you will find all of the digital resources mentioned in your guide for you to use within your classroom.  Links to downloadable/printable resources are also within each lesson below

  • Lesson 1
  • Lesson 2
  • Lesson 3
  • Lesson 4
  • Lesson 5
  • Lesson 6
  • Lesson 7
  • Lesson 8
  • Lesson 9 & 10
  • Lesson 11 & 12
  • Lesson 13
  • Lesson 14
  • Section A


Purpose:

Learners will examine wind as a source of energy. They will develop an understanding of how wind is formed and consider the factors that impact the location of a wind farm.


Digital Resources

Discussion Images for Lesson 3

Live wind map

Measure Wind Around our School


Additional Useful Links:

VIDEO: how to make an anemometer 

VIDEO: how to make a wind vane


Purpose: 

Learners will examine how wind turbines function.

Learners will build the LEGO wind turbine and explore how it works.


Digital Resources:

Discussion Images for Lesson 4


Wind Turbines - How they work videos

Wind Turbine detailed video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUJqTT3THU

How Wind Turbines Work TEDed:How do wind turbines work? - Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor


Wind Turbine Video Tours

360-Degree video tour: Wind turbine inside and out https://youtu.be/GvnDSGGYUcE 

Tour of Wind Turbine, narrated by Engineer: Tour A (Wind) Turbine - #RoundIsAShape (U.S. Department of Energy) GoPr


Purpose:

Learners will explore how energy is stored and distributed.


Digital Resources:

Discussion Images for Lesson 5

Google Earth Project: Energy Storage in Ireland


Purpose

Learners will be introduced to the LEGO Education Set (SPIKE Essential or WeDo 2.0).

Learners will be introduced to a simple block-based coding language.

Learners will build and code a motorised LEGO robot.


Digital Resources:

Teacher links to videos/builds - to be added later if needed

Discussion Images for Lesson 5




Purpose: 

Learners will be introduced to sensors and their associated coding blocks.

Learners will build and code a LEGO robot which uses/responds to a sensor.

Learners will begin to consider how sensors could enhance the safety of their LEGO builds.


Digital Resources:

Discussion Images for Lesson 7




Purpose: 

Learners will build and code a motorised LEGO vehicle and then adapt it into an ‘Electric Car’ in order to explore an example of energy consumption.


Digital Resources:

Images of consumer cars; electric and fossil fuel

Discussion Images for Lesson 8




Purpose: 

In teams, learners will create a Team Model that shows ‘Better ways to source, store, and use energy’. Their Team Model can address a specific part of the energy journey, or all of it.


Digital Resources:

Digital Voting/Response Tool to support planning and brainstorming (e.g. Mentimeter, Sli.do)

Team Build Checklist




Purpose: 

In teams, learners will plan, design and create their Team Poster to support their Team Model.


Digital Resources:

Digital Poster software (e.g. Canva, Slides, piktochart)

Digital Voting/Response Tool to support planning and brainstorming (e.g. Mentimeter, Sli.do)

Examples of Team Posters PDF





Purpose: 

In teams, learners will plan for how they will share their Team Model and Team Poster at the final event.


Digital Resources:

Reviewing Sheet and Questions for Final Celebration Event



Purpose: 

Learners will reflect upon the SUPERPOWERED lessons, their Team Model and Poster, and their understanding of energy journeys.


Digital Resources: 

Reflection Prompt Questions

Discussion images for Lesson 14




Purpose: 

Section A of the DCU - Teacher Guide for Ireland provides the context for FIRST LEGO League Explore.

Within this section you will find the learning principles behind the Explore programme, connections with the Irish Primary Curriculum, the Digital Learning Framework, School Self-Evaluation and the Draft Primay Curriculum Framework.