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Free Chemistry Lesson Plans Using Legos

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17 Oct

 

Subjects like chemistry are often daunting for us homeschoolers to teach. It’s easier when we use hands-on materials.  Knowing this, MIT has created three free science lesson plans using Lego building blocks.  Each lesson takes about 2-4 hours, and is suggested for ages 11 and up.

Chose from these 3 free chemistry lesson plans:

The LEGO Chemical Reactions lesson introduces students to molecules, atoms, chemical notation, and chemical compounds (or reinforces these concepts) through an engaging hands-on wet lab, and LEGO models of atoms. View the lesson plan, teacher’s guide, student worksheets on Lego Chemical Reactions

The LEGO Photosynthesis lesson has students “construct a glucose molecule, simply by rearranging the atoms of carbon dioxide and water. They can go on to make chains of starch and cellulose.” View the LEGO & MIT lesson plan on Photosynthesis.

In Understanding Air, students will use “LEGO bricks as atoms to build a model of air and then combust fuel models to produce additional carbon dioxide and air pollutants.” View the lesson plan on Understanding Air here. 

Free Chemistry Lesson Plans Using Legos

We also found a few other Chemistry teaching links for you:

 

These are our two favorite Periodic Table of the Elements: 
  • This Periodic Table of the Elements is interactive, and includes a free printable chart
  • The Periodic Table of the Elements as explained through videos from a professor at the University of Nottingham

 

Also, here is a free middle school chemistry curriculum.

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  1. Luke Holzmann says

    May 22, 2009 at 8:23 AM

    That is super cool! Yay, Legos!
    ~Luke

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  2. Katherine says

    May 23, 2009 at 11:33 PM

    Too cool!! Thanks for sharing!!

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  3. Melissa Black says

    August 13, 2009 at 9:07 PM

    I appreciate all the sites/products you share! I’ve passed them on to others as well. Two more sites that I like are
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    Thanks again!
    Melissa Black

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