So Who Won?
COULD YOU SURVIVE IN LEGO LAND OR WOULD YOU
PULL YOUR HAIR OUT?
The Star Wars Lego contest was very competitive this year with 15 teams vying for the prize of two opening night movie tickets to Star Wars and concessions money. (Because of privacy laws, we cannot put the full names of the students who won, but we can put their team name on our blog. )
TEAM BELUGA WHALE WON!
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| The Beluga Whale assembled 490 pieces of a ship in 38 minutes and 29 sec. |
CONGRATS guys! Not only were we impressed with their time, but also the determination of the two final teams and how they stayed after an hour last day before Christmas Break to duke things out.
LESSONS LEARNED
What we found out are teams who practiced together before the competition, even if it wasn't the same Lego model, usually did better. Roles were split, a rhythm was established, and fingers and brains were limbered up. There was nothing in the rules that said competitors couldn't practice. We were happily surprised to learn how many girls were obsessed with Legos, which traditionally have been a guy thing. Look at the newer Lego advertisements and you'll they have more photos of young girls at a tender age holding completed Legos projects. This is a good thing. . . the world needs lady engineers too!
We have ordered a KLUTZ Lego Chain Reactions Craft Kit in our next Amazon order. It allows you to build 10 amazing moving Lego machines. It will be coming soon so stay in touch!
