EDUCATOR’S GUIDE Inspiration for Planning a Trip to

LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Philadelphia

Earthquake Tables (Science/Geography) 2

LEGO® Racers: Build & Test (Science/ELA) 4

LEGO® Racers: Build & Test (Science/Math) 6

LEGO® NINJAGO Training Camp (ELA) 8

LEGO® Friends (ELA) 10

MINILAND Philadelphia (Civics & Government/History/ELA) 12

Imagination Express (Math) 14

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TABLE CONTENTSOF1 IMAGINATION EXPRESS2 PIRATE ADVENTURE ISLAND3 MINILAND Philadelphia4 LEGO® NINJAGO TRAINING CAMP5 DUPLO® PARK6 EARTHQUAKE TABLES7 BUILD CHALLENGE AREA8 CAFÉ9 LEGO® FRIENDS10 CREATIVE WORKSHOP11 LEGO® RACERS: BUILD & TEST12 BIRTHDAY PARTY ROOMS13 LEGO® 4D CINEMA14 SHOP15 New Experience (coming March 2018)

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Standard(s) Addressed• NextGen Science Standard (NGSS) 4-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

• PA Geography Standard 7.1.4.B: Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.

• PA Geography Standard 7.4.3.A: Identify the effect of the physical systems on people within a community.

Success Skills Addressed• Communication• Collaboration• Critical Thinking• Creativity

EARTHQUAKE

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Share Your BuildsCreate a video demonstrating your skyscraper or city’s ability to withstand a 20 second earthquake. Share some of your class’s videos with #LDCPclasstrip and they may end up featured on our social pages or our website!

Suggested Materials• DUPLO bricks• Earthquake table station

Suggested Task at LEGOLANDAre you ready to become a master builder? Emmet and Benny need your help. Emmet thinks you can build a skyscraper higher than Benny can fly his spaceship. Emmet is afraid that if he builds it too tall it will not be able to stand up against the shaking forces of an earthquake on the highest Richter Scale setting. Do you have what it takes?

Suggested Task/Activity(ies) at LEGOLAND• Build a tower that is 20 DUPLO brick stories high

and see if can last 20 seconds of the earthquakes vibrations.

• Create a city that will withstand a 20 second earthquake. The city must have at least three buildings of different height and width.

TABLES

Suggested Pre-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• Review video clips about earthquakes• Review earthquake activity from the local

region • What causes earthquakes?• Geographical impact of earthquakes• Thinking about how certain places have

earthquakes, how does that impact city planning?

– Prototypes drawn to scale and revisited/revised

• Area/Perimeter discussion

Suggested Post-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)Recap this activity with your students. Hold a discussion on the design of skyscrapers. What factors do you have to consider when constructing these tall, city buildings?

Standard(s) Addressed• PA Math Core CC.2.3.5.A.1: Graph points in

the first quadrant on the coordinate plane and interpret these points when solving real world and mathematical problems

• NextGen Science Standard (NGSS) 3-5-ETS1: Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Success Skills Addressed• Creativity• Communication• Critical thinking• Collaboration

Suggested Pre-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• Discuss X and Y-axis• Develop understanding of how to create

plot points on graphs• Interpret and analyze data• Utilize results to determine adjustments

needed

Suggested Post-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• Use the times secured for each prototype

and graph your data• Use best times secured by each student to

make a graph about the entire class• Complete the worksheet from your data

BUILD & TESTLEGO®

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Share Your ResultsShare photos of some of your class’s race cars with #LDCPclasstrip and they may end up featured on our social pages or our website!

Suggested Materials• LEGO bricks from Build & Test station• Race Ramp• Stopwatch (not provided)• Pencils (not provided)• Worksheet (sample worksheet available

upon arrival by request)

Suggested Brainstorm Questions• Will your car move faster with smaller or larger tires?• Will your car move faster when built smaller or larger in height?• Will your car move faster when built with more or less LEGO bricks (weight)?

Suggested Task at LEGOLANDYou and your LEGO friends are racing down Philadelphia’s famous “Manayunk Wall.” You are trying to design a LEGO car that will get down the race track as quickly as possible without pushing or pulling them down. Use your stopwatches to put your creations to the test and see which car design is the fastest!

Suggested Task/Activity(ies) at LEGOLAND• Create a car with LEGO bricks from the

Build & Test station that can get down the race ramp as quickly as possible, taking the laws of gravity into consideration

• Refine and improve your car designs from one trial to the next

• Record your results • Analyze your data to see which car creation

was the fastest

RACERS

Standard(s) Addressed• NextGen Science Standard (NGSS) K-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.

• PA ELA Core CC.1.5.K.A: Participate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

• PA ELA Core CC.1.4.K.A: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts.

• NextGen Science Standard (NGSS) K-PS2-2: Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or pull.

• Crosscutting Concept: Cause and Effect

Success Skills Addressed• Communication• Collaboration• Critical Thinking• Creativity

Suggested Pre-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• Discuss concepts of cause and effect• Discuss scientifically how things move or

what causes objects to move• Is it easier to push or pull an object?

BUILD & TEST

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DURING VISITYOURSuggested Post-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• Can you design an experiment to determine

the effects of pushes and pulls on the movement of an object?

• What other ways can we make objects move?

Suggested Materials• LEGO bricks from Build & Test station• Soft pad flooring• Tile flooring• String (not provided)• Race Ramp

Suggested Brainstorm Questions• Will your car move faster with smaller or larger tires?• Will your car move faster when built smaller or larger in height?• Will your car move faster when built with more or less LEGO bricks (weight)?

Suggested Task at LEGOLANDEmmet and Wildstyle are working on a new car to help them get away from Risky Business. Emmet thinks that it is easier to move the car by pushing it. Wildstyle thinks it is easier to move the car by pulling it. Design an experiment to see who’s design you think is best.

Suggested Task/Activity(ies) at LEGOLAND• Students design a car that uses string to

pull the car and determine if car moves faster when pulling or pushing.

• Determine other forms of force to make cars move (i.e. gravitational decline down the race ramp).

RACERS

Share Your BuildsShare photos of some of your class’s race cars with #LDCPclasstrip and they may end up featured on our social pages or our website!

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Standard(s) Addressed• PA ELA Core CC.1.4.3.M: Write narratives to

develop real or imagined experiences or events.

• PA ELA Core CC.1.4.3.P: Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using temporal words and phrases to signal event order; provide a sense of closure.

• PA ELA Core CC.1.4.3.F, CC.1.4.3.L, CC.1.4.3.R: Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation and spelling.

• PA ELA Core CC.1.5.3.F: Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

Success Skills Addressed• Creativity• Communication• Critical thinking• Collaboration

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LEGO® NINJAGO

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Suggested Pre-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• What goes into a narrative?• Introduction, Body, End• Character development• Who, What, When, Where, Why, How• Events occurring in sequential order

Suggested Post-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• Use a narrative/story board template to write

your NINJAGO short story • Use the pictures of your builds to finish your

NINJAGO movie short. Create show scripts for your LEGO build scenes.

DURING VISITYOUR

Share Your StoryShare photos of some of your class’s story builds with #LDCPclasstrip and they may end up featured on our social pages or our website!

Suggested Materials• Narrative/Storyboard paper (samples available upon arrival by request)• Pencils (not provided)• LEGO bricks from NINJAGO station• iPads/Phones

Suggested BrainstormThink of a fairy tale or short story that you have recently read. What plot points and settings do you remember and how can you reenact the story using LEGO bricks?

Suggested Task/Activity(ies) at LEGOLANDWrite a story:• Pick your favorite ninjas to use as your main characters! (Lloyd, Kai, Nia, Jay, Cole,

and Master Wu)• Use their build book guides to

help you learn a little bit more about the ninjas of NINJAGO and write your story

• Use a narrative or storyboard template to map out the story

Create a story build with LEGO brick:• Pick your favorite ninjas to use as your main characters!

(Lloyd, Kai, Nia, Jay, Cole, and Master Wu)• Use their build book guides to help you learn a

little bit more about the ninjas of NINJAGO• Create at least 2-3 scenes with LEGO bricks

individually or within a group• Take pictures to use as your storyboard scenes

Standard(s) Addressed• PA ELA Core CC.1.4.3.M: Write narratives to

develop real or imagined experiences or events.

• PA ELA Core CC.1.4.3.P: Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using temporal words and phrases to signal event order; provide a sense of closure.

• PA ELA Core CC.1.4.3.F, CC.1.4.3.L, CC.1.4.3.R: Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation and spelling.

• PA ELA Core CC.1.5.3.F: Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

Success Skills Addressed• Creativity• Communication• Critical thinking• Collaboration

FRIENDSLEGO®

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Suggested Pre-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• What goes into a narrative?• Introduction, Body, End• Character development• Who, What, When, Where, Why, How• Events occurring in sequential order

Suggested Post-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• Use your narrative/story board template to

write your LEGO Friends short story• Use the pictures of your builds to finish your

LEGO Friends movie short. Create show scripts for your LEGO build scenes.

DURING VISITYOURSuggested Materials• Narrative/Storyboard paper (samples available upon arrival by request)• Pencils (not provided)• LEGO bricks from LEGO Friends station• iPads/Phones

Suggested BrainstormThink of a fairy tale or short story that you have recently read. What plot points or settings do you remember and how can you reenact the story using LEGO bricks?

Suggested Task/Activity(ies) at LEGOLANDWrite a story:• Pick your favorite LEGO Friends to use as your main

characters! (Emma, Mia, Olivia, Andrea, and Stephanie)• Use their biographies posted around Heartlake City to

learn more about them and help write your story• Use a narrative or storyboard template to map out

the story

Create a story build with LEGO brick:• Pick your favorite LEGO Friends to use as your

main characters! (Emma, Mia, Olivia, Andrea, and Stephanie)

• Use their biographies posted around Heartlake City to learn more about them

• Create at least two scenes individually or within a group

• Take pictures to use as your storyboard scenes

Share Your StoryShare photos of some of your class’s story builds with #LDCPclasstrip and they may end up featured on our social pages or our website!

Standard(s) Addressed• PA Civics and Government Standard 7.1.6.A: • Describe geographic tools and their uses. • Basis on which maps, graphs and diagrams are

created • Aerial and other photographs • Reference works • Field observations • Surveys • Geographic representations to display

spatial information • Absolute location • Relative location • Flows (e.g., goods, people,

traffic) ¾ Topography • Historic events • Mental maps to organize an understanding

of the human and physical features of Pennsylvania and the home county • Basic spatial elements for depicting the patterns of physical and human features • Point, line, area, location, distance, scale • Map grids ¾ Alpha-numeric system • Cardinal and intermediate directions • PA History Standard 8.1.3.A: Identify the difference between past, present and future

using timelines and/or other graphic representations.• PA ELA Core CC.1.2.4.G: Interpret various presentations of information within a text or

digital source and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of text in which it appears.

Success Skills Addressed• Creativity• Communication• Critical thinking• Collaboration• Learners will gain insight into how establishments, commerce/industry, and politics/

government in Philadelphia have changed over time and how they operate.

PHILADELPHIAMINILAND

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Suggested Pre-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• Review/discuss some of the major landmarks within the city of Philadelphia to prepare

students for what to look for during their visit• Landmarks (featured in our MINILAND) to consider discussing:

Liberty Bell / Philadelphia Museum of Art / City Hall / 30th Street Station / Citizens Bank Park Lincoln Financial Field / Masonic Temple / Betsy Ross House / Liberty Place / Franklin Institute / Union League / Boathouse Row

Suggested Post-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• Visit www.phillyhistory.org/photoarchive • Enter the addresses of the 5 locations• Create a document of then and now of the locations • What does it look like now? • When was the building originally built? • What did it look like in the past? • Why do you think that it has or has not changed? • What do you think Philadelphia will look like when you graduate college? Why?

Suggested Materials• MINILAND Philadelphia• Activity sheet to compare buildings to show how these buildings have changed since they

were first built (available upon arrival upon request)• LEGO bricks

Suggested Task/Activity(ies) at LEGOLAND• All master builders need to know about different buildings from the past in order to build

new ones for the future. LEGOLAND Discovery Center wants you to explore our MINILAND Philadelphia to pick out some of your favorite Philadelphia landmarks.

• Write down or take pictures of 3-5 buildings to conduct research on following your visit.• Build your own new building or landmark at one of our build stations.

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Share Your BuildsShare photos of some of your class’s landmark builds with #LDCPclasstrip and they may end up featured on our social pages or our website!

Standard(s) Addressed• PA Math Core CC.2.4.6.B.1: Demonstrate an

understanding of statistical variability by displaying, analyzing, and summarizing distributions.

Success Skills Addressed• Communication• Critical thinking• Collaboration

Suggested Post-Visit Discussion Points or Activity(ies)• Gather all scores from students. Once back

in the classroom, use the scores as a way to build an authentic connection for analyzing data. This could include using it to explore measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode, range), graphing data and drawing conclusions from it, etc.

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DURING VISITYOURSuggested Materials• Pencils (not provided)

Suggested Task/Activity(ies) at LEGOLAND• As a group, have students take a ride on the Imagination Express and record their final score

on their LEGOLAND Discovery Center passport.• Make sure that students complete this task after they get off the ride!

HOW TO BOOK YOUR VISIT:• Call our Customer Service Center at (866) 841-3659

• Submit a booking inquiry through our website

QUESTIONS?Email us at

Philadelphia@LEGOLANDDiscoveryCenter.com

or call us at (208) 513-1421

Philadelphia@LEGOLANDDiscoveryCenter.com

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