Having Fun WithLEGO

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Contents1. Lego Facts

2. Color Me Lego3. Reading Comprehension

4. Lego Numbers Fun5. Lego Timeline

6. Lego Haiku7. Making Lego Bricks

8. Creating Lego in a Nutshell9. Lego Legobbits

10. Marvel and DC Lego11. Lego Advertisement

12. 15 Emotions13. Lego Word Find14. Lego minifigure

15. Lego Math16. Lego Pattern17. Lego Booster18. Lego Safety19. Lego Forbes

20. Lego Charting21. Lego Coloring22. Key answers

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LEGO FACTSLEGO is one of the most popular, and best-selling, toys of all time and is a household name all over the world. It's fun for children and adults

of all ages and has an incredible history dating back over 80 years.

● The plural of LEGO is LEGO. It doesn’t matter if you have one or one hundred pieces of LEGO, it’s still LEGO – although many people call them LEGOs.

● LEGO comes from the Danish word leg godt. Leg godt means “play well” in Danish and LEGO is made from the first two letters of each word.

● LEGO is 83 years old. The LEGO Group began in 1932 in Billund, Denmark and was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen.

● The company is 83 years old, but the interlocking LEGO blocks were manufactured from 1949. This makes the LEGO blocks we all know and love 66 years old.

● Ole Kirk Christiansen was a carpenter. He lost his business and began to make toys out of his leftover wood. He was inspired to construct a small wooden duck toy for his children and when they loved it he put them into production to sell.

LEGO is one of the most popular and widely used toys in the world and has become an internationally recognised brand. A subculture has developed as well with movies, games, competitions and six themed

amusement parks.

● LEGO was originally called “Automatic Binding Bricks.” LEGO were not actually the first company to market the bricks. They modified and improved the original Kiddicraft bricks to create their own.

● The LEGO Group eventually purchased the rights to the Kiddicraft block in 1981.

● In 1958, the LEGO brick with the familiar tubes inside and studs on was patented. This was done on 28 January, 1958 and all 2 x 4 LEGO bricks since then have been produced to the exact measurements of this patent.

● A LEGO brick from 1958 would interlock with a brick from 2015. The patent introduced what is called a “universal system” so that each piece is compatible with all other pieces, regardless of the year or set it belongs to.

● LEGO sued a Chinese company who made “Coko bricks” in 2002. These blocks were very similar to LEGO bricks and Coko were forced to cease production and issue a formal apology as well.

The tallest LEGO tower was 94 feet high and used 465,000 bricks. The tower was a pirate ship mast with a “treasure” made of gold, yellow and

clear bricks on top and was built at LEGOLAND in California.

● LEGO DUPLO bricks are eight times the size of original LEGO bricks. Because of the universal system they will still connect together.

● The LEGO minifigure, also known as “minifig” or just “fig” was first introduced in 1978. The early figures before this, in 1975, had no facial features, gender, arms, or moveable legs.

● Each LEGO minifigure is exactly four bricks high without a hat.● Since the first minifigure in 1978 more than 4 billion have been made. This

makes LEGO them the world’s largest population group (if they were alive)!● As of 2013, over 560 billion LEGO parts have been produced. On average,

that is 86 LEGO bricks for every single person on the earth.● LEGO is the world’s largest producer of rubber wheels.They produce more

than Bridgestone, Goodyear and all other car tyre manufacturers.● In 2009, British TV presenter James May built a life size house out of LEGO.

It used 3.3 million bricks and it included a working toilet, a shower and a bed – which was very uncomfortable.

The largest commercial LEGO set is the Taj Mahal set. It has 5,922 individual pieces.

● In 2012, 45.7 billion LEGO bricks were produced. This actually works out to be a rate of 5.2 million LEGO bricks per hour.

● 18 out of every million LEGO pieces fail to meet the company standard. This is because the factory process is so streamlined and efficient.

● If you laid all of the LEGO bricks sold in 2012 end-to-end, they would stretch around the world more than 18 times.

● Seven LEGO sets are sold every second. By the time you have read this fact, dozens of LEGO sets have been sold around the world.

● You could reach the moon with a column of around 40 billion LEGO bricks. The column would be over 384,400 km tall.

● There are actually enough LEGO bricks to stack from the Earth to the moon – ten times.

● Six eight-stud LEGO bricks can be combined in over 915 million different ways. Two bricks can be combined 24 different ways, and three bricks 1,060 ways.

● There are no LEGO sets with a war or military theme. This is because LEGO creator Ole Kirk Christiansen didn’t want to make war seem appealing to children.

● In 2011, astronauts took LEGO to space. It was caused the “LEGO Bricks in Space” program and 13 LEGO sets were taken to the International Space Station to see how they react in microgravity.

● In 2000, LEGO was named “Toy of the Century” by the British Association of Toy Retailers. LEGO beat both the common teddy bear and the Barbie doll.

● There are artists who sculpt their work exclusively using LEGO. A New York based artist called Nathan Sawaya was the first artist to ever take LEGO into the art world. He is shown in museums throughout America and has a touring exhibition called “The Art Of The Brick.”

● In 2014, the LEGO Group became the world’s largest toy company. They are now larger than Mattel.

COLOR ME LEGO

After reading the facts above, answer the following questions to test whether you understood what you just read.

READING COMPREHENSION

1. Who was the founder of the LEGO company?_________________________________________

2. How old is the company?_________________________________________

3. Where was LEGO company founded?_________________________________________

4. Will a year 2000 lego brick still fit a year 2017 lego brick? Why?_________________________________________

5. Why did LEGO sue a chinese company?_________________________________________

6. How popular is LEGO around the world? (Give three evidences based on the facts stated)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Who took LEGO into the art world? How did he do it?__________________________________________________________________________________

8. How many LEGO blocks were sold? (Spell it out and write the number equivalent beside it.)_________________________________________

9. Can any toy company copy the LEGO design? Why?__________________________________________________________________________________

Let’s do some mathematical conversion by applying some of the LEGO facts.

LEGO NUMBERS FUN

“The tallest LEGO tower was 94 feet high and used 465,000 bricks.”If a classic bus’ classic length is 40 feet, how many buses lined up from end to

end is equivalent to 465,000 bricks?__________94 feet is also ________ in meters.

“Year 2013, over 560 billion LEGO parts have been produced. …. that is 86 LEGO bricks for every single person on the earth.”How many people are on earth in year 2013?

If you laid all of the LEGO bricks sold in 2012 end-to-end, they would stretch around the world more than 18 times.

If the circumference of the earth is 40,075 km (_________ miles), how long are the lego bricks sold in 2012?

In kms. _____________ in miles __________________.

You could reach the moon with a column of around 40 billion LEGO bricks. The column would be over 384,400 km tall.

How far is the moon from the earth? ___________384,400 km is equivalent to _________ miles.

In 2012, 45.7 billion LEGO bricks were produced. This actually works out to be a rate of 5.2 million LEGO bricks per hour.

Working hours needed: _________ hours which is equivalent to ______ days

Number each sentences according to the sequence of events leading to the creation and growth of the LEGO company.

LEGO TIMELINE

The LEGO minifigure, also known as “minifig” or just “fig” was first introduced

LEGO was named “Toy of the Century” by the British Association of Toy Retailers.

45.7 billion LEGO bricks were produced.

Astronauts took LEGO to space.

LEGO modified and improved the original Kiddicraft bricks to create their own and eventually purchased their rights.

The LEGO founder Ole Kirk Christiansen, lost his business and began to make toys out of his leftover wood.

LEGO sued a Chinese company who made “Coko bricks”

"Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables.

LEGO HAIKU

Making Lego Bricks

All of the basic Lego elements start out as plastic granules composed primarily of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). A highly automated injection molding process turns these granules into recognizable bricks.

The machines melt the granules at temperatures of up to 450 degrees F (232 degrees C), inject the melted ABS into molds and apply between 25 and 150 tons of pressure. After about seven seconds, the new Lego pieces cool and fall onto a conveyor. At the end of the conveyor, they fall into a bin.

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When the bin fills, the molding machine signals a robot to pick it up and carry it to an assembly hall. In the Billund factory, eight robots move 600 bins of elements per hour.

Making Lego BricksIn the assembly hall, machines stamp designs onto bricks and assemble components that require multiple pieces, like minifigures, also called minifigs. The machines assemble the components by applying precise amounts of pressure to specific parts.

Finished Lego elements wait to go into packages in a storage facility in Billund, Denmark. During the packaging process, bins open and close automatically, dropping precise numbers of bricks into each polypropylene bag. A machine weighs these bags to make sure their contents are correct. If a specific bag's weight is incorrect, an operator can replace that bag, rather than having to discard an entire set.

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At the end of the process, packaging operators fold the boxes, add any necessary pieces and make sure that the machines haven't made any mistakes. The sealed boxes are stored and shipped around the world -- the process uses between 400,000 and 500,000 cardboard boxes per year.

Now that you read the process of LEGO bricks, summarize it using only ten (10) sentences. Be careful of grammar and tenses.

CREATING LEGO IN A NUTSHELL

The LEGO company also adapted great movies into lego games and characters such as these. From what movie is this and who are the characters?

LEGO LEGOBBIT

TUHRIANDL OLLEGAS LOBBI

INTRHO DALFGAN DRIEGALAL

ZOGA DBRA

ETH THOBBI

From the movie:

Can you identify these DC and Marvel Lego heroes? Let’s start!MARVEL & DC LEGO

SIDNERMAP TMABAN RANSMUPE

VERIWNEOL SHFLA PTCAAIN RICAAME

NDEROMANWOW NRIMAON

You became a franchise owner of a LEGO toy store and you have to introduce your products to your community. You will need a POSTER and a FLYER to advertise

your product. Make these two designs. Remember, your design must be simple but appealing to your target buyers.

LEGO ADVERTISEMENT

YOUR POSTER

YOUR FLYERNote: Your flyer’s size is just a quarter of a bond paper so you will

just put texts. Be creative and colorful!

Our faces can draw many kinds of emotions. These are then translated to funny smileys and emoticons. Draw 15 lego emoticons, and see whether you know a lot of facial expressions that

define human emotions.

15 EMOTIONS

There are six LEGO words on this words box. Can you find them? Have fun!

LEGO WORDFIND

E G O L G E O E L G O E L E E

L E O O G E L O G E L O O G E

O E L L E E L O G E G L O

G G G E L E O L O G

L O E O E E L G O E

E L G L E G L O O E G E L E L

G L E G O L O E G O L O G O E

Make your own mini-figure. You can model yourself or any of your friends.

LEGO MINI-FIGURE

Let’s test your visual sense, can you identify how many pieces of blocks are in the picture by their colors?

LEGO MATH

RED LEGO BLOCKS: _____

YELLOW LEGO BLOCKS: _____

GREEN LEGO BLOCKS: _____

ORANGE LEGO BLOCKS: _____

BLUE LEGO BLOCKS: _____

Finish the patterns by coloring the last few.

LEGO PATTERN

Playing lego have known positive impacts to its users, especially the children. What are possible skills developed from playing LEGO?

LEGO BOOSTER

SKILLS DEVELOPED

Playing LEGO is fun. However, its pieces may prove challenging to fix soon as you’re done playing. What are the dangers of LEGO when they are not cleaned up?

What do you do to preserve your LEGO bricks from damages and loss?

During your free time, would you prefer playing video games, or building lego? Why?

LEGO SAFETY

According to Forbes Magazine, LEGO is ranked 86th among the world’s valuable brands. Proofread the article and correct any mistakes. Re write the proper format in CURSIVE. Have

you been practicing writing in cursive? Let’s test here!

LEGO FORBES

The name Lego is an abbreviation of the two danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well." It is a mantra that the Danish company has followed for more than 80 years. The Lego brick in its curent form was introduced in 1958. The privately-holden company is owned by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, who is the richest man in Denmark and the grandson of the companys founder. Robust sales tied to the relieses of the star wars (Star Wars) and Jurassic Park movies pushes revenues up 25% in the year-ending June 2015. Lego surpasses Mattel as the biggest toy company in the world in 2014. A movie based on Lego’s Ninjago line of ninja-themed toys is scheduled for 2017 with a sequel to the 2014 hit "Lego Movie" on tap for 2018.

Your cursive here.

SOURCE: http://www.forbes.com/companies/lego-group/#

This bar shows the sales of Lego Company in Asia.

LEGO CHARTING

How much is the sales of Lego Company from 2010-2016? (Show your formula)

How much was the loss of sales on years 2013 and 2014?

What would have been the reasons of losses this year? (talk with a partner)

What are possible the reasons of increase in sales of Lego in the past seven years?

LEGO Pirates be on adventure!

LEGO COLORING

KEY ANSWERS

After reading the facts above, answer the following questions to test whether you understood what you just read. Key Answer

READING COMPREHENSION

1. Who was the founder of the LEGO company?Ole Kirk Christiansen2. How old is the company? 83 years old3. Where was LEGO company founded? Denmark4. Will a year 2000 lego brick still fit a year 2017 lego brick? Why?

A LEGO brick from 1958 would interlock with a brick from 2015. The patent introduced what is called a “universal system” so that each piece is compatible with all other pieces, regardless of the year or set it belongs to.

5. Why did LEGO sue a chinese company?LEGO sued a Chinese company because the blocks they designed were very similar to LEGO bricks and Coko were forced to cease production and issue a formal apology as well.

6. How popular is LEGO around the world? (Give three evidences based on the facts stated)LEGO designs different popular icons such as Taj Mahal, house of bricksLEGO Group became the world’s largest toy companyIt was already brought to spaceIt became more popular than Teddy Bear and Barbie Doll

7. Who took LEGO into the art world? How did he do it?A New York based artist called Nathan Sawaya was the first artist to ever take LEGO into the art world. He is shown in museums throughout America and has a touring exhibition called “The Art Of The Brick.”

8. How many LEGO blocks were sold? (Spell it out and write the number equivalent beside it.)As of 2013, there were five hundred sixty billion (560,000,000,000) blocks were made and sold.

9. Can any toy company copy the LEGO design? Why?No. They will be sued by the LEGO Company for violating Patent Rights.

Let’s do some mathematical conversion by applying some of the LEGO facts.

LEGO NUMBERS FUN

“The tallest LEGO tower was 94 feet high and used 465,000 bricks.”If a classic bus’ classic length is 40 feet, how many buses lined up from end to end is equivalent to

465,000 bricks? Two buses plus 14 feet94 feet is also 28.6512 in meters. (1 foot = .3048 meter)

“Year 2013, over 560 billion LEGO parts have been produced. …. that is 86 LEGO bricks for every single person on the earth.”

How many people are on earth in year 2013? 6,511,627,906.976744 or 6,511,627,907(560,000,000,000 lego parts ÷ 86 lego bricks per person = x)

If you laid all of the LEGO bricks sold in 2012 end-to-end, they would stretch around the world more than 18 times.

If the circumference of the earth is 40,075 km (24,901.45 miles), how long are the lego bricks sold in 2012? (1 km = .621 miles)

In kms. - 721,350 kms (40,075 km x 18 times)in miles - 448,226.11 miles (721,350 kms x .621 miles)

You could reach the moon with a column of around 40 billion LEGO bricks. The column would be over 384,400 km tall.

How far is the moon from the earth? 384,400 km384,400 km is equivalent to 238,855.086 miles. (1 km = .621 miles)

In 2012, 45.7 billion LEGO bricks were produced. This actually works out to be a rate of 5.2 million LEGO bricks per hour.

Working hours needed: 8,788.46 hours which is equivalent to 366.19 days(45.7 billion ÷ 5.2 million lego an hour = Number of working hours)

The LEGO company also adapted great movies into lego games and characters such as these. From what movie is this and who are the characters? ANSWER KEY

LEGO LEGOBBIT

Thranduil Legolas Bilbo Thorin Gandalf

Galadriel Azog Bard

MOVIE:The Hobbit

Can you identify these DC and Marvel Lego heroes? Let’s start! Answer keyMARVEL & DC LEGO

Spiderman Batman Superman Wolverine Flash

Captain America Wonderwoman Ironman

Number each sentences according to the sequence of events leading to the creation and growth of the LEGO company. ANSWER KEY

LEGO TIMELINE

( 3 ) The LEGO minifigure, also known as “minifig” or just “fig” was first introduced( 4 ) LEGO was named “Toy of the Century” by the British Association of Toy Retailers. ( 7 ) 45.7 billion LEGO bricks were produced.( 6 )Astronauts took LEGO to space.( 2 ) LEGO modified and improved the original Kiddicraft bricks to create their own and eventually purchased their rights.( 1 ) The LEGO founder Ole Kirk Christiansen, lost his business and began to make toys out of his leftover wood. ( 5 )LEGO sued a Chinese company who made “Coko bricks”

Six Lego words. KEY ANSWER

LEGO TIMELINE

E G O L G E O E L G O E L E E

L E O O G E L O G E L O O G E

O E L L E E L O G E G L O

G G G E L E O L O G

L O E O E E L G O E

E L G L E G L O O E G E L E L

G L E G O L O E G O L O G O E

Let’s test your visual sense, can you identify how many pieces of blocks are in the picture by their colors? Key answer

LEGO MATH

RED LEGO BLOCKS: 15

YELLOW LEGO BLOCKS: 15

GREEN LEGO BLOCKS: 20

ORANGE LEGO BLOCKS: 15

BLUE LEGO BLOCKS: 15

Finish the patterns by coloring the last few. Key answer

LEGO PATTERN

Playing lego have known positive impacts to its users, especially the children. What are possible skills developed from playing LEGO?

LEGO BOOSTER

Playing LEGO is fun. However, its pieces may prove challenging to fix soon as you’re done playing. What are the dangers of LEGO when they are not cleaned up?

Suggested answers: They can cause accidents, wounds, bruises, choking, fire, can block drainage

What do you do to preserve your LEGO bricks from damages and loss?

SUggested answers: Clean after use, play in a single space, don’t throw around the parts, don’t step or place heavy things on it, place it in a box after use.

During your free time, would you prefer playing video games, or building lego? Why?

LEGO SAFETY

Suggested answers:● Lego provides tools that develop lateral thinking in a fun environment● It teaches kids to think in three dimensions● It improves literacy as kids work with instructions● It develops problem-solving, organization, and planning by construction● It improves creativity● It enhances communication and critical thinking● It boosts kids motor development.

According to Forbes Magazine, LEGO is ranked 86th among the world’s valuable brands. Proofread the article and correct any mistakes. Re write the proper format in CURSIVE. Have

you been practicing writing in cursive? Let’s test here!

LEGO FORBES

The name Lego is an abbreviation of the two danish (Danish) words "leg godt", meaning "play well." It is a mantra that the Danish company has followed for more than 80 years. The Lego brick in its curent (current) form was introduced in 1958. The privately-holden (held) company is owned by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, who is the richest man in Denmark and the grandson of the companys (company’s) founder. Robust sales tied to the relieses (releases) of the star wars (Star Wars) and Jurassic Park movies pushes (pushed) revenues up 25% in the year-ending June 2015. Lego surpasses (surpassed) Mattel as the biggest toy company in the world in 2014. A movie based on Lego’s Ninjago line of ninja-themed toys is scheduled for 2017 with a sequel to the 2014 hit "Lego Movie" on tap for 2018.

This bar shows the sales of Lego Company in Asia.

LEGO CHARTING

How much is the sales of Lego Company from 2010-2016? (Show your formula)2.3+3.2+3.6+6.2+5.5+7.7+8.9=37.4 million dollars

How much was the loss of sales on years 2013 and 2014?6.2-5.5= 0.7 million or 700,000 dollars loss

What would have been the reasons of losses this year? (talk with a partner)Suggested answers: Change of preference of toys, delivery faulty, minimal advertisement, loss of stocks, economic reasons (their answers might be simpler)

What are possible the reasons of increase in sales of Lego in the past seven years?Suggested answers: Advertisement like movies adaptations and games, increase of stocks, good appeal to the younger people, cheap and available everywhere, safe

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