LEGO Engineering Symposium 2010

The annual LEGO symposium is back June 8-10, 2010, at Tufts University, Medford MA.

Registration now open! Click here to register.

View the Symposium schedule.

Purpose: Gathering educators from around the world, the symposium seeks to explore exciting ways to use the capabilities of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G and LEGO Education WeDo to teach science, technology, engineering, and math.

Themes: The 2010 LEGO Engineering Symposium features two themes: Climate Change and Tipping Points.

Climate Change: During the symposium, participants and presenters will explore how climate change can be a real-world context for LEGO learning activities. Whether exploring the science behind global warming or the technology behind renewable energy there are many rich opportunities for teaching and learning STEM concepts through LEGO activities.

Tipping Points: The Symposium is introducing a pedagogical theme—Tipping Points—for 2010. In the context of Climate Change, Tipping Points are defined as the points at which the global climate irreversibly changes from one state to a distinct new state. Similarly for education, a Tipping Point could be that moment when a student reaches an “aha” moment when they organize what they know in such a way that they really get it. Throughout the Symposium, participants will explore how educators can facilitate these Tipping Points through investigating how activities are designed and presented, the kinds of questions students are asked, and how students are asked to represent their knowledge.

Find out more about the development lab themes!

Featured session speakers include:

Chris Rogers, Tufts University
David Hammer, University of Maryland
Magnus Wallenborg, Upsala Sweden
Birger Brevik, Akershus Norway
Tina Grotzer, Harvard School of Education
Brian Gravel, Tufts University
Merredith Portsmore, Tufts University
Barbara Bratzel, Shady Hill Elementary
Representatives from LEGO Company
Teachers Award Recipients from Asia

Tentative speakers:
Dean Kamen, FIRST
Ansgar Bredenfeld, Germany
Amy Eguchi
Timothy B. Lannin
Representatives from Google

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