School Trips

Tall Towers

Recommended Ages: 6-8 years old
Subjects covered: Science and Architecture

The Tall Towers Workshop is intended to introduce young learners to the world of architecture.  Students will participate in DUPLO® building challenges intended to teach them the importance of teamwork and communication. Tall Towers provides a classroom setting where participants learn of early elementary science and mathematics. Our instructor will also cover construction principals, natural and man-made structures in their world, and the effects of natural disasters on tall buildings.

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Tall Towers Junior

Recommended Ages: 3-5 years old
Subjects covered: Color and Pattern Recognition and Fine Motor Skills Coordination

Tall Towers Jr. is a hands-on workshop that helps participants learn how to follow directions, recognize shapes and patters, and develop fine motor skills. Participants build LEGO® towers of various shapes, colors, and patterns. A fun, hands-on way to introduce young learners to classroom instruction.

Racecar Workshop

Recommended Ages: 9-12 years old
Subjects covered: Math and Physics

The Race Car Workshop is a fun, hands-on way to get students excited about mathematics and introduce them to elementary physics. Students build LEGO® race cars, race them down our track, collect data and use arithmetic to calculate their car’s performance.  Students also learn about the forces that affect their cars and use this information to create lean racing machines.

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Chicago Skyline Tour

Recommended Ages: 7-12 years old
Subjects covered: History and Architecture

The Chicago Skyline Workshop is a unique, interactive guided tour through MINILAND Chicago. Participants will learn how the history of Chicago shaped its world-famous skyline. Afterward, students are challenged to think critically about designing a new building for Chicago in a hands-on classroom setting.

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Pablo Picasso Workshop

Recommended Ages: 7-12 years old
Subjects covered: Art and Mathematics

The Pablo Picasso workshop is a class that introduces participants to the artistic possibilities of LEGO® bricks. Using Pablo Picasso’s Chicago’s Daley Center sculpture as a starting point, students will make their own unique, original LEGO sculptures and will use mathematics to figure out how to create a large scale model of their original sculpture.

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Balancing Act Workshop

Recommended Ages: 7-12 years old
Subjects covered: Science and Manthmatics

The Balancing Act workshop is a fun, creative way to teach children how shape, size and weight influence a structure’s ability to remain standing as more pieces are added. In our education rooms, students are tasked to come up with multiple solutions to this entertaining challenge!

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LEGO® Listening Workshop

Recommended Ages: 7-12 years old
Subjects covered: Communication

This class is all about communication! During this workshop, each student is challenged to create their own LEGO model, keeping it obscured from their classmates as they build. Students are then put into pairs and with their LEGO model still hidden from their partner and using only verbal instruction, they have to lead their partner in creating an exact replica of the LEGO model.

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LEGO® Bridge Workshop

Recommended Ages: 7-12 years old
Subjects covered: Science and Manthmatics

During this workshop, students participate in exciting building challenges intended to introduce learners to the creation of large scale structures with DUPLO® bricks.  Students will be encouraged to work as a team and communicate with their fellow classmates to reach a common goal while testing their architectural design to see if their team’s bridge can withstand the weight of additional objects.

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Animal Workshop

Recommended Ages: 6-8 years old
Subjects covered: Hands on building and creativity

The LEGO® Animal Workshop is a fun, engaging guided tour though the Jungle Expedition. Using your field guide, can you spot the different kinds of animals and identify what makes each of them unique? Then try your hand at creating your own DUPLO animal to show your classmates.

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Tall Towers Jr. Workshop

This hands-on workshop helps children learn how to follow directions, recognize shapes and patterns and develop fine motor skills. Children will build LEGO® towers of various shapes, colors and patterns.

Pablo Picasso Workshop

Learn the artistic ability of LEGO bricks. Participants will make their own unique LEGO sculpture and will use mathematics to figure out how to create and build a large-scale model of their original sculpture.

Bridge Workshop

Participants will work in teams to reach a common goal while testing their architectural design to see if their team’s LEGO bridge can withstand the weight of additional objects.

Race Car Workshop

Participants will build a series of LEGO race cars, race them on a track, collect data and find out how fast their creation went.