Lego Engineering: It’s good to ‘torque’

Year Group: 5/6

Subject – Science 

The world around us is built on Engineering. We will make motorised Lego models to explore the role that gears play in everyday machines and learn how we can combine gears to increase speed or increase torque (by calculating ratios). Our first Lego build will have interchangeable gear ratios, combining speed and torque. Further builds will consolidate this concept using different types of gears and gear combinations. Our final activity will be a small-group, collaborative challenge to build the Lego machine that can lift the heaviest mass.