Abstract
Many of our members tell us that they loved playing with LEGO® when they were growing up, and how LEGO® helped to inspire them into a career in engineering. This lecture will hold particular interest to schools, families and those with an interest in LEGO®
Our speaker, Steven Mackenzie, LEGO® Education, takes you on a journey through the history of LEGO® with live build-a-thons and interactive content, covering the last 90 years of LEGO® history, and what things might be like when we reach the 100th anniversary.
With hands-on STEM education activities for both adults and children and audience participation, we will look at the last 90 years of LEGO® history, and what things might be like when we reach the 100th anniversary.
Speaker bio: Steve is a Senior Concept Manager at LEGO Education, where he designs hands-on, playful learning experiences using LEGO® bricks to be used in schools. Steve was a teacher in the UK for 13 years and completed his MEd at Cambridge University in Leading Teaching and Learning. Outside of work, Steve loves to play board games, walk his dog, and collect Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys.
Lecture overview: Steve gives an interactive talk on the history of the LEGO Group and playful learning. He tells some fun stories, shares some LEGO® inside knowledge, and gets us all building and problem-solving.
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About IET Education
We support STEM teachers by providing a range of resources linked to the UK curriculum and partnering with organisations to create experiences that inspire teachers and students alike. Our campaigns are for children aged 4 to 19 years and aim to bring their imaginations alive to inspire them to engineer a better world in the future.
Engage children and keep them busy and learning at home or school with our free STEM resources and activities for KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4: https://education.theiet.org/
Looking for some festive inspiration? Discover Santa’s STEM workshop: https://education.theiet.org/campaigns/santa-loves-stem/
We also deliver hands-on STEM experiences for children aged 4-16 years through our three FIRST® LEGO® League divisions across the UK and Ireland: https://education.theiet.org/first-lego-league-programmes/
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