Top Math and Minifigs

October 16, 2009

The  LEGO team looked at a movie of real LEGO figures at the factory as the arms were put on

and they went on conveyor belts into bins.

Then the class in three groups made tops and spun them.

We timed how long each kind could go and figured out how much longer one kind went than another.


We made top spinners to make the tops go with gears.

This spinner had numbers.  Each student spun twice then add the points.

They picked out as many pieces as the number.

They put their pieces together to check the sum.


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