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Home » Early Years Science » 15 Fun ideas for Science with LEGO®

15 Fun ideas for Science with LEGO®

Modified: Apr 2, 2025 · Published: May 14, 2014 by Emma Vanstone · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

Here at Science Sparks, we love LEGO®. My children play with LEGO® or DUPLO® every day, and it’s been fantastic for helping them develop fine motor control and logic skills and for learning to read and understand instructions. We use LEGO® for building, making up imaginative stories, and, of course, for experiments and investigations. These are some of our favourite science ideas with LEGO®.

Easy Science Ideas using LEGO®

Learn about bar charts using some sweets and DUPLO. You could make a smaller version of this with LEGO too.

Lego Bar chart made using DUPLO bricks on a large green plate

Make a LEGO/DUPLO bridge and find a way to test how strong it is.

Find out how fast different types of paper absorb water to reveal a hidden LEGO man.

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Use LEGO/DUPLO to make a ramp and explore how different gradients affect the speed of cars.

Set up a fun LEGO excavation like Lemon Lime Adventures.

Or how about a LEGO catapult like this cool one from Frugal Fun for Boys

Have fun learning to count and measure using DUPLO in this great post from The Imagination Tree

Measuring with LEGO

Make a Numeracy at Home box and add some LEGO bricks for counting, comparing size etc.

How fast can you get a LEGO balloon powered car to travel?

Balloon powered LEGO car

Can you make a LEGO or DUPLO metre ruler?

Discover how many LEGO bricks tall you are in this simple activity.

how long is a swordfish

Hide a LEGO man in ice and explore how to rescue him.

Will a LEGO man float on oil or water?

Density jar

Work on your memory skills with this fun Guess Who game.

Can you make a stable structure. We used sweets in this post, but it would work just as well with LEGO.

LEGO tower

Investigate how waterproof different materials are by using them as a roof and spraying with water.

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More ideas for learning with LEGO®

We reviewed some great DUPLO sets from LEGO Education recently, and I cannot recommend them enough. I also bought my 7 year old a set of LEGO Education Doors, Windows & Roof Tiles which he hasn’t stopped playing with. They’ve been fantastic for reinvigorating his love for building freely.

LEGO House

What’s your favourite way to play with LEGO/DUPLO?

Science ideas using LEGO

 

 

Last Updated on April 2, 2025 by Emma Vanstone

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These activities are designed to be carried out by children working with a parent, guardian or other appropriate adult. The adult involved is fully responsible for ensuring that the activities are carried out safely.

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  1. Sarah @ Play 2 Learn with Sarah

    May 19, 2014 at 2:11 pm

    My kids LOVE Legos so any new ideas are welcome! Thanks!

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  2. Alana Brinson

    May 08, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    I really liked this website, I like the expirements.

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