Saturday, September 15, 2012

Noah, Lego Designer, U.S.A.

So Noah wants to be a Lego designer one day…that and several other things. Recently he has pulled away from the store bought ‘builds’ and is branching out on his own builds now. He did a few things recently that were so awesome I thought them blog worthy. The first is a two room classroom.

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The portion in the middle with the black rail has doors on either side so you pass through and outdoor hallway to get to each room. That piece also holds the ‘star observatory’ where the student is looking through the telescope, as you can see. The room on the left is a standard classroom with teacher. The room on the right is the science room complete with a ‘cauldron’ in the center. It currently is full of gems they are studying. I love this kid!

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Next up is the Mars and Earth bases, complete with chopper teleporter. I’ll begin with Earth Base.

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As you can see here, the chopper is in the teleporter docking bay. The colorful thing in front to the left is the ‘oxygen/atmosphere’ link that makes the Mars Base habitable. Note: if you knock one of the hoses off this device the Mars Base can’t breath until you hook it back up. It teleports the atmosphere and oxygen they need from Earth to Mars. On the front right is a science desk that analyzes stuff and the back right is the ‘communications center’, notice the satellite dish. Next up is the Earth Science Lab. It is where they analyze the stuff that is teleported from Mars….rocks, bones, gems and stuff. The box with the clear sides holds all the things they found. The green pod on the left is the alien containment unit, it was being used last week but apparently not this week.

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On to Mars Base.

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I don’t really know what all this is…but I know some of it. I love that he thought to use the red bricks to make the terrain. You see the teleporter pad for the chopper on the top of the garage for the Mars rover.  I also like that Noah put a red/white bar at the entrance of the garage that actually lifts up and down to let the rover in. The other thing I want to note is the blue pieces on the bottom left corner. Noah built that originally with other red bricks covering the blue. When I was brought to the grand opening of the Mars Base, he “blasted” the red bricks on top which revealed the water hidden underneath. A true and incredible scientific discovery. I love, love, love this boy’s imagination!

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