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LEGO Duplo Pendulum Painting

Are you looking for a simple S.T.E.A.M. activity to get the kids interested in art and science? LEGO Duplo Pendulum Painting is a fantastic S.T.E.A.M. activity for kids! This project is not only a neat process art project, but also a fun way to demonstrate gravity for a science lesson!

LEGO Duplo Pendulum Painting is a fantastic S.T.E.A.M. activity for kids!

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LEGO Duplo Pendulum Painting

This is an open-ended activity that is perfect for getting kids interested in science, technology, engineering, math and art!  Remember, even if you don’t have these exact LEGO® Duplo bricks you can always use what you have! Learning will take place anyway!

Supplies:

  • Duplo bricks and plates
  • Duplo hook brick (from THIS SET)
  • Duplo baseplate
  • Large sheet of white paper
  • Plastic or styrofoam cup
  • String
  • Tempera paint (watered down)

LEGO Duplo Pendulum Painting STEAM activity

Building Guidelines

To create the pendulum cup, poke a hole in the bottom the cup and under the rim on either side to tie the string. Then thread the string through the top holes in the cup, creating a long handle.

Next encourage the children to build a structure to hang the pendulum from using an assortment of Duplo bricks and plates.

Once the Duplo structure is build, place a sheet of white paper under the hanging pendulum. Fill your pendulum cup with some watered down tempera paint and give the cup a  push! Watch the paint drip out of the cup, creating a neat pattern as the pendulum swings.

Duplo Pendululm Painting STEAM project

Questions to Facilitate Learning:

  • How can you improve the pendulum?
  • What happens when you push the pendulum hard? soft?
  • How do you think different types of paints will react with the machine? Let’s try it!

 

Are you interested in more learning with LEGO® ideas?

Check out our new book The Unofficial Guide to Learning with LEGO®! In it are over 100 hands-on learning activities from literacy to S.T.E.A.M. using LEGO® bricks!

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