Meaningful Computer Science and AI Learning from LEGO® Education delivers impactful and relevant computer science and AI instruction with hands-on, scaffolded lessons that engage students in experiences connected to their world. The set, designed for 4 students, encourages collaboration and along with the enquiry-based, ACARA aligned lessons drives learning and empowers students to broaden their computer science skills. There are 30 hands-on computer science lessons grouped into six units, each including four lessons and a design challenge, accessible through the Teacher portal. The Teacher Portal empowers CS and AI beginners and experts alike with easy-to-teach, 45-minute, curriculum-aligned lessons that develop students’ AI literacy skills so students can understand, apply, and evaluate the technology. The lessons invite students to build, code and create their own AI interactions while the safe, meaningful, and creative experiences empower students to be responsible and inspired creators.

The new Coding palette provides an intuitive student interface with word or icon-based block coding and is accessible via web browser or iOS app. There is no text-based coding in the app, but LEGO Education will make the API (Application Programming Interface) publicly available with a Python installation package, meaning that users will be able to use their favourite text-based programming tool to interact with LEGO Education Hardware

Key Learning Outcomes:

Basics
Students bring creations to life by developing sequences and pseudocode to decompose and solve problems.
Hardware
Students learn to describe how hardware works, exploring the relationship between inputs and outputs.
Events
Students learn about events, which are actions that cause something to happen any time they are true.
Sequences
Students learn about sequences, which are sets of steps in a specific order to complete tasks.
Loops
Students are introduced to loops, which are used to repeat a sequence of code multiple times.
Conditionals
Students learn about conditionals, which perform different actions depending on whether conditions are true or false.
Variables
Students are introduced to variables, which are used to store, retrieve and interact with data.
Functions
Students learn about functions, which are coding sections that perform specific tasks, to design modular programs.
AI & data
Students engage with AI classification to explore how computers can learn from data.