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Getting Started with LEGO CS & AI Kits

Placemat activities for the new LEGO Education Computer Science and AI kits.

The image shows a project summary for a windmill design and build activity, including the problem statement, design ideas, materials, and test results with photos and observations of windmill prototypes.

Design Keeper Engineering Notebooks

A set of Google Slides teachers can use as digital engineering notebooks, with cards for capturing ideas, tests, and final designs.

The image shows simple robotic hand and arm models made from cardboard, popsicle sticks, and craft materials, likely as DIY educational projects to demonstrate basic robotic movement.

Biorobots

Designing Biomimetic Robots is an interdisciplinary middle school curriculum that combines science, engineering, and computing through hands-on robotics challenges inspired by the natural world. Students study how animals solve problems, then design, build, and program robots based on their discoveries.

The image shows the course homepage for "Novel Engineering 1" with a chalkboard background, drawings of a gear, book, rocket, and planets, and a desk displaying an open book, apple, notebooks, and colored pencils arranged like a rocket. Navigation buttons at the bottom read "Start Here," "Modules," and "Resources."

Novel Engineering Microcredential

Earn a Tufts University Microcredential in Novel Engineering in just 10 hours! Learning to integrate engineering and literacy through this online and self-paced course.

A colorful educational activity page for grades 6-8 titled "Parade Extravaganza," featuring instructions to design an interactive parade float using bricks like LEGO, with playful float illustrations and three example LEGO builds shown.

Getting Started with LEGO CS & AI Kits (6-8)

A progressive series of activities is intended to help students get started using the LEGO CS & AI kits.

A colorful educational activity page titled "Make a Mascot" for grades 3-5, featuring cartoon and LEGO brick mascots, with prompts for students to design and program a mascot that represents team identity and responds to sports game moments.

Getting Started with LEGO CS & AI Kits (3-5)

A progressive series of activities to help students get started using the LEGO Education Computer Science and AI kits and coding platform.

The image is an educational placemat titled "Pocket Panpipe" from Tufts School of Engineering, featuring prompts and photos to guide students in designing a panpipe instrument that plays at least three notes using materials like plastic tubes, bamboo, and test tubes.

Music Engineering Activity Placemats

Three music engineering activities - build a pocket panpipe, an electric guitar, and a speaker.

Click2Engineering

Click2Engineering is a website from University of Nebraska, Lincoln that is designed to transform out-of-school time engineering education and support professional learning for educators. Tufts CEEO supported the design and implementation of Click2Engineering.

The image displays the word "LEARN!" in bold blue letters with a gear inside the "A," on a bright yellow background, and "@TUFTSCEEO" written in orange below.

Learn about LEARN @ TuftsCEEO Webinar

Learn about LEARN @ TuftsCEEO!

The image is a presentation slide titled "Novel Engineering: Integrating Engineering and Literacy Microcredential Courses," authored by Merredith Portsmore in April 2026, and associated with Tufts University's School of Engineering, Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.

Novel Engineering Microcredential Webinar

Tufts is launching a microcredential for Novel Engineering. Join us to learn more!

A small, playful robot made from LEGO-like pieces with two large blue wheels, black feet, and a face featuring two eyes and a pink mouth.

Machine Learning Biomimicry Challenge

Build a robot that mimics an animal and use machine learning to train it to recognize and collect food while avoiding poison.

A small robot with blue wheels is positioned in front of paper stop and left-turn signs.

Machine Learning with LEGO SPIKE Prime

Machine learning activities for LEGO Education SPIKE Prime.

The image is a lesson slide about training a robot puppy to recognize happy and sad touches using a 1D K-Nearest Neighbor machine learning model and a touch sensor, with pictures of three different robot puppy designs.

LEGO SPIKE Prime AI Puppy

AI Puppy is a series of LEGO Education SPIKE Prime activities designed to teach students about AI.

Engineering Belongs to Everyone Webinar

Join us to chat with Stacy Klein-Gardner, Executive Director of e4usa, and Jennifer Kouo, Director of Professional Learning at e4usa, about designing for neurodiverse learners.

Music Engineering Webinar

Kelsey Rogers, a Part-time Lecturer with the Tufts Department of Mechanical Engineering, will share ways to incorporate music engineering into any STEM classroom.

The image is a presentation slide titled "Novel Engineering: An Integrated Approach to Engineering & Literacy: Turning Classroom Books into Engineering Design Problems" by Dr. Meredith Portsmore from Tufts University’s School of Engineering.

Intro to Novel Engineering Webinar

CEEO Director Merredith Portsmore discusses Novel Engineering in this Webinar from fall 2024.

A presentation slide titled "Introducing Engineering in K-8 Settings: Fostering Children's Powerful Design Ideas" by Merredith Portsmore and Elissa Milto from Tufts University, dated December 11, 2024.

Introducing Engineering Book Webinar

Authors Elissa Milto and Merredith Portsmore discuss their new book "Introducing Engineering in K-8 Settings"

A group of students are gathered around a lab table, working together on a science experiment with materials like cups, papers, and small balls.

Chemical Engineering For Middle School Girls

Chemcial Engineering resources for middle school students

A colorful LEGO robot with articulated arms and legs stands on a white baseplate; its circular head features yellow and blue accents.

Engineering with Bricks

Engineering with Bricks is a curation of resources for LEGO® Education robotics platforms, including those created by CEEO.

A stylized blue eye with a light blue gear in the center and a purple curved line above, symbolizing vision and technology.

Eye on STEAM Conference

In March 2026, Tufts CEEO will host an in-person one-day conference in collaboration with Acera Education Innovation.

A colorful graphic with the word "Design" in large blue letters, surrounded by speech bubbles featuring "talks" and design topics like "PROBLEM-SCOPING," "DESIGN SYNTHESIS," "IMPACT," "IDEA GENERATION," and "DESIGN IN PROGRESS."

Design Talks

A resource for teachers to facilitate whole-class discussions about engineering design activities.

Operating a STEM Education Non-Profit

White Mountain Science, Inc. shares their experience of starting and growing a STEM education non-profit

The image is a promotional graphic for White Mountain Science (WMSI) showing a van labeled "wmsi WHITE MOUNTAIN SCIENCE GROWING CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS," with the main text "Creating a Mobile STEM Lab" and a cartoon octopus holding a tool in the corner.

Creating a Mobile STEM Lab

White Mountain Science, Inc. reaches students all over the region with their fleet of mobile STEM labs.

Karkhana Samuha PEBL Toolkit

The PEBL Toolkit is a set of ten activities focused on creating a student-directed, hands-on playful learning experience using engineering, scientific and mathematical concepts. There are activities and facilitator guides.

The image shows two handmade pen holders made from cardboard or paper: one is a triangular prism with a face drawn on it, and the other has two stacked triangular compartments on a spinning base, both holding pens and markers.

Low-Cost Engineering Activites

Student-facing engineering activities using low-cost supplies, like craft materials and recyclables.

A small, box-shaped electronic device with a display screen, rotary knob, and a purple circular component with holes on top, likely custom-made and possibly 3D-printed.

Smart Motor V4

Custom built Smart Motor with a servo motor and wide array of sensors to quickly do robotics activity and start discussion about AI and Machine Learning.

The image shows a hand holding a breadboard with an LED and jumper wires, likely part of an electronics or Arduino project.

Gettiing Started with Arduino

Tufts CEEO intern team developed a set of YouTube videos for teachers and students to get started with Arduino in Rwanda and Nepal.

The image is a handwritten classroom script for a science lesson, dated June 27, 2023, showing two columns labeled "Teacher's Action" and "Student's Action," with questions and responses about why leaves are green and the role of leaves in plant survival.

Facilitating Productive Conversations

A slide deck for a professional development for teachers

Children are participating in a hands-on STEM activity, gathered around a table with a tablet, wires, and a small robotic ball, in an educational or workshop setting.

Sphero BOLT Activity Placemats

Student-facing placemat activities to learn how to use Sphero BOLT.

Children are engaged in a STEM activity using Makey Makey kits and laptops, creating interactive circuits to play music on a piano interface.

Makey Makey Activity Placemats

Project SYNCERE and Tufts CEEO co-designed student-facing activity cards to help students use Makey Makey to learn about circuits.

Two children are working with modular robotic cubes and Sphero BOLT instructional sheets as part of a STEM activity.

Cubelets Activity Placemats

Student-facing placemat activities to learn how to use Cubelets.

The image shows two homemade table fan models: one with a paper pinwheel on a tiltable cardboard stand, and another with a cardboard propeller attached to a plastic container that holds the battery and wires. Both have an on/off button.

Getting Started With Circuits

Introductory activities to learn basic circuitry.

The image shows a grid mat with a beach scene, featuring grassy land, a sandy shore, and water, bordered by labeled axes and small illustrations like grass, a fish, and a shell. It appears to be designed for educational or programming activities.

MAP MATS

MAP MATS: Playful Adventures in math and science is a set of activities that supports play-based learning. There are twenty-five MAP MATS activities which foster play-based learning in math, engineering, and science.

Constructopedia

The Constructopedia is a building guide for common mechanisms, like pulleys and hinges, that uses craft and recycled materials.

The image shows a LEGO robotics setup on a green cutting mat with grid lines and a "60°" marking. The setup features a yellow perforated baseplate, a central LEGO hub or controller, and two connected LEGO motors or sensors with attached cables.

SPIKE Smart Motors

LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime based Smart Motor

The image depicts a weaving loom with threads interwoven with a green printed circuit board, symbolizing the fusion of traditional textile craft and modern technology.

Joyful Culturally Infused Learning Manual

The KARMA Manual is a collection of teaching and learning ideas, experiences and materials that will provide a framework to underpin development of further learning related to culturally integrated Engineering Design and Coding.

A colorful LEGO robot with a rectangular body, large round eyes, flat feet, and black arms at its sides.

Native Technology, Engineering, & Arts Activities

Native TEA (Technology, Engineering, Arts) lessons integrate learning about advanced technology and Navajo culture.

The image shows an electronics prototype with an M5Stack 180° servo motor, a display screen featuring a graphical user interface, and a rotary encoder module, all connected by wires.

WIO Smart Motors

Instructions on how to build a trainable Smart Motor with a Wio Terminal based

The image shows a Hummingbird Bit controller board with labeled ports for sensors, LEDs, servos, and power, along with color-coded terminal blocks. The right side features prompts "I notice..." and "I wonder..." for observations and questions.

Robots in Science: Robotics Resources

Developed in partnership with TERC: Robots In Science (RIS) Teachers introduced their students to a robotics kit prior to engaging in their integrated projects. The project developed the following resources to support student learning.

The image shows a hands-on science experiment with a clear container of green liquid, two white cylindrical objects, and a structure made of modeling clay and colorful sticks, with several hands participating.

Reservoir Rescue

In the “Reservoir Rescue” unit, 5th grade students explore key concepts of earth science and engineering in the context of a polluted, reservoir-feeding waterway in their local community.

The image shows a ball rolling down a slope to illustrate potential and kinetic energy, and a baseball bat hitting a ball to demonstrate Newton's Third Law of Motion with action and reaction forces.

Robots in Science: Lesson Seeds

Developed in partnership with TERC: Lesson seeds are exemplars of lesson ideas developed and implemented by teachers participating in the Robots in Science project.

The image shows two 500 mL Erlenmeyer flasks, one with filter material and tubing connected to an air pump and air stone, and the other as an unmodified control. The setup is placed on a magnetic stirrer, likely for an aeration or filtration experiment.

Cellular Agriculture Activities

Outreach activities to support the engagement with the science, engineering and ethics of cellular agriculture.

The image shows five colorful, cube-shaped electronic devices with screens, knobs, and large buttons, arranged in a row. The devices are yellow, purple, pink (tilted), green, and blue.

Smart Motors

Smart Motors are trainable standalone robotics system that lower the barriers to entry into robotics as well as provide avenue for richer explorations.

A person is connecting wires to an electronic circuit board in an orange case, which is linked to a device with a red LED display and a white USB cable.

Robots in Science: Educator Professional Development

Developed in partnership with TERC: these Robots In Science materials support teacher design and enactment of computational thinking-enhanced science units.

The image is a simple, hand-drawn style graphic with a rectangular border and the text "Sample Lesson: LIGHT REFLECTION & ABSORPTION" in the center.

Robots in Science: Computational Thinking Resources

Developed in partnership with TERC: The Robots In Science project developed classroom resources to scaffold CT integration. These resources can be modified to support any of the lesson seeds above.

The image shows a diagram and a physical model of a highway setup used for an experiment. The diagram labels a speaker, flashlights, sensors (LightMeter and Physics Toolbox apps), a stopover site for a barrier, and a bird. The physical model includes a mock road with yellow lines, simulated vegetation or barriers, and a handheld light meter device labeled "UYIGAO."

Safer Stopover Sites

In the “Safer Stopover Sites for Migratory Birds” unit students explore core ideas of physical science, life science and engineering in the context of mitigating light and sound pollution from the highway in their local community.

The image shows a handmade model of an accessible park swing with a miniature wheelchair on a swing platform, made from cardboard, pipe cleaners, and yellow tape, and a sign reading "welcome to boston park."

Accessible Playground Design

Curriculum for 3rd grade students explore core ideas of balanced and unbalanced forces, changes in motion, and interactions between magnets.

A child is building a vehicle with colorful plastic construction pieces, including rods, connectors, and wheels, on a light surface.

Vehicle Design for the T

This series of lessons work toward a design challenge that where students plan and build solutions to improve a subway vehicle.

The image shows "Before" and "After" aerial views of a green forested area transformed into urban development, highlighting a design challenge to help relocate animals displaced by the construction.

Displaced Animal Rescue

3rd grade students explore core ideas about animals and their environments, particularly how changes to habitat affect the ability of animals to survive.

STEM Outreach Tools

Website to share tools and resources to help STEM outreach programs think about ways to amplify their efforts and work promote STEM.

A woman in a red dress presents to a group of adults in a classroom, with a slide titled "Novel Engineering: An Integrated Approach to Engineering & Literacy" by Elissa Milt, dated May 1st, 2023, organized by the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. Another person stands near a whiteboard with diagrams.

Custom Novel Engineering PD

Professional development to give educators first-had experience doing Novel Engineering. Contact elissa.milto@tufts.edu

The image shows a list of lesson plan topics organized in two columns under the title "Lesson Plans." Topics include Product Comparison, Pencil Holder, Wind Tube, Backpack for a Stuffed Animal, Create a System to Lift a Weight onto a Chair, Build a House, Chair for a Bear, Stomp Rocket, Novel Engineering: Peter’s Chair, Abbey the Dog, Back Scratcher, and Exploring Circuits.

Introducing Engineering in K-8 Settings Lesson Plans

Introducing Engineering in K-8 Settings outlines what hands-on, student-centered engineering can look like in the classroom giving teachers background and practical information to do engineering in their own classrooms.

A person is assembling a friendly robot using colorful plastic parts, guided by a placemat titled "GREETINGS EARTH" that shows instructions and example designs for building a robot that greets people.

Robotics Playground

Robotics Playground is an experimental library of placemat instructions for robotics activities designed to maximize solution diversity and foster student-driven learning.

A woman is presenting to an attentive audience in a classroom, standing by a projection screen with bullet points and a flip chart with colorful diagrams.

Introduction to Engineering in Elementary Professional Development

Professional development to give educators first-had experience doing LEGO robotics and engineering. Contact elissa.milto@tufts.edu

Two women are collaborating on a hands-on project at a table, using materials like felt, duct tape, and egg cartons in a classroom or workshop setting.

Custom Introducing Engineering in K-8 Settings PD

Professional development to give educators first-hand experience introducing robotics in K-8 classrooms. Contact elissa.milto@tufts.edu

Introducing Engineering in K-8 Settings

Introducing Engineering to K-8 Students will provide you with the tools you need to incorporate engineering design into your classroom.

The image is the cover of the book "Novel Engineering, K–8: An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy," featuring illustrations of educational and engineering items like a rocket, telescope, gears, microscope, backpack, book, and two children reading. The authors are Elissa Milto, Merredith Portsmore, Jessica Watkins, Mary McCormick, and Morgan Hynes, and it is published by NSTA Press.

Novel Engineering Book

Novel Engineering will both introduce your students to an exciting integrated curriculum and support you as you use it in your own elementary or middle school classroom.

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