The Lego Theme park

When we started the process of applying to be a First Lego league competition we really had no idea of what skills we would need to field a team. Also because we have had to fundraise to buy the kit, we have not been able to get our hands on the robot either. The only thing we knew for definite was that we would need to work as a team to produce a robot.

To try to simulate this idea of everyone contributing to a larger whole, we built a Lego theme park. The team either paired up or worked alone to produce 'rides' made out of lego. All teh rides had names and descriptions andthe ones I can remember are below.

The Pirate ship

Built by Q and B it is a working swining Pirate ship. Unfortunatly due to restrictions in the lego avaliable they had to resort to wool to make it swing.

Lord of the Skies

A flight simulator built by LS.

Fortune telling booth by S

Log flume by JD and JS



Merry-go-round by J and E



The Climbing Wall by LT

A moving climbing wall where the top of the wall leans forwards as you climb to make it more difficult.

L's theme park ride



There were many more exciting and interesting 'rides' invented and we did put them all together to make a full theme park. Unfortunately the photo isn't very good because I rushed it and the light was bad, but its below to give an idea of the work that went in.