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Lego is not just for playing and senseless building, but the company itself is exerting efforts in the field of education. Hence, the Lego Education line.

This product line by Lego aims to make education exponentially more fun by the challenge of building and putting together components and mechanisms.

Basically, Lego Education borrows its parts from the Technic line. Components like motors, gears, wheels, among the basic building pieces. What Lego Education can do is be a supplementary kit for any builder who wishes to create a moc of robots or as an expansion kit for existing sets if you want to make more additions to an already built set.

With the Lego Education set, kids can now venture into robotics. Made simpler with the help of Lego’s intuitive designs, and a bundled software, even your 7-year old child can be a robotics prodigy. Sets like the Tetrix and Mindstorm starter kits will definitely get your child started in exploring the engineer inside them. The starter kits includes basic building pieces, servos, motors, controllers, a battery pack and a charger.

From the complex robotics, Lego Education also has sets about simple machines. With the simple machines, children can learn about how simple mechanisms put together can form very efficient tools. The Trebuchet Class Pack is an educational set which features the medieval trebuchet. This war machine was once used to hurl objects into fortresses and castles using simple principles of the lever, counterweights, enertia, friction and more. This set is great for a group lesson about the said concepts and the working trebuchet will serve as a visual tool to demonstrate how height, distance, and velocity play important roles in hitting a target.

These sets, along with others in the Lego Education line is a great tool for schools and homes. Scientific concepts are easier to understand and demonstrate using such devices as visual aides.