LEGO Building Competition

Details

Student teams will have the opportunity to show their creativity and building skills as they work together to display their chosen theme using LEGO bricks. LEGO comes from the Danish word for “play well,” and we look forward to seeing how your students showcase their imagination and play well in this exciting contest. The LEGO Building contest is a spectator activity and will require anyone over the age of 18 to have an L.E.S.T. Northwest Pass to be a part of the audience. Come and watch our builders put their teamwork, imagination, and building skills to work.

How to Participate

Lego Build Teams are limited to one team per school, a 5th/6th Grade team OR a 7th/8th Grade team, made up of two participants.

Registration is due December 15th on the L.E.S.T. Registration Form, but again, only the first 10 teams registered will be able to participate this first year.

Regulations

  1. Building teams will have one hour to complete their build once instructions and a brief Q&A are complete.
  2. Judging will take place immediately after the builds are complete.
  3. Participants will be notified following judging of their placement.
  4. Each LEGO Build Team will be provided with a LEGO Classic collection of bricks (Property of the L.E.S.T.), from which they will construct their build.
  5. Builders will randomly draw a theme.
  6. Participants will be judged on the following criteria:
    • Creativity/originality
    • Aesthetics/technique
    • Detail
    • Use of LEGO elements
    • Teamwork
    • How your build corresponds to selected theme.
    • Presentation (Brief verbal description of the build)
  7. Each team will be given a copy of the judge’s rubric in the packet that schools receive at the Closing Ceremony.

Awards

Awards will be given for 1st – 3rd place teams in each grade category (5th/6th and 7th/8th). Awards will be presented at the L.E.S.T. closing ceremony, along with photos of winning participants’ builds.