Student makes Super Awesome Car... with Lego!

Bring the real world into your classroom
6
February 2014
AGE GROUP
6-8 years
3 8-10 years 3 10-12 years 3 bilingual
Student makes
Super Awesome
Car... with Lego!
The life size car is made from more than 500,000 Lego
bricks. Its engine is also made of Lego and uses air! It
has a total of 256 pistons. But the wheels are not made
of Lego. They are made of rubber. The car goes very
slowly – only about 20km an hour!
Raul Oaida is a 20-year-old Romanian student. He
designed and made the Lego car in Romania. It took 18
months to make. Then he shipped the car to Australia.
Steve Sammartino
is an Australian
Used by permission,© 2012 The
entrepreneur. He
LEGO Group
helped find money
for the project. He
asked for help on Twitter and 40 people sent
money for the Super Awesome Micro Project.
Now, Raul and Steve
want to take the car
to car shows around
the world.
PHOTOCOPIABLE
Watch a video. What can you see?
© Macmillan Iberia. These materials can be photocopied for classroom use only.
February 2014
Activities
1. Match the words to the photos.
a) pistons
b) Lego brick
1. ___________________
2. ___________________
c) engine
d) wheel
e) Lego car
4. ___________________
5. ___________________
3. ___________________
2. Read and write True or False. Correct the false sentences.
a)
The Super Awesome car is made from 500 Lego bricks. ______________
b)
The wheels are not made of Lego. ______________
c)
The car can go 30km an hour. ______________
d)
The car was designed by Raul Oaida. ______________
e)
The car was made in Australia. ______________
PHOTOCOPIABLE
© Macmillan Iberia. These materials can be photocopied for classroom use only.
February 2014
Activities
3. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple of the verbs from the
text.
a) It (take) ______________ Paul two months to finish his school project.
b) She (make) ______________ ten model aeroplanes last year.
c) Steve (ask) ______________ me a really difficult question last night.
d) Last week the pupils (design) ______________ a class poster.
e) I (send) ______________ you a message two days ago.
f) Yesterday, Sarah’s mum (help) ______________ her with some homework.
4. Ask and answer the questions in pairs. Then write your answers.
a) What colour is the Lego car?
_____________________________________________________________________
b) What do you like most about the Lego car?
_____________________________________________________________________
c) What don’t you like about the Lego car?
_____________________________________________________________________
d) Do you think Raul Oaida is a genius?
_____________________________________________________________________
e) What other awesome inventions can you think of?
_____________________________________________________________________
PHOTOCOPIABLE
© Macmillan Iberia. These materials can be photocopied for classroom use only.