Your guide LEGO® Education

LEGO Education

If you are on this page, you are probably asking yourself numerous questions on LEGO® Education : what are the functionalities of each educational LEGO®? Why choosing LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 rather that NXT? How can you be sure that what you are choosing will not be too complicated for the person who will use it? What’s the advantage of the packs offered on Robot-Advance?

To all those questions we will try to answer so you can be as informed as possible to choose properly the LEGO® Education product that suits!

Which LEGO® for whom?

This is the first question to ask yourself! LEGO® Education offers several product ranges which will each have a role in the educational process and they won’t be adapted for all ages. Here is a resume on the most judicious choice according to the public which will use it.

Starting with LEGO® Education

Some of the educational products LEGO® allow introducing and initiating the youngest to brick construction and their meccanization. You never always know with what we should start to introduce LEGO® to pupils, so it is interesting to know their possibilities.

LEGO® DUPLO® for pre-school are for educational institutions and allow realizing pedagogical experiences about construction and imagination.
LearnToLearn offer a set of bricks and activities linked to improve the pupils’ implication in the learning process.
BuildToExpress allow stimulating imagination and creativity if children aged 6 and more thanks to a set of pieces especially selected: express an opinion or an idea thanks to construction.

Robot-Advance offer LEGO® Education packs perfect for introducing brick construction to pupils and children:

• The big LEGO® DUPLO® farm
• LEGO® DUPLO® town
• Educational Pack LearnToLearn
• Set Lego Education BuildToExpress
• Digital activity pack BuildToExpress

Programming, technology and mechanism

The following LEGO® Education packs will allow you introducing programming, technology and mechanism concepts associated to bricks..

Machines & Mechanisms are in different kits to support pupils step by steps as their competences are growing: technology and mechanisms for the youngest; engineering, sciences and mechanics for the older. 
LEGO® Education WeDo™ and LEGO® Education WeDo™ 2.0 allow going further than only brick construction by including batteries, connections, programming concepts, conception and mechanisms.

Robot-Advance offers you a set of Educational Legos to complete bricks, program them and mechanize them:

• LEGO® Education WeDo™ 2.0
• Classroom and LEGO® Education WeDo™ pack
• Set of first LEGO® DUPLO®
• Simple & Powered Machines Set LEGO® Education

Programmable robots LEGO® Education

The 3rd and last section allows going further with more complex mechanisms of programming and robotic, thanks to robots which can be improved with additional frames and components.

LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 : the latest generation of robots which allow building thanks to intelligent bricks and electric components.
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education NXT : former generation but as performing as the other for learning construction, mechanics, robotics and programming.
The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education Tetrix and accessories allow adding additional metallic frames and electrical components to improve LEGO® robots. Going further into learning thanks to a performing boost of LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 and NXT.

Robot-Advance offers a selection of packs and additional components which will allow deepening the learning of robotics:

• LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 packs with software
• Basic set LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education NXT
• Multipost license LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education NXT
• Set 31900 LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education Tetrix
• Angle sensor NXT

Reseller LEGO® Education

As a reseller of LEGO® Education, Robot-Advance is perfectly competent to inform and orient you towards the products which match the most to your needs and to your educational program.
Don’t hesitate and contact us so we can answer your questions on necessary pieces to the setup of a specific learning program around LEGO® Education products.