Not long after its grand opening on October 15, LEGOLAND Florida will host seven educational field trips for students in Grades K through 6.

Starting in November, the park will offer the following programs, incorporating STEM and the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards:

• Tall Towers (Grades K-3): Students learn about how structures are made and what makes them strong and then test their creation on an earthquake table.
• Funtastic Gears (Grades K-2): Students build a theme park ride using gears to alter the speed and direction.
• Get Moving (Grades 2-5): Students build a car and predict which car will win the race and why – all while learning about friction, inertia and wind resistance.
• Energy Lab (Grades 2-6): Students build a solar-powered car where they collect, store and transfer the solar energy to power their vehicle.
• Amazing Machines (Grades 3-6): Students build their own amazing machine equipped with gears, levers, pulleys and motors.
• Dr. Heartbeat (Grades 3-6): With students at the helm, "Dr. Heartbeat" and other NXT-bots complete in a variety of life-saving operations and medical procedures using a computer, light & sound sensors and motors.
• Adventure Bot (Grades 3-6): Students can go on a mission using Adventure-bots to retrieve golden marble treasures and hide them from the treasure hunters using a computer, light and sound sensors and motors.

Field trips start in November. Programs can be booked now by appropriate school officials by calling 1.877.350.LEGO.

LEGOLAND Florida concept map

The park also just announced their complimentary Standard Annual Pass for all active Florida teachers. This pass, according to a LEGOLAND press release, "allows Florida teachers to experience first-hand the benefit of adding a LEGOLAND field trip into their curriculum." To register for the Pass and receive redemption instructions, teachers must visit http://florida.legoland.com/freeteacherpass.

LEGOLAND® Florida opens in fall 2011 and will be a 150-acre interactive theme park dedicated to families with children between the ages of 2 and 12. With more than 50 rides, shows and attractions, LEGOLAND is geared towards family fun! There are currently four other LEGOLAND Parks in the world – LEGOLAND California in Carlsbad, LEGOLAND Billund in Denmark, LEGOLAND Deutschland near Günzburg, Germany and LEGOLAND Windsor outside of London. The LEGOLAND theme parks are a part of Merlin Entertainments Group, the second largest attractions operator in the world. For the most current information, log on to www.LEGOLAND.com.