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It’s time to raise a new robot! Welcome to our family SPIKE™ Essential!
LEGO® Education’s brand new SPIKE™ Essential Set ignites primary school pupils’ passion for STEAM learning through playful problem-solving, preparing them to be resilient, independent thinkers.
As part of the LEGO Learning System, SPIKE Essential engages all pupils in hands-on investigation of STEAM concepts while contributing to literacy, maths and social-emotional development. Curriculum-aligned learning units use everyday themes, relatable minifigures with different personalities and familiar LEGO building elements to solve problems through storytelling. We love it! SPIKE Essential combines icon and word-based block coding with simple hardware – including an intelligent Hub, motors, a Light Matrix and a Colour Sensor – to bring STEAM concepts to life. Pupils plan and develop creative solutions through trial and error while working with their friends – and having fun!
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The SPIKE Essential set contains 449 elements, including intelligent hardware and a colourful selection of familiar, stackable and age-appropriate LEGO bricks. 4 Minifigures are included called Maria, Sofie, Leo and Daniel; they each have a distinct personality and they act as storytellers to make problem-solving relatable to all pupils. The set also includes a handy box of replacement elements so that you can keep your sets topped up and ready for hands-on fun and great active learning! The hardware includes:
- 2-Port Hub (charging time from empty to full is approx. 3 hours)
- 2 Small Motors
- Light Matrix
- Colour Sensor
Your pupils will love combining this fantastic hardware with icon and word block based coding in the LEGO Education SPIKE App to bring their creations to life!
Supported Operating Systems: iOS, Chrome, Windows 10, Mac and Android.
Teachers can reduce lesson planning time by using or adapting LEGO Education’s free, curriculum-aligned STEAM lessons. SPIKE Essential offers primary teachers 5 curriculum units for pupils in Year 1-5: Great Adventures, Amazing Amusement Park, Happy Traveller, Crazy Carnival Games and Querky Creations. Each fun unit includes lesson plans and teaching resources for 7-8, 45 minute lessons (including an open project which is 2 x 45 mins). Within each hands-on lesson, 30+ minutes of literacy, art or maths extensions are included which your pupils will love! In addition, ideas for differentiation and assessment are included, along with handy top-tips for teachers. Fantastic!
The LEGO Education SPIKE Essential STEAM lesson plans are designed to support whole-child development by purposefully and naturally integrating literacy, maths and social-emotional learning. The lessons are designed with a consistent structure and flexible built-in scaffolding to help pupils grow into independent STEAM thinkers.
In total, each curriculum unit contains a total of 6-10 hours of educational content. And it’s FREE! Simply select (and adapt if needed) the lesson plans that meet your pupils’ needs to create engaging curriculum content for everyone, year on year! Curriculum maps are available for each year group which supports long-term curriculum planning. You can expand pupils’ knowledge, skills and understanding over time. Start simply and progress through primary years using stackable LEGO bricks, simple hardware and an intuitive programming progression from icons to word blocks. Why not enable deeper learning experiences by combining SPIKE Essential with other solutions, like BricQ Motion Essential and Personal Learning Kits? They will unlock additional learning opportunities that keep pupils engaged and excited about STEAM learning whether they’re in the classroom or somewhere else!
SPIKE Essential is also used in the exciting, worldwide STEM programme called FIRST® LEGO® League Explore! Teams of 6-9 year olds work together, using their imagination, creativity and problem-solving skills to find solutions to a real-life challenge. This ignites their interest in real-world themes and develops key skills and confidence through fun, playful STEM-based activities. It’s perfect for pupils who love to get creative and hands-on in a team or for your budding young scientists, engineers and programmers! Every child’s achievement is celebrated in this play-based programme. Find out how to get involved in FIRST® LEGO® League Explore here.
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