The LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime Set is the go-to STEAM learning tool for grade 6-8 students. Combining colorful LEGO building elements, easy-to-use hardware, and an intuitive drag-and-drop coding language based on Scratch, SPIKE Prime continuously engages students through playful learning activities to think critically and solve complex problems, regardless of their learning level. From easy-entry projects to limitless creative design possibilities, SPIKE Prime helps students learn the essential STEAM and 21st century skills needed to become the innovative minds of tomorrow… while having fun!
SPIKE Prime engages students through playful learning to think critically and solve complex problems, regardless of their learning level – while having fun.
The SPIKE Prime solution brings together LEGO bricks, a programmable, multi-port Hub, coding language based on Scratch and STEAM learning units to help students of all learning levels build confidence and critical thinking skills.
Offering an easy getting started experience, most SPIKE Prime’s standards-aligned lessons can be completed within a 45-minute class period– including building and coding.
From easy entry lessons to the limitless creative designs, SPIKE Prime engages students regardless of their learning level in thinking critically, analyzing data and solving complex problems with real-world relevance.
With teacher training, getting-started guides, and lesson plans, this solutionis a great way to help build students’ confidence, strengthen their STEAM foundation, and set them up for success.
Presentation of the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime as a competition ready solution for the Educational Robotics Olympiad!
Bricks, programmable Hub, drag and drop software, app and lesson plans are everything you need to start quickly and build confidence—no matter what level your students are at.
Hub
Designed for students grades 6-8 and most optimized for 45-minute lessons, our units accelerate STEAM learning by consistently engaging students to think critically and to solve complex problems, regardless of their learning level.
Kickstart a Business
This unit focuses on computational thinking skills for a Computer Science class.
Got a great idea? Entrepreneurship can strike at any moment, so get ready to transform thoughts into reality in our Kickstart a Business unit!
Students will in the different lessons focus on exploring key skills:
- Decomposing a problem in smaller parts
- Debugging
- Recognizing patterns and using code snippets in different context
- Creating algorithms
In the final lesson, students will integrate all these skills into a project to design a factory box sorter.
Life Hacks
The Life Hacks unit focuses on data representation and manipulation for a Computer Science class.
Looking at data doesn’t have to be boring! Bring fun ways to spice up the way data is represented in life.
Students will in the different lessons focus on exploring key concepts:
- Timing
- Variables and operations
- Qualitative cloud weather data
- Quantitative cloud weather data
- Arrays
In the final lesson, students will integrate all these concepts into a project to design a personal trainer to learn something faster.
Competition Ready
In the Competition Ready unit, students will be introduced to the world of robotics competitions as they gradually learn the basics of building and programming autonomous robots using sensors.
Working together to build an effective competition robot, they’ll systematically test and refine programs, using the design process to develop a solution in order to complete missions, all the while developing skills related to collaboration and teamwork, and life skills for their future careers.
Our comprehensive online lesson plans and a wealth of accessible, interactive support material give teachers everything they need to deliver lessons with confidence, whatever their previous experience.
Afterschool:
SPIKE Prime brings STEAM creativity and engagement into afterschool programs, robotics clubs, coding programs and maker spaces.
For robotics competitions such as FIRST® LEGO® League and World Robot Olympiad, the SPIKE Prime Expansion Set and Competition Ready unit help empower students and teachers who are new to robotics and in need of more formalized training.
