The LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime Set is the go-to STEAM learning tool for grade 6+ 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, including the option to explore text-based coding with Python, SPIKE Prime helps students learn the essential STEAM and 21st century skills needed to become the innovative minds of tomorrow... while having fun!
LEGO EDUCATION SPIKE PRIME
What’s in the Box
Comprehensive Virtual STEAM Curriculum
Learning Objectives
Using the parts from the LEGO 45678 Education Spike Prime Set, build the Blue Balancer to start your own robot race! Can be used for any basic FIRST LEGO League challenge, basic robots, or more advanced PID balancing projects.
Instructional Links:
Blue Balancer PDF Building Instructions
Blue Balancer Wiring YouTube Tutorial
Blue Balancer PDF Basic Programming Tutorial
LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential is the cross-curricular STEAM solution for primary education. SPIKE Essential engages students in hands-on investigation of STEAM concepts while contributing to literacy, math, and social-emotional development. Standards-aligned learning units use everyday themes, relatable Minifigures with different personalities and familiar LEGO® building elements to solve problems through storytelling.
SPIKE Essential consists of a main classroom brick set with a wide variety of LEGO® elements and intelligent hardware, along with the intuitive SPIKE™ App, all of which is accompanied by a selection of unit plans and comprehensive online and in-app support. This helps students develop age-appropriate coding skills while providing comprehensive support designed to help educators deliver engaging lessons.
SPIKE Essential excites students and delivers strong STEAM learning outcomes, developing their STEAM knowledge and practices, and 21st century skills.
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LEGO Education Spike Prime
Inspire your secondary students to explore more advanced creations and continue to nurture their interest in STEAM learning with the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime Expansion Set (45681). It comes with over 600 LEGO elements, including large wheels, gear racks, a Color Sensor and Large Motor, plus a unique Maker Plate for easy building with your choice of single board computing (SBC) devices. The set also combines with the SPIKE Prime Set (45678) and free SPIKE App to launch students and teachers into the exciting world of robotics competitions, with over 10 hours of curriculum-based, competition-ready learning.
Additional FeaturesLEGO® Technic™ and System elements in a fresh color palette, including 2 large wheels, gear racks, a Maker Plate for SBCs, Large Motor and Color Sensor. The Maker Plate makes integrating your choice of single board computing devices fast and simple. Combines with the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime Set (45678) and free SPIKE App to give over 10 hours of curriculum-based, competition-ready learning. Includes comprehensive online lesson plans and teacher support.
Ensure that your SPIKE™ Essential Set always has a complete set of minifigures with this replacement set of 4 minifigures included with the LEGO® Education SPIKE Essential Set.
• Includes 4 replacement minifigures supplied with the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set (45345).
The LEGO® Education BricQ Motion Essential set engages grade 1-5 students in the exploration of physical science within a sports context. BricQ Motion helps foster an understanding of forces, motion, and interactions by providing easy hands-on learning experiences without the need for technology.
The LEGO® Education BricQ Motion Prime Set engages students in grades 6-8 in the exploration of physical science within a sports context. BricQ Motion helps foster an understanding of forces, motion, and interactions by providing easy hands-on learning experiences without the need for technology.
Stimulate children's natural curiosity to explore and learn with this versatile brick set. With 1,000 bricks included, the set allows children to create all sorts of life-like or imaginary figures, objects and buildings. Children develop fine motor skills while constructing, and the building cards will support and inspire their creativity. Where will their imaginations take them? A handful of LEGO® bricks can turn into absolutely anything!
1,000 classic LEGO® shapes and colors
8 double-sided building cards for support and inspiration
An activity card with inspirational teaching ideas
Online videos offer even more engaging activity ideas
Keep your LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime Set (45678) in perfect working order with the LE Replacement Pack Prime. With over 100 LEGO Technic™ and System elements, this replacement pack means you won’t waste precious classroom time searching for missing pieces.
A collection of replacement LEGO® Technic™ and System elements for the LEGO Education SPIKE™ Prime Set (45678).
Designed to work together with the classroom sets, this supplementary STEAM learning experience comes with additional teaching resources and student worksheets that deepen the student’s understanding of what they’ve learned in class for a true hybrid-learning experience.
STEAM Park builds on every child’s natural curiosity and desire to create, explore, and investigate the world of early science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) through creative play. The possibilities are endless, as you work with them to construct a STEAM Park full of dynamic moving rides, fun games, and scenes using the special selection of LEGO® DUPLO® bricks. With every trip to STEAM Park, children grow their understanding of gears, motion, measurement, and solving problems together in a fun and engaging way.
295 LEGO® DUPLO® bricks, including gears, tracks, pulleys, boats, and figures
8 double-sided building inspiration cards with 16 models to build
STEAM Park Teacher Guide with 8 STEAM lessons for free download
A selection of online learn-to-build mini animations
Build high-response robots with the LEGO® Technic™ Medium Angular Motor featuring low-profile design, integrated rotation sensor with absolute positioning and 1-degree accuracy.
Make your train pause, stop, change direction, sound the horn, and more! Taking the familiarity of a train and combining it with the new action bricks, early learners will learn through play about sequencing, looping, conditional coding, and cause and effect by placing the new action bricks within the train’s track. Each action brick creates a specific action allowing for students to test and redesign ways to problem-solve and work together to get their train to its destination.
Grades: Preschool - 1
Ages: 3 & up
Themes: Coding and Programming , STEM
Skills: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Coding
Subject: Early Childhood and Kindergarten, Science and Technology