Lego Spike essential
Discover the Joy of Robotics with Our LEGO SPIKE Essential Course!
Perfect for elementary students, this engaging, hands-on course introduces young learners to the fundamentals of robotics, coding, and STEM using the LEGO SPIKE Essential set. Through creative builds, interactive stories, and problem-solving missions, children will develop critical thinking, collaboration, and computational skills in a fun and playful learning environment.
Course Highlights
Fun & Simple Robotics Builds:
Kids will build exciting models like merry-go-rounds, trucks, and robots using the LEGO SPIKE Essential set, designed just for young creators.
Easy-to-Learn Coding:
Using a kid-friendly, drag-and-drop programming app, students will learn basic coding concepts like loops, events, and sequences in a fun and playful way.
STEM in Action:
Each project combines real-world science, math, and engineering ideas—helping children see how things work while having fun with LEGO!
Story-Based Learning:
Lessons are centered around fun characters and story adventures that make each challenge exciting and meaningful.
Flexible Class Formats:
Available both online and in-person! Kids with a SPIKE Essential kit at home can join virtual classes, while in-person sessions offer guided, hands-on support.
What you'll explore?
Introduction to the LEGO SPIKE Essential kit and its parts.
Exploring the Smart Hub (brain of the robot), motors, light, and color sensor.
Learning basic coding blocks (movement, sounds, lights, Sensors).
Understanding how to connect parts and build simple models.
Write a simple programto make the model move light up and respond to the color.
Illumination: Understand how light sources brighten spaces and help us see.
How Eyes See: Explore how we see things through the reflection of light.
Transparency: Identify materials as transparent, translucent, or opaque based on how light passes through them.
Daytime and Nighttime:Learn about natural and artificial sources of light and where we use them in daily life.
Cave Car: Explore how animals move through dark caves and build a model to mimic their journey.
Boat Trip: Discover the different types of vehicles that travel on water.
Swamp Boat: Learn how boats float and are designed to move through swampy water.
Underwater Quest: Understand how direction and balance help in exploring underwater environments.
Arctic Ride: Explore what is navigation and how navigation works
Animal Alarm: Discover how people stay safe from wild animals using alert systems.
Tree House: Learn how people build tree houses to live safely in forests.
Animal Behavior: Explore how animals act in the wild and what their actions mean.
Animal Structure: Understand how animals’ body parts help them survive in forest environments.
Fast Lane: Smart steps in busy places to move quickly and safely.
Snack Stand: Build a model of a snack shop and learn how machines help serve food in public places.
Big Bus: Learn how large vehicles carry many people around cities efficiently.
Taxi Taxi: Discover how taxis move through city traffic to reach people quickly.
Carousel: Understand how rotation creates fun circular rides in amusement parks.
Twirling Tea Cups: Explore spinning motion by creating a twirling ride like those in fairgrounds.
Lego Spike essential
- Ages 6+
- 12 Sessions
Requirements
- For direct class, all materials will be provided.
- For online class, students will need a LEGO SPIKE essential kit and a computer/tablet with Zoom installed