At a glance
LEGO® SPIKE™ Robotics introduces students in grades 1 to 12 to robotics and Scratch-style coding with the most advanced version of LEGO® Education SPIKE™. Teams take on challenges such as a sumo battle, fighting wildfires in British Columbia or the White House bunker.
Students learn how the brick, motors, sensors and frame work together, follow a programming sequence and recognize rotation and translation in the robot’s movements. The project runs over at least two workshops of 60, 75 or 90 minutes in school, or 6 to 10 weeks after school.
Would you like to introduce your students to robotics and Scratch coding?
This is the project for you.
With LEGO® Education SPIKE™, the most advanced version, we offer a series of exciting challenges such as a sumo battle, fighting wildfires in British Columbia and the White House bunker…
Let’s see how your young programmers handle our challenges!
How it runs:
- In school: from 2 workshops of 60, 75 or 90 minutes.
- After school: 60-minute workshops over 6, 8 or 10 weeks.
Learning goals (elementary)
- Understand how the robot’s parts work together (brick, motors, sensors, frame).
- Understand a programming sequence in the LEGO® SPIKE™ software.
- Recognize rotation and translation in the robot’s movements.
- Identify mechanical parts and what they do (gears, cams, levers).
- Explain why fractions matter in robotics (gear ratios, wheel rotations).
- Recognize the challenges of building a robot (friction, direction, speed).
- Recognize the influence and impact of robots on today’s societies.
Learning goals (secondary)
- Describe what each part of a motion transmission system does (for example, a bicycle’s sprockets and chain).
- Describe how a transmission system changes speed or direction (for example, a 1:3 or 3:1 gear ratio) and how that affects the build.
- Identify motion transmission systems in a robot (friction wheels, pulleys and belt, gears, sprockets and chain, worm and wheel).
- Explain why a given transmission is chosen for a technical object (for example, gears rather than friction wheels for more torque and no slipping).
- Describe the pros and cons of grip and friction between parts and on the ground.
