LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set
LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential provides students in years 1-5 with interactive STEAM learning opportunities, promoting literacy, mathematics, and socio-emotional growth. Through engaging learning units that feature everyday topics and relatable LEGO...
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LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential provides students in years 1-5 with interactive STEAM learning opportunities, promoting literacy, mathematics, and socio-emotional growth. Through engaging learning units that feature everyday topics and relatable LEGO minifigures, students can utilize building elements to create stories and tackle real-world problems.
Benefits
True Cross-Curricular STEAM Solution
SPIKE Essential lessons are thoughtfully crafted to promote holistic child development - from literacy and mathematics to social-emotional learning - within a STEAM environment. Such lessons are organized in a clear structure, offering built-in scaffolding to help students become independent STEAM problem-solvers.
Engaging Problem-Solving Activities with Relatable Minifigures
Motivate primary students to explore STEAM topics with hands-on activities that instantly capture the attention of this age group. With everyday themes, personified minifigures, and the power of storytelling, students can actively engage to solve problems and gain a deeper understanding.
Progression of Learning Year After Year
Progress students' learning and development through the years with LEGO Bricks, hardware and an intuitive programming interface moving from icon to word blocks. Set the foundation for additional advanced capability by utilizing the same app and unified learning unit structure with SPIKE Prime.
Unlimited Learning Opportunities
Familiarize students and teachers with the LEGO Learning System's comprehensive array of integrated products by utilizing SPIKE Essential. Amplify learning possibilities and motivate students by joining SPIKE Essential with other tools such as BricQ Motion.
Intuitive, Inclusive and Adaptable Learning SolutionLEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential integrates curriculum units, vibrant LEGO® bricks, a straightforward coding pathway, and advanced technology. These STEAM learning units draw in students of all levels due to their adaptability to any educational atmosphere, simplifying the setup process for both students and teachers. |
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Intelligent HardwareBring STEAM learning to life by constructing engaging, interactive models using the Intelligent Hub, motors, a Light Matrix, and a Colour Sensor. |
Lesson PlansLEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential includes 5 units adhering to national standards for lower and upper primary grades. Each unit contains seven to eight 45-minute lessons, plus language arts and math extensions for each lesson, amounting to 50 hours of classroom content. During these lessons, students work together to brainstorm and create innovative solutions through trial and error. |
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Intuitive Coding ExperienceStudents can utilize the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ App to access intuitive coding. LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential allows learners to progress from lower to upper primary levels, moving from icon blocks to word blocks based on Scratch. This provides age-appropriate resources to improve coding skills. |
Explore with CompetitionsLEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential will enable educators and their learners to participate in STEAM contests. Challenges like FIRST® LEGO® League and World Robot Olympiad offer stimulating hands-on experiences that motivate students, bolster self-belief, and hone competencies necessary for success in the real world. |
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In the BoxThis 449-piece set includes four Minifigures, a variety of easy-build elements, LED Matrix, Colour Sensor, Motors and more. The colour-coded sorting trays streamline building and expedite end-of-class clean-up. Numbered tiles provide visual maths practice, transforming maths into a relevant, creative, and engaging activity. |
What is LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential?
LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential is part of the LEGO® Learning System. It’s an exciting hands-on solution that uses playful learning experiences to engage primary school students in STEAM learning, putting them on the path to becoming resilient, independent thinkers.
This playful, narrative-based learning experience encourages students to investigate STEAM concepts while contributing to literacy, math, and social-emotional skills development. It uses Minifigures, with different characteristics and personalities, to make problem-solving relatable to all students through standards-aligned learning units. Icon- and word-based block coding with simple hardware—including an intelligent two-port Hub, motors, a Light Matrix, and a Colour Sensor—help students bring their creations to life. A variety of age-appropriate tools help students develop into independent STEAM thinkers as their learning progresses from grade to grade. SPIKE Essential is accompanied by a comprehensive professional development program.
Which products comprise the LEGO® SPIKETM Essential family?
SPIKE Essential offers 1 core set and 7 supplemental SKUs.
- 45345 LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set
- 45605 LEGO® Technic™ Colour Sensor
- 45607 LEGO® Technic™ Small Angular Motor
- 45608 LEGO® Technic™ 3x3 Colour Light Matrix
- 45609 LEGO® Technic™ Small Hub
- 456012 LEGO® Technic™ Small Hub Battery
- 2000722 LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Replacement Pack 1
- 2000723 LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Replacement Pack 2
What is the target age group?
SPIKE Essential is designed for lower and upper primary school students ages 6+. The target age group may vary between countries because country-specific curriculum needs determine where each lesson is mapped.
What is the recommended number of students per set?
As with all of the LEGO Learning System solutions, we recommend one set for every two students in a classroom setting.
What is included in the SPIKE Essential Set?
The SPIKE Essential Set contains 449 elements, including intelligent hardware and a colorful selection of familiar, stackable, and age-appropriate LEGO bricks. The hardware includes a 2-Port Hub, 2 Small Motors, a Light Matrix, and a Colour Sensor, which students can combine with icon- and word-based block coding in the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ App to bring their creations to life! The set comes with 4 Minifigures, each with a distinct personality, who act as storytellers to make problem-solving relatable to all students. The set also includes replacement elements and a durable storage box with colour-coded sorting trays to simplify the building process and classroom management.
Is SPIKE Essential meant to replace WeDo 2.0?
SPIKE Essential is part of the new LEGO Learning System. It targets a broader age group than WeDo 2.0, and it’s the foundation of the LEGO Education portfolio for primary schools.
How do I start using SPIKE Essential with my students?
Please visit LEGOeducation.com/start and follow the SPIKE Essential onboarding guide for your unit grade band.
How much learning content does SPIKE Essential offer?
SPIKE Essential offers 5 curriculum units for primary school students in grades 1–5. Each curriculum unit includes lesson plans and teaching resources for 7-8, 45-minute lessons (including an open project, 2 x 45 min). Additionally, each lesson includes 30+ minutes of language arts or math extensions. Therefore, each curriculum unit contains a total of 6–10 hours of educational content.
Which educational standards are covered?
Every lesson is designed to help students develop a full range of STEAM skills. SPIKE Essential mainly covers curriculum standards within science, engineering, and computer science, with extension activities that contribute to literacy and math. For detailed market-specific educational standards, please see the individual activities on LEGOeducation.com/lessons.
In which languages is the SPIKE Essential curriculum available?
Like all of the LEGO Learning System products, the SPIKE Essential curriculum is available in 21 languages: English (US), English (UK), English (AU), Chinese (simplified), Japanese, Russian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (BR), Spanish, Spanish (MX), Polish, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Arabic.
Where can I find SPIKE Essential lesson plans and teaching resources?
You’ll find SPIKE Essential lesson plans on LEGOeducation.com/lessons along with online lesson plans and teaching resources for all LEGO Education products. You can search by product, grade, subject, or keyword to find an engaging lesson that fits your needs.
What type of assessment tools are included with SPIKE Essential?
Each SPIKE Essential lesson offers an observational checklist for teachers, and tools to support student self-assessment and peer (student-to-student) feedback.
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