1 – Pick your model

Select your lesson from the descriptions below

3 – Run your session

1 – Pick from the Spike Essential lessons available

Horse SPIKE Essential

  • Constructing: easy 20 minutes
  • Programming: easy 15 minutes

This horse is living any horse’s dream – running all day long. And you can learn a lot from building it, too. For example, you will learn the intricacies of pistons and how they turn rotational motion into linear motion.

To build this robot, you need one LEGO® Education SPIKE Esssential set (#45345) and the dedicated programming app created by the producer in the icon blocks mode.

Flight simulator SPIKE Essential

  • Constructing: average 35 minutes
  • Programming: easy 20 minutes

Have you ever wondered what makes airplanes stay in the air? This lesson focuses on technological and engineering solutions used in planes today and gives you a chance to create your miniature flying simulator.

To build this robot, you need one LEGO® Education SPIKE Esssential set (#45345) and the dedicated programming app created by the producer in the icon blocks mode.

Nest SPIKE Essential

  • Constructing: easy 20 minutes
  • Programming: average 20 minutes

How do robotic nestlings know when to ask for food? Thanks to their sensors! Young birds need nutrition to grow and these two demand it by chirping and jumping. Build, code and learn what homes other birds live in.

To build this robot, you need one LEGO® Education SPIKE Esssential set (#45345) and the dedicated programming app created by the producer in the icon blocks mode.

Mini Bulldozer

  • Constructing: easy 10 minutes
  • Programming: average 10 minutes

What bulldozers and tanks have in common? Can bulldozers execute tasks other than land clearing? Learn more about them while constructing and building a small bulldozer that will tidy up your desk.

To build this robot, you need one LEGO® Education SPIKE Esssential set (#45345) and the dedicated programming app created by the producer in the icon blocks mode.

Car race SPIKE Essential

  • Constructing: hard 25 minutes
  • Programming: average 20 minutes

Go faster! For one day, you can become a professional race driver by building and programming a race track simulator. Before you take off, you will already know the engineering solutions applied in racing by heart.

To build this robot, you need one LEGO® Education SPIKE Esssential set (#45345) and the dedicated programming app created by the producer in the icon blocks mode.

Parrot SPIKE Essential

  • Constructing: average 30 minutes
  • Programming: average 30 minutes

Parrots love flying. Help these colorful robotic parrot achieve the same dream! Build your robotic parrot to comprehend the complexity of birds’ wings movement.

To build this robot, you need one LEGO® Education SPIKE Esssential set (#45345) and the dedicated programming app created by the producer in the icon blocks mode.

Carousel SPIKE Essential

  • Constructing: average 30 minutes
  • Programming: average 20 minutes

This robot is actually a model of a swing carousel. As the motor power rises, the carousel spins faster and the seats deviate from their vertical position. Build this robot and see how the centrifugal force works in practice.

To build this robot, you need one LEGO® Education SPIKE Esssential set (#45345) and the dedicated programming app created by the producer in the icon blocks mode.

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