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Programming SPIKE Prime in Word blocks: Beginner to Advanced

SPIKE Prime LEGO
Learning the basics of programming should be fun and exciting, especially for kids. In this course, students will learn the universal & key programming concepts by programming SPIKE robots to move, catch, draw, react and much more!
This course includes 25 lesson plans - enough for an entire school year! Build robots designed after impressive constructions, learn about the awesome world around you and have fun learning how to program.
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Contents Requirements

During this colorful, exciting and educational programming course with a new robot on every lesson, kids will learn everything there is to know about programming in Word blocks. Materials for each exercise include:

  • extensive introduction illustrated with graphics and animations,
  • detailed instructions for building LEGO® SPIKE Prime robot,
  • step-by-step programming guide for Word blocks of the SPIKE programming app,
  • useful cross-sections of the construction,
  • access to additional teaching resources.

Lesson plans

FERRIS WHEEL
The best amusement park attraction is now a programmable robot. Even better, YOU get to decide how and when this colorful wheel rotates. Catch a ride on this awesome robot and discover the most impressive Ferris wheels around the world.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
SPIROGRAPH
This robot will mesmerize you with a variety of beautiful patterns. Your task is to build this robotic art machine, then program its motors to draw spirals and curves. Together, you will become the unforgettable modern art duo!

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
HELICOPTER
This helicopter is perfect for a rescue mission. Model includes a moving rotor and a winch to carry the load. The mechanism at the bottom allows for convenient control of the robot's operation.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
CRAB
They walk sideways, can measure from a fraction of an inch to 12 feet, and they used to know dinosaurs! Crabs are really incredible animals. Learn more about them, then build and program your own model of this charming crustacean.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
BUMPER CAR
No obstacle can stop it for a long time. It just bounces back and keeps going! This specialized test robot will show you how to avoid obstacles and what's it got to do with the SPIKE force sensor. You will also discover the trick to controlling a drive base with differential steering.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
PUPPY
This robotic Puppy is very intelligent and well-behaved, but it learns all the tricks exclusively by means of programming code. Find out whether you can take good care of pets and if you can speak their language.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
FORKLIFT
Can I carry this for you? Forklifts can carry literally tons and they prove their worth every day in almost every warehouse around the world. Your SPIKE forklift will happily help out with any bricks laying around – program it and relax.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
MANIPULATOR
Help this manipulator move an object from one stand to another. It's more complex than it sounds! Take on this programming challenge, use all three motors, and learn how to create an autonomous SPIKE robot.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
CLEANER
This robot was born to win. Cleaner loves competition and gladly participates in any robotics match, especially if they involve cleanup challenges. Learn the programming secret to winning a robotics tournament by helping this robot triumph.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
BULLDOZER
Ready your blade, for there is rubble to purge! Join this Bulldozer on a quest to learn, code and clean. While its bigger namesakes move the rubble on construction sites and the gravel in quarries, this magnificent robot will remove all obstacles from your desk.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
MUSIC BOX
Make (sound)waves on stage with this unique robotic composer. Find out how technology made rock'n'roll and how to write a program that turns colors into sounds. Line colorful bricks and play that funky music!

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
LIFT
Without lifts, skyscrapers wouldn’t be as popular. Use a crank mechanism to make the Lift move between floors. To complete the task, you will rely on the electronic altitude measurement system. Learn how the winch works and when a ratchet can be extremely useful.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
MOTORCYCLE
Faster, faster, round we go! Build the Motorcycle by yourself and control its speed by using a clever mechanism that makes use of colorful bricks. Write the program according to the instructions, then take your Motorcycle out for a ride.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
COLOR SORTER
So many colors, so little time! Don't waste your precious break, sort bricks in a fun and efficient way with this helpful Color Sorter. Show this robot (with code!) how to recognize colors, so that it can neatly organize bricks for you.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
GEARBOX PUZZLE
This construction is incomplete! What is missing? If you like puzzles and challenges, this project is for you. Build and program the model according to the instructions, then solve the puzzle yourself to spin the pinwheel.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
DRAGSTER
Who will get to the finish line first? In this model you will find 2 ways of changing the speed - mechanical using a gearbox, and electronic, using a speed regulator with a rotation sensor.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
CLAW MACHINE
Winning at toy crane arcades is no small challenge. Is it a coincidence? Learn what’s the catch, why not every claw delivers the prize, then build your own Claw machine and see how this arcade game should actually work.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
CONVEYOR
Create and code the infinite robotic slide from a finite amount of bricks. Wondering how is it possible? The trick is to make the SPIKE conveyor act as a loop, which moves the ball back to the start.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
BUTTERFLY
Look upon the beauty of nature and spread your wings. Select one of the most beautiful butterfly species, then print and color its paper wings, so that you can finally bring this robotic specimen to life.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
WIND TURBINE
Wind is one of basic renewable energy sources, used by mankind since millenia. See how people actually make use of it nowadays by creating a robotic model of wind turbine, then get creative and upgrade your program.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
SAVONIUS WIND TURBINE
Time for renewable energy sources that can be used with robots. Open the window and look how the wind force rotates the scoops of the turbine and charges the battery. You can also attach the motor and compare the results.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT
Is it a helicopter? Is it a plane? Better! This is a tiltrotor aircraft model with two powerful proprotors. Take off vertically from a tiny landing field, rotate the rotors and spin them faster as you get away from the ground.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
GUARDIAN
Safety first, which is why everyone should have their own Guardian. This one is equipped with a super-sensitive distance sensor, foolproof motors and an automatic projectile launcher with a full magazine. With this robot standing ground, noting will surprise you!

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
GEARBOX SPIKE
How come after you change gear, a car drives with a different speed? What happens inside the box? Take a look yourself! Or even better, build a model of a gearbox and learn all of its mysteries.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.
CURLING
Every fan of Winter Olympics knows that when brooms help rocks slide on ice to get to the house, it’s curling time. Step by step, you will use bricks to create a pocket-size and weatherproof version of this one-of-a-kind sport.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678) and SPIKE programming app.

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