SPIKE™ Essential

LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential engages students in hands-on investigation of STEAM concepts using everyday themes. In addition to learning computer science and design engineering concepts, students will also develop their literacy, math, and social-emotional skills as they turn science concepts into reality.

The resources on this page introduce teachers and students to coding, icon and word blocks, and computational thinking. Below these guides we have included a series of Lesson Progressions for Grades 1-5 that identifies a recommended sequence of lessons and extensions to help your students maximize their experience using SPIKE™ Essential. 

.NEW! Help students transition from Icon to Word Block Coding with this Crosswalk!
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Troubleshooting with SPIKE Essential
Troubleshooting with SPIKE Essential

Check out this handy guide to resolve common issues!
Basic Coding Concepts in SPIKE Essential
Basic Coding Concepts in SPIKE Essential

Explore how Sequences, Loops, and Events are scaffolded throughout LEGO Education Lessons.

Coding Blocks Used in SPIKE Essential
Coding Blocks Used in SPIKE Essential

This comprehensive list of icon and word blocks defines the purpose of the block and identifies which lessons use which blocks.

Computational Thinking in SPIKE Essential Lessons
Computational Thinking in SPIKE Essential Lessons

See how your students will learn and develop their understanding of computational thinking skills throughout the SPIKE Essential Lessons.
SPIKE Essential Curriculum Integration Guide
SPIKE Essential Curriculum Integration Guide

This resource is intended for use by district curriculum coordinators as they plan their Science, Computer Science, Math, and ELA scope and sequence.

SPIKE Essential Getting Started Lesson Tutorials
SPIKE Essential Getting Started Lesson Tutorials

This resource has six tutorials to introduce students to the Hub, the motors, the light matrix, the color sensor, the gyro sensor, and word blocks--all within the 5E lesson design.

STEAM Grade 1-5 Lesson Progressions (General)
STEAM Grade 1-5 Lesson Progressions (General)

Click here to access STEAM Lesson Progressions, featuring LEGO® Education Lessons, SPIKE™ App tutorials, and activities sequenced for Grades 1-5.

STEAM Grade 1-5 Lesson Progressions (NGSS, CCSS, CSTA)
STEAM Grade 1-5 Lesson Progressions (NGSS, CCSS, CSTA)

Click here to access NGSS, Common Core, and CSTA-aligned STEAM Lesson Progressions, featuring LEGO® Education Lessons, SPIKE™ App tutorials, and activities sequenced for Grades 1-5.

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JASON Rothenburger
Keep It Safe-Spike Prime Lesson
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My daughter and I are having trouble figuring out the block code for the condition on the safe to not have it open ...
JASON Rothenburger Category Getting Started Feb '24
cameron allen cameron allen Mar '24

@JASON Rothenburger my son and I also struggling but looks like no answers here. Did you work it out?

JASON Rothenburger JASON Rothenburger Mar '24

@cameron allen yes. You have to add in a sound in between each direction command for the rotation so that they act as a ...

cameron allen cameron allen Mar '24

@JASON Rothenburger :

@cameron allen yes. You have to add in a sound in between each direction command for the ...

Ignacio Arellano Ignacio Arellano Oct '24

@cameron allen
I just stumbled at the same problem today at the classroom. Solution was to change to less than ...

Cassondra Zielinski
Keeping the Kits and Bricks Safe
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This year I decided to use black toolboxes for all the bricks I have in the classroom. It helps to keep it organized ...
Cassondra Zielinski Category Getting Started Aug '24
Pollyanna Cardoso
Produtos Lego
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How to be an educator representing Lego in Brazil? How can I buy Lego more
Pollyanna Cardoso Category Getting Started May '24
B Aurora RZ Valles
Lego Education México User Groups Global-Latam
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Eventos Comunitarios, talleres, actividades y recursos completamente en español para la comunidad Latín - ...
B Aurora RZ Valles Category Getting Started Feb '24
Andrea Milo
Architecture Week, April 14-20 and activities
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Excited to share the American Institute of Architects is celebrating Architecture Week and you can find some fun ...
Andrea Milo Category Getting Started Feb '24
J privat
Howto transfer data files from spike prime to PC / iPad - ...
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Hi, how can files created being on the spike prime hub file system be copied/transferred to the PC/iPad? ...
J privat Category Getting Started Dec '23
J privat J privat Dec '23

I did not get any reply here but want to share my result:

1. The current spike hub3 des not support this anymore.

2. The ...

Marek Lewandowski Marek Lewandowski Feb '24

@J privat
For the past years LEGO is increasingly locking their robotic solution to whatever they designed as ...

Jeanne Salchli
Lego Spike Prime Kit with Lego Spike Essential Lessons
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Can I use Lego Spike Essential lessons with the Lego Spike Prime kits? It seems to me that the Spike Essential ...
Jeanne Salchli Category Getting Started Jan '24
Andrea Weedman
Pretest or Posttest for Spike Prime
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Hi, Has anyone developed a pretest or posttest to use with their Spike Prime Units? I'm needing to start one to show ...
Andrea Weedman Category Getting Started Nov '23
Roel van der Linden
Can the LE BricQ instructions be found online?
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Is there a possibility having the building instructions for both BricQ sets online? I think the booklets are ...
Roel van der Linden Category Getting Started Nov '23
Roel van der Linden Roel van der Linden Nov '23

@Roel van der Linden

Found them when I had some spare time left over for a good search, for all others:

BricQ Prime - ...

Oliver Beyer
Python-API and -documentation in SPIKE-App
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Hi! I'm quite new to this community - and new to python, which I currently try to learn by using SPIKE Prime. However ...
Oliver Beyer Category Getting Started Aug '23
Ian Dudley Ian Dudley Oct '23

@Oliver Beyer I have used the Python version using the Inventor App that worked well. This might be of help. If you ...

Ian Dudley Ian Dudley Oct '23

@Oliver Beyer Have a look at this. What I did here was to provide a specific lesson only by cut and pasting them so ...

Oliver Beyer Oliver Beyer Nov '23

@Ian Dudley Hello Ian, sorry for the delayed response - haven’t visited this site for quite a while - and many thanks ...