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SPIKE™ Essential

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

Check out this handy guide to resolve common issues!

Basic Coding Concepts in SPIKE Essential

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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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Robert Harper Category Getting Started 11d

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

Mar '24

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

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 ...

Mar '24

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 - ...