Essential LEGO SPIKE Set 45345

LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential sparks enthusiasm among primary school students for hands-on STEAM learning. Playful and narrative, this learning experience is part of the LEGO learning system and encourages students to explore STEAM concepts while engaging in French language learning, mathematics, and socio-emotional development. This set of 449 pieces comes with 4 figurines each with their own personalities playing the role of a narrator who invites students to think about problem-solving. The block coding based on icons and words using simple hardware (an intelligent Hub equipped with 2 ports, 2 small motors, a light matrix, and a color sensor) brings students' creations to life. The set also includes a colorful selection of familiar and age-appropriate LEGO bricks, replacement elements, and a durable storage box with color-coded sorting trays to facilitate the construction process and classroom organization. Featuring icon and word-based coding tailored to age and based on Scratch, the SPIKE™ app helps develop students' coding skills. As part of the LEGO learning system, SPIKE Essential offers 5 units of 8 standardized 45-minute STEAM lessons. Each lesson includes comprehensive online lesson plans with extensions for mathematics in French. It also provides assessment rubrics and videos to assist teachers. To boost teachers' confidence and help them succeed in their STEAM lessons through the LEGO learning system, SPIKE Essential is supported by a comprehensive professional development program. Spike Essential Concept: • Develop computer logic skills, including creating and modifying sequences, testing, debugging, and using loops. • Explore the design study process, including defining a problem, reflective solutions, and testing and refining prototypes. • Study scientific concepts of energy, energy transfer, and collision. • Enhance oral communication skills as students discuss their experiences collaboratively. • Engage in problem-solving based on a story. • Develop socio-emotional language by helping the story's hero solve a problem. Download the LEGO Education Spike 2.0 app for free: [here](https://education.lego.com/fr-fr/downloads/spike-app/software) Educational resources Spike Essential 1: [here](https://education.lego.com/fr-fr/lessons/spikeessential-quirky-creations) Educational resources Spike Essential 2: [here](https://education.lego.com/fr-fr/lessons/spikeessential-crazy-carnival-games)

Set composed of 449 pieces to easily create an intuitive construction including:
- 4 figurines with their own identity and diverse characteristics that, through a story, present a problem to solve which stimulates socio-emotional learning.
- 2 small motors
- 1 color sensor
- 1 3x3 color light matrix
- 1 small intelligent Hub with 2 I/O ports, Bluetooth connectivity, a 6-axis gyroscope, and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a micro-USB port for recharging and connection.
- 1 sturdy storage box with color-coded sorting trays to facilitate classroom organization.