Year 1 to 5

LEGO® Education

LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set

45345

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For 2 students

For 2 students

100+ Hours of Learning
Standards-aligned experiences within the app & ready for class.
Resources
Classroom activities & technical support.
449 Elements
Including bricks, motors, sensors & hub.
Professional Development
Teacher resources & getting started materials.
Coding App
LEGO® Education SPIKE™ App for students included.
Community
Learn & share with other teachers.
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LEGO® Learning System

Part of the LEGO® Learning System

LEGO® Education SPIKE Essential is part of the LEGO® Learning System, and ensures a progression of learning year after year, starting in the lower grades and progressing to the upper primary grades. The consistent unit structure builds a strong foundation for easy progression into secondary education and more advanced learning opportunities with SPIKE Prime.

The LEGO® Learning System is an intuitive, inclusive, and highly adaptable hands-on learning system. It future-proofs students’ skills, and makes them confident life-long learners by giving them unlimited possibilities for hands-on, playful STEAM learning.

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The Solution

Intuitive, Inclusive and Adaptable Learning Solution

LEGO® Education SPIKE Essential combines aligned curriculum units, colourful LEGO® elements, a simple coding progression, and intelligent hardware. With the STEAM learning units students of all levels are fully engaged as everything is easily adaptable to any learning environment, making it fast and simple for you and your students to get started and begin learning.

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Bricks

Familiar Stackable LEGO® Bricks

Building and hands on learning is made easy and accessible for all ages with simple stackable LEGO® Bricks. The Bridge Pin connects creative system-brick builds to hardware and LEGO® Technic elements.

Intelligent Hardware

Intelligent Hardware to Build Smart Creations with Immediate Response

Create engaging, interactive models by connecting the Intelligent Hub, motors, a Light Matrix, and a Color  Sensor - to bring STEAM concepts to life.

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Extras

Year 1 to 5
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LEGO® Technic™ Small Hub

Year 1 to 5
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LEGO® Technic™ Small Hub Rechargeable Battery

Year 1 to 5
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LEGO® Technic™ Color Light Matrix

Year 5 to 8
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LEGO® Technic™ Color Sensor

Year 1 to 5
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Small Angular Motor

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LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Replacement Pack 1

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LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Minifigures

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Lesson Plans

Curriculum-Aligned Lesson Plans

LEGO® Education SPIKE Essential curriculum units are designed around playful narrative-based problem-solving with relatable themes that can develop young students into independent STEAM thinkers.

LEGO® Education SPIKE Essential includes 5 units that focus on national standards for both lower and upper primary grades. Each unit is comprised of seven to eight 45-minute lessons, plus language arts and math extensions for each lesson. This is 50 hours of classroom content in total!
During each lesson, students brainstorm and develop creative solutions through trial and error while collaborating with their peers.​

Teacher Resources

Get Started

After you purchase your solution, getting started is easy! This is where you will be guided on how to start using your solution in the classroom.

Get started

Professional Development

LEGO® Education courses provide teachers the opportunity to experience lessons from a student’s perspective, master classroom management, and explore best practices in classroom implementation. Courses support ongoing teacher training and development needs.

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Resources

We have FAQs, teacher guides, software and videos that will provide what you need to get the most out of our solutions for your students.

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Consumer Service

If you need help with anything else, contact our Consumer Service. They are here to help you make the most of your product.

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“The lesson was really cool and interactive. My students got to problem-solve, build and use their hands - the kids who can’t read were fine, too - and it incorporates technology, which is very motivating.”

3rd Grade Teacher, Rockaway Borough, New Jersey, USA

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Coding

Intuitive Coding Experience

Using the LEGO® Education SPIKE App students will experience intuitive coding. With LEGO® Education SPIKE Essential, students can progress all the way from lower to upper primary following a progression of block-based coding from icon blocks to word blocks based on Scratch. This provides age- and skill-appropriate tools for developing their coding proficiency.

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Competitions

Ready for STEAM Competitions

LEGO® Education SPIKE Essential extends its creative spirit beyond the classroom to robotics clubs, coding programs, and maker spaces. STEAM programs are a highly motivating and engaging way for students to develop and demonstrate their science and technology skills. These programs help students learn the cooperation, collaboration, and teamwork skills they’ll need to excel in a changing workforce.

Professional Development

LEGO® Education Professional Development

LEGO® Education SPIKE Essential is fully supported with online self-guided or facilitated professional development training program, enabling teachers to learn, practice, and master the competencies necessary to achieve the complete SPIKE Essential learning outcome.

Teachers actively engage in this experiential, personalised professional learning program designed to produce a strong set of transferrable instructional skills and strategies that foster student success, and facilitate hands-on, playful STEAM learning.

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Solutions

A System of Learning

Year 1 to 5
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LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set

Year 1 to 5
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BricQ Motion Essential

Year 5 to 8
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LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime Set

Year 5 to 8
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BricQ Motion Prime

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Want to Learn More?

Contact our distributors today and begin building STEAM confidence in your school.

FIND A DISTRIBUTOR