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SPIKE™ Prime Set

Kickstart a Business

Learning Promise
In this unit, your pupils will develop effective problem-solving skills by decomposing problems into smaller parts. They'll use pseudocode as a tool for sequencing actions, use existing code with attributes to recognise patterns, systematically identify and fix bugs, and use conditions and compound conditions to program encoded devices.

Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Science: 2. Technology: 5. Engineering: 3. Arts: 2. Math: 3.
Hybrid
STEAM, Computer Science, Coding

Lessons

Place Your Order
Kickstart a Business (Lesson 1)

Place Your Order

SPIKE™ Prime Set

Follow a user guide video to replicate the actions of a ‘quality check’ robot.

STEAM, Computer Science, Coding
30-45 min.
Beginner
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Out of Order
Kickstart a Business (Lesson 2)

Out of Order

SPIKE™ Prime Set

Find and fix mistakes in a program in order to make a delivery cart work as it was meant to.

STEAM, Computer Science, Coding
30-45 min.
Beginner
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Track Your Parcels
Kickstart a Business (Lesson 3)

Track Your Parcels

SPIKE™ Prime Set

Remix programming stacks to use an X-Y tracking device to follow a path on a piece of paper.

STEAM, Computer Science, Coding
90-120 min.
Intermed.
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Keep It Safe
Kickstart a Business (Lesson 4)

Keep It Safe

SPIKE™ Prime Set

Use conditions to lock or unlock the door of a safe deposit box.

STEAM, Computer Science, Coding
90-120 min.
Intermed.
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Keep it really safe!
Kickstart a Business (Lesson 5)

Keep it really safe!

SPIKE™ Prime Set

Use compound conditions to reinforce the encryption pattern on a safe deposit box.

STEAM, Computer Science, Coding
90-120 min.
Intermed.
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Automate it!
Kickstart a Business (Lesson 6)

Automate it!

SPIKE™ Prime Set

Create and program an automated helper that can identify and dispatch the correct parcel based on its colour.

STEAM, Computer Science, Coding
120+ min.
Intermed.
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Hybrid
Back to Back
Kickstart a Business (Lesson 7)

Back to Back

SPIKE™ Prime Set

Not all code is on a computer. Write pseudocode that tells how to build a LEGO® model!

STEAM, Computer Science, Coding
45 min
Beginner
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3