Explore Lesson 3

• Review the Explore Lesson 3 lesson in the LEGO^® Education SPIKE^™ App.
• If necessary, pre-teach these related vocabulary words:
  information, improve.

• Facilitate a quick discussion about asking questions to identify and understand a problem, such as the Explore challenge.
• Encourage pupils to use key questions to find out information before they try to solve a problem.
• Introduce pupils to who, what, when, where, why, and how questions.

• Allow pupils to be guided by the LEGO^® Education SPIKE^™ App to complete their first challenge.

• Build the basic model, on which the pupils can explore new ideas.

• Pupils will then iterate and test their model to complete the next two challenges in the app.

• The next challenges include:

• Program the snowmobile to move.

• Consider how the driving robot might be used in a solution to the Explore challenge.

• Talk to the pupils using GECKO to reflect on their challenges by asking questions such as:
• What was the problem that needed solving?
• How did you work together as a team to solve the problem?

• Prompt pupils to discuss and reflect on how what they’ve learnt in the last three sessions will help them create moving models for their Explore challenge solution.

• Ask guiding questions to encourage your pupils to “think aloud” and explain their thought processes and reasoning in the decisions they’ve made while building and programming.

Teacher Observation Checklist

• Measure your pupils’ proficiency in brainstorming solutions for a defined problem.
• Create a scale that matches your needs. For example:
  1. Requires additional support
  2. Can work independently
  3. Can teach others

Self-Assessment

• Have each pupil choose the brick that they feel best represents their performance.
  • Yellow: I think I can ask questions to identify a problem.
  • Blue: I can ask questions to identify a problem.
  • Green: I can ask questions to identify a problem, and help a friend do it too.

Peer Assessment

• In their small groups, have your pupils discuss their experiences working together.
• Encourage them to use statements like these:
  • I liked it when you…
  • I’d like to hear more about how you…

Model Tip

• After your pupils complete their second challenge, they’ll be provided with an open-ended prompt for improving their models.
• Encourage them to consider the Explore challenge, and how they might create something relevant to that context.

There are no specific building instructions for this challenge.

Simplify this lesson by:

• Shortening the lesson to only include the first challenge.

Increase the difficulty by:

• Modifying the front of the snowmobile to use wheels.
• Consider how the driving robot could be integrated into the Explore set model.