New LEGO® set: 45345 LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set

LEGO's official description

• 4 relatable minifigures with diverse identities and characteristics foster problem-solving and social-emotional learning.
• Includes 2 Small Motors, a Colour Sensor, 3x3 Colour Light Matrix and an intelligent Small Hub with 2 I/O ports, Bluetooth connectivity, 6-axis gyro and a rechargeable Li-ion battery with micro USB charging and connection port.
• 449-piece set also includes a selection of familiar LEGO® bricks and replacement elements for intuitive and easy construction.
• Sturdy storage boxwith colour-coded sorting trays for easy classroom management.
• The SPIKE™ App, featuring age-appropriate icon- and word-based coding based on Scratch, helps develop pupils’ coding skills.
• 5 units of 8 x 45-minute, curriculum-aligned lessons encourage independent STEAM thinking through playful, narrative-based problem-solving.
• Comprehensive teaching resources for each lesson give every teacher confidence to deliver engaging lessons.Key learning values
• Develop computational thinking skills, i ncluding creating and modifying sequences, testing, debugging and using loops.
• Explore the engineering design process, including defining a problem, brainstorming solutions, and testing and refining prototypes.
• Investigate the scientific concepts of energy, energy transfer and collision.
• Strengthen oral communication skills as pupils discuss their experiences collaboratively.
• Engage in narrative-based problem-solving.
• Develop social-emotional language by helping a main story character solvea problem.

— LEGO.com