Embedded Files
Introduce students to block coding on iPads or Chromebooks - as they control a Sphero BOLT robot. The Sphero Bolts have LED lights, the ability to move in multiple directions, and can even go in water or paint! Students of every age can control Sphero with the Sphero EDU app by drawing paths, using block code, or even advance to Javascript coding.
Discovery Center
Discovery Center
Sphero BOLT Power Pack - include 15 BOLTS in blue charger case
The Sphero Bolt is a codable robot which connect to an iPads, Android tablet or phone, iPhone, or Chromebook via bluetooth. Start with the Sphero Edu app on the iPad or use https://edu.sphero.com
Navigate the Sphero BOLT around a maze
Use Sphero Edu iPad or Chrome app to program the Sphero BOLT to navigate through a maze on the floor you created
Apps
Sphero Edu is the blockly coding app for all devices (including Chromebooks via https://edu.sphero.com
Install the Sphero Play app on mobile devices - Connect and control your robots with several exciting drive modes, use your robot as a controller to play games, or try out Block Drive for an intro to programming with colorful blocks
Integration Ideas
Sphero Edu Activities - packed with lessons - from Sphero
ThursdayLearnDay - 46 video YouTube playlist - from Sphero
Educator Resource Guide (21 page .pdf from Sphero) - includes some useful tips on connecting and managing the Sphero robots
BOLT: Matrix Lessons - the matrix is the colored LCD on the BOLT which can be configured
Sphero Training - collection of recorded webinars & tutorials
Integration with Google Classroom Use the Share with Classroom button to assign Sphero Edu content to a Google assignment
Tips
To use your own device, install Sphero Edu app - Chrome, iOS, Android (it won’t work yet on Windows or OSX laptops)
Use the Sorting Hat - selection process; have the student come up with their Chromebook or phone/tablet with the app open. They select a device to connect with and it "wakes up" and lights and/or moves. That's the robot they have selected. If it becomes disconnected, it's helps to step outside the room to reconnect, to make it easier to connect with your robot rather than others
Launch app, connect via bluetooth,
Be sure to aim each time (point colored light) towards you (i.e. between your legs) Reaim your robot often
Use blue painter's tape to layout the maze
https://www.sphero.com/education - edu cator resources
https://support.sphero.com/support/solutions/folders/9000180721
Quadrilaterals
Quadrilaterals
Students coded Sphero to travel around the perimeter of a quadrilateral shape. After mastering their code, students covered Sphero in paint and ran the code on a blank piece of paper.
Credit to https://sites.google.com/rockingham.k12.va.us/stem/sphero for some of the resources shared on this page
Creature Features
Creature Features
Students had to design a biome and make a path for their creature to follow. It had to have food, predators, source of water, and a habitat. The students created a cup with the design of their creature. It had to have special adaptations that helped it survive in its environment. Students coded the Spheros to control speed, make sound effects, and use special moves.
Purchase Information - URL
Purchase Information - URL
Sphero BOLT - $150
Sphero BOLT Power Pack - $2,650 - include 15 BOLTS in charger case
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