🏫 Sphero Blueprint Build Packs:
Permanently allocated at all PfISD Middle Schools
(2 Class Packs per campus)
Check your Library or Maker Space

📦 Sphero Blueprint SNAP:
District Checkout Item
(8 Kits available for loan)

🧑‍🎓 Target Grades:
Grades 3-5 : Blueprint SNAP
Grades 6-8 : Blueprint

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Size: 2–3 students per kit.

Reserve Kits for your Classroom

(Coming Soon)

What are Sphero Blueprint & SNAP?

Rapid Mechanical Prototyping : Modular building systems designed for students to quickly construct, test, and iterate structural and mechanical engineering designs without screens or batteries.
Universal 25mm Metric Pitch : All trusses and components are measured in standardized 25mm segments (pitches), making mechanical advantage and geometric scale calculations seamless in math class.
Failure-Positive Learning : Built on an iterative design loop (Ask ➔ Research ➔ Imagine ➔ Plan ➔ Prototype ➔ Test ➔ Communicate) where structural collapse is treated as valuable testing data rather than failure.

Sphero Blueprint SNAP
(ELEMENTARY)

Blueprint_SNAP_for_Educators.mp4

Sphero Blueprint
(SECONDARY)

SPHERO_BLUEPRINT___Builder_s_Blueprint.mp4

BLUEPRINT SNAP : EDUCATORS GUIDE
(ELEMENTARY)

Sphero Blueprint SNAP Educator Guide - 2026.pdf

[ 📥 Download the SNAP Educator Guide ]

Inside the Guide: 15-Minute Challenge Cards

These 15 short activities are designed to introduce basic mechanical components step-by-step.

Phase 1 : Stability

#1 Strong & #2 Stronger (Trusses, Connectors, and Plates).

Phase 2 : Motion

#3 Move & #4 More Moving (Hinges, Turntables, Gears, and Pulleys).
#5 Spin or Lock? & #6 Spinning (Bearing Plates and Hand Cranks).
#7 Spin Faster & #8 Rolling (Gear Trains and Rubber Tires).
#9 Sliding & #10 Drawbridge (Linear Brackets and Rope Anchors).
#11 Winching & #12 Clamping Cardboard (Spools and Craft Clamps).

Phase 3 : Invention (Open-Ended)

#13 Grounds for Play, #14 Animal Structures, & #15 Driving Around.

BLUEPRINT : EDUCATORS GUIDE
(SECONDARY)

Sphero Blueprint Educator Guide - 2026.pdf

[ 📥 Download the Blueprint Educator Guide ]

Inside the Guide: Deep-Dive Engineering Projects

These 5 larger challenge cards and lesson guides are built for full-period or multi-day projects.

Iconic Skyscrapers

Build tall, stable architectural models while learning base reinforcement and scale.

Bridging the Gap

Construct span bridges designed to pass a strict weight load test while minimizing total part costs.

Blueprint Monorail

Engineer a passenger car that glides smoothly along an elevated single-track rail.

Construct for the Classroom

Identify real classroom problems and build functional prototypes like laptop stands or Lazy Susans.

Gone Fishing

Design working fishing poles with hand cranks, pulleys, and spools to reel in a weighted payload.

Standards/TEKS Alignment Note

📌 Sphero Blueprint and SNAP activities align directly with :

Texas Technology Applications TEKS (Computational Thinking, Data Representation)
Science TEKS (Force, Motion & Energy, Engineering Design)
Math TEKS (Measurement, Ratios & Coordinate Geometry)

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