Lesson: Steerable Car Lego Spike Prime

This is a GREAT Lego Spike Prime tutorial and challenge that is guaranteed to motivate and inspire the students in your classroom. Build a car, that you can steer by using the buttons on the Spike hub. In this video I show you rules, tips, coding examples, construction ideas and more!

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Table of Contents
00:16 Robot Man Introducing Challenge
00:35 Rules and Tips
01:29Construction Ideas
04:11 Coding your Cup Toppler
08:39 Teacher Setup instructions
10:39 Member shout out!
10:48 Links to all my lessons and Spike Prime Tricks

If you are desperate to keep score, or find a winner I recommend my...

QUICKEST TIME
Time individuals to find the fastest time. (Always start timer when robot starts moving)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

(These are Google Sheets. Go to “FILE” and select “Make a copy”)

SEE ALL SCORE SHEETS HERE:
https://www.robotman.com.au/handy-goo...

TEACHER OBSERVATION ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET
I made this spreadsheet for you to make a copy. You can enter a score for each student on a scale of 1-5. Customisable and handy!
Check it out here:    • My FREE student assessment tool   (there is a link to the actual Google Sheet on the video’s description)

STUDENT SELF-ASSESSMENT
Here are two worksheets (one for older, one for younger) that teachers choose from, for students to fill out after the challenge. Print hard copy, or get students to fill in Word ‘soft” version:
Junior hard copy (to print) https://www.robotman.com.au/uploads/5...
Senior hard copy (to print)
https://www.robotman.com.au/uploads/5...
Junior soft copy (to fill out)
https://www.robotman.com.au/uploads/5...
Senior soft copy (to fill out)
https://www.robotman.com.au/uploads/5...

Extension Ideas
Automatic Steering: Challenge students to use the distance or color sensor to create a program where the robot can detect a wall or a line on the floor and turn automatically to avoid or follow it.
Beyond the Course: Add an incline or an obstacle that the car must navigate. This will force them to consider the robot's power and traction.

See a full lesson plan here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JvqL...

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