Yesterday, today and tomorrow’s robotics with LEGO Spike Essential – ENG
Sede - Location:
Firenze - International School of Florence, Viuzzo di Gattaia 9
Età - Age:
8-11 anni - 8-11 y.o.
Lingua - Language:
inglese - english
Tools:
iPad, Lego Spike Essential
Leonardo da Vinci è conosciuto in tutto il mondo non solo per le sue opere artistiche, ma anche per le sue brillanti invenzioni che proponevano soluzioni pratiche molto avanzate per il suo tempo. Durante questa settimana, i partecipanti si potranno ispirare dalle invenzioni del passato e del presente per proiettarsi nel futuro, realizzando e programmando nuovi e fantastici meccanismi con il kit Lego Spike Essential. Lavorando in gruppo, scopriranno il funzionamento delle componenti hardware del kit robotico come motori, sensori e matrici LED sviluppando problem solving, team work e pensiero critico.
Leonardo da Vinci is known the world over for his works of art, but also for his groundbreaking creations which led to advanced practical solutions to issues of his time. During this experience, participants will draw inspiration from inventions of the past and of the present to project themselves into the future, creating and coding new, incredible mechanisms with LEGO Spike Essential. Working as part of a group, they will discover how this robotic kit works thanks to hardware components such as engines, sensors and LED matrices to develop problem solving, teamwork and critical thinking.

LEGO Spike Essential
Based on storytelling, this kit spurs children to acquire soft skills related to STEAM subjects, by playing an essential part in their social-emotional development through the storytelling of their own learning experiences.
How do we boost creativity?
Participants become the main characters of their experience day by day, by facing increasingly complex challenges. They will immediately understand their goal without even noticing and will explore different functioning processes of sensors and engines together with their group.