SPHERO SPRK+EDUCATION PACK

LEARNING IS EVOLVING

The Sphero SPRK Plus Edition is a robot ball designed to inspire curiosity, creativity, and invention through connected play and coding. However SPRK Plus is far more than just a robot!

Powered by the Lightning Lab app, you can use Sphero to easily teach programming, complete hands-on activities, and share your students' creations with the community. There's no rule that says learning shouldn't be fun, or that playing can't be valuable. SPRK Plus makes the skills of the future approachable. 

How Can I Use Sphero SPRK Plus Edition in the Classroom?

Connect SPRK Plus to the Lightning Lab app to explore programming, complete activities and inspire your students through connected play and coding in the classroom!

The Lightning Lab App is your hub to create, contribute and learn with the Sphero SPRK Plus robot. Simple for beginners yet sophisticated enough for seasoned programmers, Lighting Lab empowers anyone to program their robot. This visual block-based building app makes learning the basic principles of programming approachable and fun. Drag and drop actions, controls, operators, and more to learn how SPRK Plus works. The written code students create can then be viewed right beside your block sequence for a more advanced understanding of the C-based language.

Program SPRK Plus

• Download the Lightning Lab app and program SPRK Plus utilising block-based programming.
• Lightning Lab app caters for all student levels in the clasroom; beginners can give commands by drawing a path for their robot to follow, intermediate coders can use the block-based drag-and-drop interface and advanced students can program by writing their own code.
• Transform ideas into code by using visual blocks that represent Sphero's C-based language 'Oval'.
• Save your work by creating an account and jump between the app and web platform.
• Build something great and share it with the community by publishing your programs.

Completely awesome activities

• Program a painting, navigate a maze, mini the solar system, swim across a river, have a dance party—the only limit is your imagination.
  
• Browse hundreds of activities made by Sphero and educators around the world
• Inspire and be inspired–create your own activities and share them with the community.

School Support

• Set up a classroom with student logins and assign activities, track progress in real-time, and review student work.
• Create a private activity and administer it to your class without sharing it to the entire community.
• Online support and troubleshooting is provided via Sphero Support.

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• Super durable UV coated polycarbonate shell that is scratch-resistant
• Bluetooth Smart (30 m range) provides near instant connection–ideal in a multi-robot environment such as the classroom
• The inductive charging base is now USB powered–simply connect to your existing chargers via the provided USB cable
•  PCB board is now blue, making it far easier to see the working parts.

• 12 Sphero SPRK Plus Edition
  
• 12 x Inductive charging base with USB charging cable
• 12 x Maze tape, 360 degree protractor and sticker sheet
• Quick Start guide to get you rolling
• Sphero SPRK Lightning app available for download in the App Store, Google Play, and Kindle Store.

• Super durable UV coated polycarbonate shell
• Bluetooth Smart (30 metre range)
• Goes over 2m/s
• Built-in LED glow
• Inductive charging with over 1 hour of play on a full charge
• App and firmware updates that introduce new features.