Set Facts
- SPIKE Essential consists of a main classroom brick set with a wide variety of LEGO elements and intelligent hardware, along with the intuitive SPIKE App, and is accompanied by a selection of unit plans.
- The price of the set was increased from $274.95 to $294.95 RRP in August 2022.
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SPIKE Essential Set Reviews
“Unlike previous series from LEGO Education, intended mainly for learning robotics and programming, SPIKE is a “cross-curricular STEAM solution”. SPIKE Essential is a box of contradictions. While its numerous qualities aid and facilitate school use, others undermine this... More outcome. Building constructions should be faster now, thanks to thoughtfully including special bricks that speed up this process. That’s a very important feature for standard school lessons.”
“The kit includes plates in several sizes, connectors, bricks with pins, or columns to quickly raise an element up a level. You can create something with fewer elements, which means less time spent building. Saving time is crucial when you have only 45 minutes for a lesson.”
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Community Stats
SPIKE Essential Set currently ranks #16 out of the top most owned sets in Education SPIKE Prime.
About Education SPIKE Prime
The LEGO Education SPIKE Prime sets are a STEAM learning tool for grade 6-8 students that combine LEGO building elements, easy-to-use hardware, and a drag-and-drop coding language based on Scratch. SPIKE Prime is designed to engage students through playful learning activities to think critically and solve complex problems.
SPIKE Prime consists of 21 sets that ran from 2019 to 2021. As of today,
45345 SPIKE Essential Set is the most valuable SPIKE Prime set with an estimated new/factory sealed value of $419.
Summary
Education SPIKE Prime SPIKE Essential Set set 45345 was released on September 7, 2021, retailing for $295, it has since been retired. New, unopened sets are valued at $419.
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LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential is the cross-curricular STEAM solution for primary education. SPIKE Essential engages students in hands-on investigation of STEAM concepts while contributing to literacy, math, and social-emotional development. Standards-aligned learning units use everyday themes, relatable Minifigures with different personalities and familiar LEGO® building elements to solve problems through storytelling.
SPIKE Essential consists of a main classroom brick set with a wide variety of LEGO® elements and intelligent hardware, along with the intuitive SPIKE™ App, all of which is accompanied by a selection of unit plans and comprehensive online and in-app support.
SPIKE Essential excites students and delivers strong STEAM learning outcomes, developing their STEAM knowledge and practices, and 21st century skills.
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