Tech Specs
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Bluetooth Communication
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45 Min Playtime
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Live Sensors
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Codeable
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LED Lights
Hands-On STEAM Learning for the Creators of Tomorrow
Hours of Play-Based Learning
Beginner learners can drive and play STEAM-inspired games with the Sphero Play app and eventually advance to programming with Block Based Coding or Javascript in the Sphero Edu app. The Sphero Mini At-Home Learning Starter Kit is ideal for educators to send home for individualized learning and can be easily facilitated and guided by parents.
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Featured Activities
Archie Ball
Plot Bot
TEENY TINY TECH
The tiny, wildly popular app-enabled robotic ball now comes with even more to explore! The Sphero Mini Activity Kit has everything little inventors need to get rolling, coding, and playing within minutes
Step-by-Step LearningLearn the fundamentals of STEM and coding by following the step-by-step activity cards with 15 challenges and games that offer hours of hands-on learning and play
Build. Play. Learn. CodeFor the first time ever, Sphero’s Mini now combines a 28-piece construction kit with step-by-step Activity Cards to help expand play time and imagination. Discover 15 games and challenges.
Sphero goes #BeyondCode
Sphero provides a STEAM-based tool set unbounded in its potential. Sphero uses programmable robots and STEM kits to foster students’ creativity through discovery and play while laying the foundation for computer science and other STEM fundamentals. Our program goes #BeyondCode with collaborative play-based activities, nurturing students’ imagination unmatched by other STEM education programs. Cross-platform apps are approachable for all skill levels so you can foster learning and creativity in any grade.
Compare with Other Robots
OVERVIEW
Approachable, easy-to-learn, introductory programmable robot for all ages and coding skill levels.
SUPPORT MATERIAL
Computer Science Foundations (Not Included)
SKILL LEVEL
Beginner
- Drive modes
- Draw coding
- Block-based coding
LEARNER PROGRESSION & ACTIVITIES
SPHEROCARE
1-3 Year Warranty
OVERVIEW
The STEAM+ Kit is the ultimate hands-on STEAM learning toolbox. Students can engage in unplugged activities and code in the littleBits Fuse App.
SUPPORT MATERIAL
STEAM Invention Guide (Included)
OTHER OPTIONS
STEAM+ Kit $399.99
SKILL LEVEL
Beginner
- Engineering
- Circuit building
- Block-based coding
LEARNER PROGRESSION & ACTIVITIES
FREE APPS
Fuse app: Fuse is a progressive web app that is browser based and uses Chrome’s fast web USB/BLE API for connection management.
INTEGRATIONS
SPHEROCARE
1-3 Year Warranty
OVERVIEW
Sphero’s most widely used in school robot. Fully programmable and highly advanced, BOLT provides endless learning opportunities for students of all ages.
SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate-Advanced
- Block-based coding
- JavaScript
LEARNER PROGRESSION & ACTIVITIES
SPHEROCARE
1-3 Year Warranty
OVERVIEW
RVR takes coding and learning to the next level through its hackable mobile platform.
OTHER OPTIONS
RVR Single $249.99
SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate-Advanced
- Block-based coding
- Javascript
- 3rd Party Hardware
- Engineering
LEARNER PROGRESSION & ACTIVITIES
SPHEROCARE
1-3 Year Warranty
OVERVIEW
Approachable, easy-to-learn, introductory programmable robot for all ages and coding skill levels.
The STEAM+ Kit is the ultimate hands-on STEAM learning toolbox. Students can engage in unplugged activities and code in the littleBits Fuse App.
Sphero’s most widely used in school robot. Fully programmable and highly advanced, BOLT provides endless learning opportunities for students of all ages.
RVR takes coding and learning to the next level through its hackable mobile platform.
SUPPORT MATERIAL
Computer Science Foundations (Not Included)
15 Sphero Play App STEAM Activities (Not Included)
STEAM Invention Guide (Included)
Computer Science Foundations (Not Included)
Computer Science Foundations Course 2-3 (Not Included)
OTHER OPTIONS
Mini Single $49.99
Mini At-home Learning Kit $89.99
Mini Activity Kit $79.99
STEAM+ Kit $399.99
BOLT Single $149.99
BOLT 15 Pack $2,024.99
RVR Single $249.99
SKILL LEVEL
Beginner
- Drive modes
- Draw coding
- Block-based coding
Beginner
- Engineering
- Circuit building
Intermediate-Advanced
- Block-based coding
- JavaScript
Intermediate-Advanced
- Block-based coding
- Javascript
- 3rd Party Hardware
- Engineering
LEARNER PROGRESSION & ACTIVITIES
FREE APPS
Sphero Edu: Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle
Sphero Play: iOS, Android, Kindle
Fuse app: Fuse is a progressive web app that is browser based and uses Chrome’s fast web USB/BLE API for connection management.
Sphero Edu: Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle
Sphero Play: iOS, Android, Kindle
Sphero Edu: Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle
Sphero Play: iOS, Android, Kindle
SPHEROCARE
1-3 Year Warranty
1-3 Year Warranty
1-3 Year Warranty
1-3 Year Warranty
Enhance your learning with Sphero's Computer Science Foundations
Computer Science Foundations is a standards-aligned, supplemental curriculum built on the K12 Computer Science Framework Principles. Scaffolded across three courses and 72 lessons, teachers and students build Draw, Block, and Text coding skills. They then integrate these concepts into curricular content: everything from polygons and poetry to logic-puzzlers and compliment-givers.
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Sphero Webinar: Actively Engaging Distance Learners
Happy New Year, everyone! (We can still celebrate 13 days in, right?!) We're kicking off 2021 with an awesome webinar topic, lead by three of our veteran Sphero Heroes. Join us for tips and ideas on how to actively engage your distance learners.
2 Simple Ways to Learn Computer Science with Sphero
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Sphero Edu App
Sphero Edu is your hub to create, contribute, and learn with Sphero robots.
Sphero Play
Drive and play games from ONE app with your Sphero robot.
What's in the box?
- 16 Sphero Mini app-enabled robotic balls w/clear shells and laser-etched IDs
- 16 Robotic ball covers
- 16 sets of 6 pins and 3 cones
- 8 construction sets
- 8 splitter USB cables
- Soft bundled with 8 sets of 15 activity cards.
- STEAM-related callouts
- 3 in each category based on ability
- Link to a program where the student runs or manipulates
- Optional add-on (not included in BOM): 2 USB hubs for charging
- Free Sphero Edu app available for download on iOS, Android, Kindle, Mac, Windows, and Chrome
- Free Sphero Play app available for download on iOS and Android
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