SGC Season 3 Registration (Upper Elementary)

SKU: 990-Global031

Registration for Sphero Global Challenge Season 3 is now closed. Stay tuned for Season 4 registration opening this Spring.

For upper elementary students (ages 8-11), we have two exciting Events designed to build computational thinking, engineering, and programming skills. 

With your registration fee, you will choose one of the two Events to compete in:

  • littleBits Invent 4 Good: Animal Kingdom - Teams will be challenged to design an interactive museum display to educate and engage the public. Learn more >

  • BOLT: Animal Behavior - Teams will program BOLT to imitate and mimic the animal behaviors we see in the wild while completing missions designed to challenge your team. Learn more >

Please Note: 

  • You (the coach) will need to finalize your team’s registration and select the Event(s) your team would like to participate in by completing the Google form sent to the email address you provide at checkout.
  • The Coaching Guide for the Event you registered for will be sent to the email you provide in August. 
  • BOLT robots OR littleBits needed to complete the Events are sold separately.

What You’ll Need:

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    Price:
    $75
    Sphero littleBits STEAM event.

    littleBits Invent 4 Good: Animal Kingdom

    Through collaboration, and critical thinking students will unleash their inner engineer as they work to identify problems and develop solutions using littleBits and their Invention Cycle: create, play, remix, and share. Students will showcase their solutions and inventions with a creative infographic and video as part of their virtual Event submission.

    What You’ll Need:

    BOLT: Animal Behavior

    BOLT: Animal Behavior

    Students will be challenged to complete mission objectives through different programming skills including loops, conditionals, variables, and functions. Students will program BOLTs using block or text (JavaScript) programming in the Sphero Edu app. Students will demonstrate their skills in their final submission (virtual) for judging and evaluation.

    What You’ll Need:

    WHAT COACHES GET:

    Upon registration, we’ll send you everything you need to participate in the Sphero Global Challenge Season 3, including:

    Kids coding in Sphero Robotics and STEM competition.

    Gather your Research Team

    Starting a team of real-life biologists is easy! Coaches do not need to be programmers, or even educators, to support students through the Sphero Global Challenge. Instead, act as a facilitator as students work to explore, solve problems, and unleash their creativity.

    The Coaching Guide will give you the tools and structure to guide your students through your Event. The Sphero Global Challenge is perfect for after-school programs, STEM/STEAM Clubs, school-day science blocks, or even for students to work on at home.

    Structuring Your Team

    Teams can consist of 1–5 students. After purchasing the registration, you will fill out the form to finalize registration. For larger groups of students (i.e. robotics clubs), we recommend forming multiple teams. In this case, you will need to purchase a registration for each team and finalize the registration for each team separately. Coaches are welcome to lead as many teams as they'd like.

    Team Roles

    Coaches can encourage collaboration, communication, and team building by giving students team roles to help fulfill all of the elements of the mission objectives.
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    A wrench and gear.
    Icon of a bug.
    Camera and pencil.
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    2022/2023 SEASON 3: THREE UNIQUE STEM EVENTS

    The competition, and its three unique Events, are an opportunity for students to go deeper with computational thinking, engineering, and programming skills in our various STEM and coding competitions.

    Teams and individuals of all abilities will work to identify problems and develop solutions, then submit entries virtually for a chance to qualify for the Sphero World Championship in Spring 2023.

    indi: Visit the Zoo!

    littleBits Invent for Good Competition badge.

    SKILLS

    Students will explore sequencing by creating a zoo and animal display using indi to demonstrate their understanding of:

    • Problem Solving
    • Algorithmic Thinking
    • Basic Coding Concepts
    • Pattern Recognition

    WHAT YOU'LL NEED

    2 Sphero indi Student Kits

    Optional: Sphero Craft Pack

    littleBits: Animal Kingdom

    littleBits Invent for Good Competition badge.

    SKILLS

    Students will use littleBits to design and build an interactive museum display that engages and educates the public:

    • Circuitry
    • Engineering design
    • Debugging

    WHAT YOU'LL NEED

    littleBits STEAM+ Kit (recommended) or other littleBits Kit

    Optional: Sphero Craft Pack

    BOLT: Animal Behavior

    littleBits Invent for Good Competition badge.

    SKILLS

    Students will use BOLT and their creativity to imitate animals and complete missions—all the while learning different programming skills including:

    • Loops
    • Conditionals
    • Variables
    • Functions

    WHAT YOU'LL NEED

    2 Sphero BOLT robots

    City Code Mat and/or Sphero Craft Pack

    littleBits Invent for Good Competition badge.
    littleBits Invent for Good Competition badge.
    littleBits Invent for Good Competition badge.

    SKILLS

    • Students will explore sequencing by creating a zoo and animal display using indi to demonstrate their understanding of:

      • Problem Solving
      • Algorithmic Thinking
      • Basic Coding Concepts
      • Pattern Recognition
    • Students will use littleBits to design and build an interactive museum display that engages and educates the public:

      • Circuitry
      • Engineering design
      • Debugging
    • Students will use BOLT and their creativity to imitate animals and complete missions—all the while learning different programming skills including:

      • Loops
      • Conditionals
      • Variables
      • Functions

    WHAT YOU'LL NEED