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This lesson presents lighter and more engaging material for students, and, when combined with the fun blocks, they often become distracted. Here are some guidelines that may help you.

What a teacher should know when giving tasks to students:

Children tend to imitate. The easiest way to do something is to first see how it’s done. So, sit down and show your students how to program.

About the robot parts

This is what one of our simplest robots looks like:

EasyBot

Before we begin building, let’s take a look at some of the main parts of the robot.

Motors

Motors

Motors are like the "muscles" of the robot - they make it move.

Microcontroller (Brick)

LEGO SPIKE Brick

This part is called the "intelligent brick." You can think of it as the "brain" of the robot. It is a small computer where you upload your programs. It reads information from sensors and controls the motors based on your code.

LEGO Technic parts

Some of the main LEGO Technic parts in the LEGO SPIKE Prime set

There are many different parts in the image above. Can you match their names to the correct parts?

• Tire

• Rim

• Double black pin

• Long pin (triple)

• Bush

• Gear

• Beam

• Axle

• Axle pin