THE SPIKE PRIME CHALLENGE WILL OPEN FOR ENTRY FOR 2024, VIA THE NATIONAL EVENT REGION PAGE MONDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2024.
In Terms 1 and 2, RCJA is once again running our nationally coordinated Spike Prime Challenge, exclusively for entry by Teams using the LEGO® SPIKE platform.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL REGISTRATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY JUNE 28th 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact Karen Binns (RCJA Vice President) on [email protected]
You could be a scientist with a time machine, that can slow down or even reverse time! You could be a historian, peering into the past and reliving moments in time like the Space Shuttle launch, or the building of the Sydney Opera House. You could be a future thinking innovator, with gadgets and sci-fi technology.
– Work as a team to research, design and build a prototype of your robot.
– Document your research, designs and programming (show us your design thinking throughout the process)
– Submit images and video of your robot
– Present your documentation through a video (include slides, short videos of how it works, the design, how it might move, behave).
– Be creative. Showcase how it works and it’s special features.
This challenge is for LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime robots only.
This needs to be your own design. You are encouraged to research and find examples of what others have already done, but your final product should be your own: not a copy of someone else’s idea.
You will create a LEARNING JOURNAL to show evidence of:
Research – show links, images, notes, sketches, your builds (did they change, what features of the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ did you really enjoy using when designing and building you robot.
Planning your design and programming (justify your decisions). Think about why you chose a design, how will it work?
Features of your robot: what makes it useful and what special features does it have?
Programming – explain how the motors and sensors are used to add interest to your robot.
Anything else that you think would be important.
Remember that your robot will not be remote controlled, you should use the LEGO® SPIKE™ software and write a program that enables it to be autonomous.
What to Include in your challenge submission…
Scoring rubric can be downloaded below
A video (max 3 minutes) of you demonstrating your robot based on the brief, “A Moment in Time”.
An introduction/ overview: where each team member discusses their role. (What roles did team have during the challenge; engineer, builder? Did the roles change?)
A discussion about how your robot fits within the theme
Describe the interesting design features of your robot: did you use motors, sensors, LEGO® elements and how do they add interest?
Each team member should discuss what they found challenging and what they enjoyed the most (e.g. the build, designs, research, programming)
Your robot in action. Zoom in and out to show your new robot in action.
LEARNING JOURNAL document (.pdf is best) or shared link to your online folder with all your supporting evidence, outlined in the specifications. (Make sure sharing permissions are working.)
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL REGISTRATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY JUNE 28th 2024.
