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Sphero BOLT

MG002

$372.45 (Ex GST)

$428.32 (Incl GST)

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Description
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Get ready to add some excitement to your classroom with Sphero BOLT – the ultimate coding robotic ball! Designed for educators who want to inspire their students' curiosity in STEM, Sphero BOLT is a game-changing tool that empowers students to explore their creativity, coding skills, and inventiveness. With its advanced sensors, programmable LED matrix, and innovative technology, Sphero BOLT is the perfect way to integrate some fun into learning and make your classroom a place where students can't wait to explore!

Classroom Ideas:

Foster STEM engagement through interactive robotics and real-world problem solving
Offer tiered coding options: draw paths, drag-and-drop blocks, or write JavaScript code
Encourage peer collaboration using infrared communication for team-based activities
Support data literacy and physics concepts through built-in sensors and experiments
Enhance creativity through LED-based projects and visual coding challenges
Create a visual storytelling activity using LED matrix animations
Host a “code your own obstacle course” lesson with motion programming
Use the sensors to conduct experiments on speed, light, and motion
Build collaborative games where students code multiple BOLTs to interact
Facilitate AI and machine learning explorations through sensor data logging

Features:
•    Built for the classroom
•    Hands-on STEAM learning
•    Caters for beginners to advanced learners
•    Cross-curricular
•    Clear, Durable, Waterproof Scratch-resistant
•    Shell is sealed and does not open
•    Compatible and programmable with the Sphero Edu app
•    Designed for up to 2 Students (2:1 student-to-robot ratio)

Tech Specs:
•    8x8 LED Matrix
•    Infrared communication
•    Colour sensor
•    Ambient Light sensor
•    Accelerometer
•    Gyroscope
•    Bluetooth communication

Sphero Central
• Find BOLT resources, lessons and guides and more at Sphero Central, Sphero’s new content platform designed to help educators streamline their classroom experience and maximize the value of their Sphero tools–all in one place.

What’s in the box:
•    1 x Sphero BOLT
•    1 x Inductive Charging Cradle with USB Cable
•    1 x Protractor with heading, directions, and clock
•    1 x Sticker sheet
•    1 x Quick Start Guide

Device Compatibility:
• Sphero Edu App (For School): Students code using Draw, Blocks, or Javascript. Access 1000s of activities and manage your classroom. Chrome, Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Kindle
• Sphero Play App (For Home): Kids use Block Drive for an intro to programming with colourful blocks. iOS, Android, Kindle.

Click to view resource Please click here to view the Sphero Teacher Guide with AU C