3D Design and Printing with SPIKE Prime

Lesson plans specifically created to help learn 3D design in a student-friendly way. On each lesson, students design a 3D model that completes, or expands the possibilites of a robot built from LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime bricks. Every step of the design process is explained by means of commentary and multimedia. These lessons offer a unique chance to transform digital into reality, and the effects look spectacular. Moreover, students learn exceptionally practical skills that they can later build on and use professionally.
Lessons available in monthly and annual subscriptions.

Thanks to this exciting and educational course with a new robot and a new 3D print on every lesson, students can familiarize themselves with 3D design in various software. Materials for each exercise include:

  • extensive introduction illustrated with graphics and animations,
  • detailed instructions for building LEGO® SPIKE Prime robot,
  • detailed instructions on how to design 3D elements for 3D printing,
  • step-by-step programming guide for SPIKE Prime programming app,
  • useful cross-sections of the construction,
  • access to additional teaching resources.

Exercises

3D BUTTERFLY
3D design and printing can help you spread your wings - literally! Create beautiful wings for this robotic butterfly. Find out how to change differently colored filaments during the printing process, to achieve even more mesmerizing effects.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678), Autodesk Fusion 360, and 3D printer.
3D GOLDEN RATIO
Art, architecture, even nature make use of the mysterious "golden ratio". Find out what this mathematical enigma means and use its principles to design a three-dimensional object in Python. Yes, you can to create 3D objects by writing code!

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678), Blender 3.0, and a 3D printer.
3D SAVONIUS TURBINE
Time for renewable energy sources that can be used with robots. Open the window and look how the force of the wind charges the battery by rotating the scoops of the turbine you designed and printed our yourself. You can also attach the motor and compare the results.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678), Autodesk Fusion 360, and a 3D printer.
3D MANIPULATOR
Design three different 3D objects, print them, and help your Manipulator move them from one stand to another. It's more complex than it sounds! Use your creative part of the brain to solve this construction design challenge.

Robot designed for: LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime (#45678), Autodesk Fusion 360, and a 3D printer.