Resources from Sphero

Check out edu.sphero.com/cwists/category to find Sphero activities for all content areas.

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7th Grade Science: Creature Features

Classes at MMS used the Spheros to code a path in their Creature Feature projects.  Students had to design a biome and make a path for their creature to follow.  It had to have food, predators, source of water, and a habitat.  The students created a cup with the design of their creature.  It had to have special adaptations that helped it survive in its environment.  Students coded the Spheros to control speed, make sound effects, and use special moves.

Triwizard Breakout Challenge

Students in the after school coding club at JFHMS had a great time completing the Harry Potter themed Breakout.  Each part of the Breakout involved coding the Sphero for a specific task.  The best part is freeing the "underwater prisoner" in the water challenge.  (Special thank you to Jess Stafford at WMMS in Greene County for sharing her Breakout!)

Coding, Light Painting, and Battle Bots

8th Grade students at EMS got to check the Spheros out for a week and experiment with different coding projects.  They played with light painting, actual painting, and designed Battle Bots and had a tournament.

Theseus and the Minotaur

After reading Theseus and the Minotaur, students at EMS coded their Sphero through a labyrinth to defeat the Menotaur.  Students coded through the path, creatively using colors to represent colorization, and sound effects.

Timeline Activities

Use Spheros to make an engaging activity out of reviewing timeline materials.  These students at EMS had to find all the timeline events posted around the library, put them in order, and code a path between them.  They used speed to represent time between events, and colors and sounds effects to tell the story along the way.  Let's just say Paul Revere's Ride got pretty interesting!

Triwizard Cup Sphero Breakout

Students in English Classes at EMS had a great time completing the Harry Potter themed Breakout.  Each part of the Breakout involved coding the Sphero for a specific task.  The best part is freeing the "underwater prisoner" in the water challenge.  (Special thank you to Jess Stafford at WMMS in Greene County for sharing her Breakout!)