LEGO Robotics Engineering

Your Ninja's Showcase

Your Ninja designed, built, and coded LEGO robots in a team this week — there's a lot to celebrate!

The SPIKE Prime kits stay at the dojo. Your Ninja walked you through their favorite builds at our Friday Camp Celebration — keep that conversation going at home and ask them to retell their proudest moment of the week.

What We Covered This Week

Throughout the camp, Ninjas explored real engineering — design, build, code, test, debug, present — using the same LEGO Education SPIKE Prime kits that classrooms and FIRST LEGO League teams use. Click any topic to expand.

First Builds, Sensors & Arctic Ride

Joined a team with a custom name and logo, and decorated their own Engineering Design Journal for the week
Programmed their first LEGO motor and light — created custom motor + light patterns from scratch
Met the Color Sensor and the Gyro Sensor — learned what each does and which programming blocks use them
Built a Snowmobile for the Arctic Ride challenge and raced to clear a course as fast as possible
Wrapped with a daily debrief — favorite moments, what was still confusing, and Ninja Shout-Outs

Animal Alarm & Food Stand

Warmed up with Brick-tionary — LEGO charades, team vs. team
Built the Animal Alarm — coded light logic so it activates when an animal is detected and stays quiet when it's safe to sleep
Built a Food Stand that takes tickets and gives out food — combining sensors with motors for the first time
Reflected on what worked, what was hard, and how teamwork changed the outcome

River Ferry, Swamp Boat & Team Routine

Kicked off with a Build a Bridge warm-up — pair build, then reflect on whether it would hold up
Built a River Ferry — a mode of transportation to cross water, tested and modified to taste
Built a Swamp Boat and coded it to watch out for sneaky gator threats
Performed a 6-step team routine — multiple robots synchronized across reverse, turn, drive, and sound steps
Reflected on how the team worked best together and what could improve

Mini-Golf, Maze & Brain Game

Built a Mini Mini-Golf course — identified bugs in the code, squashed them, and tried for a hole-in-one
Designed an A-maze-ing Maze with extra obstacles and creative gimmicks — then took on each others' mazes
Built a Brain Game — a multi-colored LEGO candy-stick puzzle for a partner to solve, then played other teams' puzzles
Reflected on which challenge was hardest, which was most fun, and how teamwork shaped the outcome

Bowling, Pinball Arcade & Camp Celebration

Built a Bowling Fun game to warm up the day
Built the capstone: a team-designed Junior Pinball arcade — every team designed and coded their own machine, then play-tested each other's
Presented their pinball arcade at the Friday Camp Celebration — parents came to watch and play
Closed out the week with team shout-outs and reflections in the Engineering Design Journal

What's Next?

Camp week is over, but the coding doesn't have to stop. Join us for our next FREE workshop on August 22 — 90 minutes of hands-on coding and AI.

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