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Code Sphero Bolt

Success Zone / Malala -
2026 Spring

Sphero is an adorable, durable, interactive—you guessed it—spherebolt. Its functionality is almost boundless. Students will use the Sphero has a programmable 8x8 LED matrix, so students can code it to change colors when Sphero rolls, stops or starts, reaches a goal, or whenever else they’d like. Coding sounds hard, but our younger coders utilize what’s called block coding. This means they’re not typing out code by hand—which can be complicated for such an age group—but rather dragging visual blocks into the coding area and connecting them.

Week Build Lesson/Activity
1 What is a Sphero Students will be introduced to the bot and how to care for their bot, including how to navigate the tablet with the app.
2 Draw 1 Students will learn to code the bot to draw shapes and how to convert the code into other languages.
3 Generative Art & AI Students will create artwork using code, how to control the robot moves and how code is used to control AI.
4 Block 1 How to create a new program on a block canvas. How to code roll block, speed, heading and duration.
5 Block 2 Light and sounds – students will be challenged to create a story to execute asynchronously and synchronously and how to use delay blocks.
6 Bolt meets ChatGPT How AI chatbots like ChatGPT work, modify JavaScript programs to make Bolt introduce itself. Advantages and disadvantages of AI chatbots.
7 TEXT 1 Hello World! What makes JavaScript useful, modify and a text program, define and use functions.
8 Matrix Emotions Students will program their own animation on Bolt LED Matrix.
9 On Collision Event Pong Program Bolt to respond to events and modify a game to make it more fun.
10 Bolt Challenge Cards How much do you know – lets challenge that answer. Students will be provided with random challenge cards.
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Map/Locations
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Malala Elementary
11770 W. Aliana Trace
Richmond, TX 77407
SZ-MYE-6

  American Robotics Academy

Malala Elementary
Wednesdays, Feb 25 - May 6
3:45 - 4:45 PM

  No Class Mar 18

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Grades   2nd - 5th

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$ 225.00
for 10 weeks