LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential, part of the LEGO® Learning System, is the cross-curricular STEAM solution for elementary education. SPIKE Essential engages students in hands-on investigation of STEAM concepts while contributing to literacy, math, and social-emotional development. Standards-aligned STEAM learning units use everyday themes, relatable Minifigures with different personalities and familiar LEGO® building elements to solve problems through storytelling. SPIKE Essential consists of a main elementary classroom brick set with a wide variety of LEGO® elements and intelligent hardware, along with the intuitive SPIKE™ App, all of which is accompanied by a selection of unit plans and comprehensive online and in-app support. SPIKE Essential excites students and delivers strong STEAM learning outcomes for elementary classrooms, developing their STEAM knowledge and practices, and 21st century skills. SPIKE Essential lessons are aligned to NGSS, ISTE, and CSTA standards with the extensions aligned to CCSS.