740-0740 - Sphero Blueprint Snap (Single Kit)

What It Is

Blueprint Snap is a screen-free engineering kit that introduces students to design thinking and mechanical engineering through hands-on building activities. Using colourful snap-together parts, students design and prototype simple machines while exploring how structures and systems work.

Students can move from idea to working prototype in under an hour, making it easy to run engaging engineering lessons within a typical class period. The kit focuses on creativity, experimentation and iteration rather than coding or robotics.

Why Educators Love the Blueprint Snap Kit:

● Standards-Aligned Learning: Includes free cross-curricular lessons, self-guided challenge cards, and resources designed to align with STEL and NGSS outcomes while laying the foundation for more advanced engineering learning.

● Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Through Building: Students use critical thinking and collaboration to connect trusses, gears, pulleys, and other mechanical components as they test ideas, identify problems, and improve their designs just like real engineers.

● Fast, Frustration-Free Prototyping: Colorful parts and simple assembly/disassembly let students go from idea to working prototype in under an hour-no glue, screens, or batteries required.

● Build a World & Bring It to Life: Students can design everything from bridges to obstacle courses, then use Sphero robots like BOLT+ to explore, race through, or interact with the worlds they've built.

● Made for the Classroom: Durable parts, organized storage, and a no-tech setup make it easy to implement in any general ed, makerspace, or after school environment.

Designed For

● Years 3-5 learners

● STEM and Design & Technologies units

● Engineering and design thinking activities

● Makerspaces and project-based learning

● Small-group classroom builds

Curriculum Connections (AU)

Blueprint Snap supports learning outcomes across the Australian Curriculum, including:

● Design & Technologies - engineering design process

● Science - forces, motion and systems

● Problem solving and critical thinking

● Collaborative STEM learning

The kit helps students explore engineering principles before moving into more advanced STEM topics.

Ideal Classroom Uses

● STEM engineering challenges

● Design & Technologies lessons

● Makerspaces and innovation labs

● Project-based learning

● Small-group problem-solving activities

Key Learning Benefits

✔ Screen-Free Engineering

Students explore engineering concepts without devices or coding.

✔ Rapid Prototyping

Snap-together parts allow students to quickly build, test and improve ideas.

✔ Design Thinking in Action

Students practice planning, testing and refining solutions.

✔ Explore Structure & Motion

Build simple machines using gears, pulleys and structural components.

✔ Collaborative Problem Solving

Encourages teamwork and creative experimentation.

What's Included

● 288 colourful snap-together mechanical parts

● 15 engineering challenge cards

● Best Building Practices guide

● Durable storage bin

Each kit typically supports 2 students working together during classroom activities.

Learning That Clicks™

Introduce engineering with quick, hands-on builds that teach problem solving, design thinking, and real-world creativity.

Snap Together & Build
Assemble and disassemble prototypes in under an hour.

Add Motion
Turn a build into a machine.

Card to Creation
Challenge cards tie builds to key engineering concepts.

Lesson Spotlight

Blueprint Snap includes lesson units that explore engineering design, motion, force, and testing-all aligned to NGSS and STEL standards.

Colorful, Snap-Together Parts

 

Free lessons, activities and teaching resources:

Video:

https://youtu.be/uHBRDnXIG-4?si=mNSAaJ9dyEl50vqA

Teacher Guide(AU):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L0rF6FPZ9ZsbZsm0m_8mEQiTEP3_Hwnc/view?usp=sharing

Lessons:

https://edu.sphero.com/blueprint-snap/collections