SGC Season 4 Registration (Early Elementary)

SKU: 990-Global040

Embark on a secret mission with the Sphero Global Challenge and Undercover indi, inspiring students to become coding masterminds, ingenious problem solvers, and collaborative team players.

The thrilling Undercover indi Event invites teams of up to 5 students (born after June 1, 2015; ages 8 and younger) to compete in a global intelligence operation. Although not part of the Sphero World Championship in Spring 2024, the top 10 teams will be celebrated on the Sphero blog and social media.

No need for coaches to be code-cracking programmers or teachers! As mission facilitators, they'll guide students in their exciting quest for exploration, problem solving, and unleashing their inner creative spies during the indi Event.

About the Top-Secret Event Adventure:

The Undercover indi Event engages early elementary students (born after June 1, 2015) in a covert operation, tasking them with creating a cunning disguise, crafting a cryptic message, and plotting a stealthy path for indi. Students will sharpen their computational thinking and teamwork skills while unleashing their creative genius to design a path for indi to navigate undetected.

SGC materials sent via email after event registration

Have questions? Check out our SGC FAQs or reach out to competitions@sphero.com!

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What's Included

  • Coaching Guide
  • Mission Objectives (2): indi’s Sneaky Path & Secrets and Disguises
  • Competition Rules and Evaluation Rubric
  • Meeting Agendas
  • Submission Slideshow Templates
  • Coaching support from the Sphero team

Important Dates

  • August 14, 2023 - Sphero Global Challenge Season officially begins! This is a good date to aim to have your team members decided and meetings scheduled
  • September 2023 - New Coaches Webinar
  • January 2024 - Office Hours Webinar for coaches
  • February 1, 2024 - Registration Deadline
  • February 14, 2024 - Virtual Submissions Due

Required & Optional Materials

Required Materials

Optional Materials

Price:
$40
Sphero indi coding robot event called Visit the Zoo.

Undercover indi!

The Undercover indi Event engages early elementary students (born after June 1, 2015) in a covert operation, tasking them with creating a cunning disguise, crafting a cryptic message, and plotting a stealthy path for indi. Students will sharpen their computational thinking and teamwork skills while unleashing their creative genius to design a path for indi to navigate undetected.

What You’ll Need:

WHAT COACHES GET:

Upon registration, we’ll email you everything you need to participate in the Sphero Global Challenge Season 4, including:

Kids coding in Sphero Robotics and STEM competition.

Assemble Your Espionage Network

Starting a team of spies is easier than you think! Coaches do not need to be programmers, or even educators, to support students through the Sphero Global Challenge. Instead, act as a facilitator as students work to explore, solve problems, and unleash their creativity.

The Coaching Guide will give you the tools and structure to guide your students through the Undercover indi Event. The Sphero Global Challenge is perfect for after school programs, STEM/STEAM Clubs, school-day science blocks, or even for students to work on at home.

Structuring Your Team

Teams can consist of 1–5 students. After purchasing the registration, you will receive an email with a link to fill out a form to finalize your team’s registration. For larger groups of students (i.e. robotics clubs), we recommend forming multiple teams. In this case, you will need to purchase a registration for each team and finalize the registration for each team separately. Coaches are welcome to lead as many teams as they'd like.

Team Roles

Coaches can encourage collaboration, communication, and team building by giving students team roles to help fulfill all of the elements of the mission objectives.
Laptop with code on the screen.
A wrench and gear.
Icon of a bug.
Camera and pencil.

2023/2024 SEASON 4: THREE UNIQUE STEM EVENTS

The competition, and its three unique Events, are an opportunity for students to go deeper with computational thinking, engineering, and programming skills in our various STEM and coding competitions.

Teams and individuals of all abilities will work to identify problems and develop solutions, then submit entries virtually for a chance to qualify for the Sphero World Championship in Spring 2024.

Undercover indi

Sphero indi global challenge.

SKILLS

Students will explore computational thinking skills by designing a route for indi, constructing a secret message, and disguising indi to demonstrate their understanding.

  • Problem Solving
  • Algorithmic Thinking
  • Basic Coding Concepts
  • Pattern Recognition

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Spies Like BOLT

Sphero indi global challenge.

SKILLS

Students will use BOLT robots and Blueprint to recreate spy missions for mission objectives—all while learning different programming skills including:

  • Loops
  • Conditionals
  • Variables
  • Functions

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

RVR+ Spies on the Move

Sphero indi global challenge.

SKILLS

Students will turn RVR+ into a spy vehicle. Combined with Blueprint, students will use their sidekick spy vehicle to complete mission objectives and demonstrate their programming skills including:

  • Loops
  • Conditionals
  • Variables
  • Functions

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

  • 1 Sphero RVR+ or RVR robot (sold separately)
  • 1 Sphero Global Challenge Season 4 Blueprint Kit (sold separately, shipping early August)
  • 2 programming devices with access to the Sphero Edu app installed
  • 10’ x 10’ hard & flat surface for the provided Competition Field
  • Video recording device (such as a smartphone)
Sphero indi global challenge.
Sphero indi global challenge.
Sphero indi global challenge.

SKILLS

  • Students will explore computational thinking skills by designing a route for indi, constructing a secret message, and disguising indi to demonstrate their understanding of:

    • Problem Solving
    • Algorithmic Thinking
    • Basic Coding Concepts
    • Pattern Recognition
  • Students will use BOLT robots and Blueprint to recreate spy missions for mission objectives—all while learning different programming skills including:

    • Loops
    • Conditionals
    • Variables
    • Functions
  • Students will turn RVR+ into a spy vehicle. Combined with Blueprint, students will use their sidekick spy vehicle to complete mission objectives and demonstrate their programming skills including:

    • Loops
    • Conditionals
    • Variables
    • Functions

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Have Questions?

Check out our SGC FAQs or reach out to competitions@sphero.com!