LEGO in Schools: Educational Programs and Resources
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What LEGO Education sells to schools in 2026 after retiring SPIKE, LEGO Education Science and LEGO Education Computer Science & AI by grade band, what happens to SPIKE and MINDSTORMS kits schools already own, and how ordinary LEGO sets fit into a classroom.
LEGO Education's classroom range changed in 2026. SPIKE Prime and SPIKE Essential, the robotics kits many schools used, stopped selling on June 30, 2026, and two newer kit families now sit at the center of the range: LEGO Education Science and LEGO Education Computer Science & AI, each sold in three grade bands. This page sets out what is available, what happens to kits schools already own, and where ordinary LEGO sets still fit.
LEGO Education Science
LEGO Education Science began shipping in August 2025. It comes as three kits by grade band, K-2, 3-5 and 6-8, with about 40 standards-aligned lessons per kit and more than 120 in total. According to LEGO, the K-2 kit has 277 bricks and a double motor, the 3-5 kit 335 bricks, a double motor and a controller, and the 6-8 kit 424 bricks, two motors, a controller and a color sensor. LEGO says more than 3,000 students in over 100 classrooms tested it. In the US it recommends buying classroom bundles, though single kits are sold too.
LEGO Education Computer Science & AI
Announced on January 12, 2026 and shipping since April 2026, LEGO Education Computer Science & AI also comes in K-2, 3-5 and 6-8 kits. Each stackable box holds LEGO bricks, interactive hardware, connection cards, charging cables and building instructions, and LEGO's per-student price assumes one kit shared by four students. Lessons are coded in LEGO Education Coding Canvas, a block-based tool with word and icon blocks that runs in a web browser or as an iOS app. LEGO says it needs no student login and keeps data only on the device. Teachers get free access to an online Teacher Portal with getting-started material, facilitation notes, presentations and lessons.
What happens to SPIKE and MINDSTORMS
LEGO Education retired the SPIKE portfolio, SPIKE Prime and SPIKE Essential, with sales ending on June 30, 2026. It will support the SPIKE App for five years, until June 30, 2031, and SPIKE stays eligible for FIRST LEGO League through the 2027 to 2028 season. A school with SPIKE kits can keep teaching with them for years.
The consumer MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor set (51515) left LEGO's range at the end of 2022, and its app was discontinued on October 1, 2026, with owners pointed to the SPIKE Prime App. For programming either kit in Python outside LEGO's apps, our SPIKE Prime vs MINDSTORMS guide and Pybricks comparison cover the options.
For home learning
In January 2026 LEGO Education also released four science kits for families, sold at select LEGO Stores and on LEGO.com: two space missions and two polar animal kits.
Moon Mission Science Kit, one of LEGO Education's January 2026 home science kits, marked 8+.
Mars Mission Science Kit, the larger space kit in the same home range, marked 9+.
Arctic Animals Science Kit, the larger of the two polar animal kits, marked 9+.
Ordinary LEGO sets in the classroom
For open-ended building, art and storytelling, a box of mixed bricks is more useful than a model kit, because every student can build something different. LEGO Classic boxes are the usual choice from age four, and DUPLO boxes suit preschool, where the larger bricks are easier for small hands.
Large Creative Brick Box: a broad mix of bricks and baseplates for open-ended class building, marked 4+.
Medium Creative Brick Box: the smaller version, a good size for one table group.
Tips for teachers
- Plan storage before the first lesson. Sorted bins save more lesson time than any other step; our Sorting Planner splits parts into a chosen number of bins and prints labels.
- Count parts back in. A parts list per kit, checked at the end of a unit, keeps sets complete; the Missing Piece Checker helps with ordinary sets.
- Mix structured and free building. Lessons from the Teacher Portal give structure; a free-build challenge at the end lets students apply what they learned.
- Use art as a way in. The Brick Mosaic Maker turns a photo into a mosaic plan, which works well for an art or maths lesson on grids.
Families teaching at home can find a full plan in our homeschool LEGO robotics and STEAM guide.
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