Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a week ago that Singapore students should be taught to “code, prototype and build things, to fail fast and learn quickly.” Hour of Code SG aims to teach children how to begin coding in an easy and interactive manner.
The Hour of Code was launched in the US in 2013 as an online campaign to introduce coding to the public in a friendly and interactive manner. The Hour of code campaign introduces kids aged 5 and up into programming. This year, we are bringing the Hour of code to Singapore through a series of interactive activities. Activities are free, no pre registration is required. Admission to Science Centre applies to non members.
Activities at a glance. AM sessions are from 10am to 12.30pm and PM sessions are from 2.30pm to 5.00pm
Station Activities 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th December AM and PM, 13th December PM only
Coding with Scratch
Coding with Blockly
Pixels to pictures
Codes and Cryptography
8th December 2.30pm-5.00pm: Programmers: Students of ITE college East with Arthur Pedida
How to build a robot car: This Robot car can be autonomous using sensors to avoid obstructions and find his ways. Additionally, it can be modified & equipped with Bluetooth module in order to communicate and be controlled by Smartphone.
8th December 2.30pm-5.00pm: Programmers: Cadaq
Raspberry Pi Camera
8th December and 9th December 2.30pm-5.00pm: Programmers: Mantej Singh
Lego NXT robots
9th and 10th December 2.30pm-5.00pm: Programmer: Melvin Zhang
Play a game which has artificial intelligence: I got interested in Computer Science at an early age when playing against a chess program and wondering how a machine could play better than a person. Through this project, I got to go back to my favorite topic in Computer Science and had the opportunity to interact with users and developers from around the world as we worked together to improve the software.
9th December. 10.00AM-12.30PM: Programmer: Kiruthika
What lives inside a computer? Join in a tear down session where we will take apart an old computer and peripherals to understand what are the components that make up the machines that we use everyday.
11th and 12th December. 10.00AM-12.30PM: Programmer: Andy Giger
Illustrations of the usefulness of coding : I have a few processing sketches, ranging from complex scientific simulations to simple quick sketches, that I could showcase as illustrations of the usefulness of coding. A possible example: http://andygiger.com/science/e-coriolis/.
13th and 14th December, 2.30pm to 5.00pm: Programmer: John O Brien
Respberry Pi Beerbot: Steer a home-made remote controlled robot with Beer (or Coke) can grabbing capability over wifi! See what the robot sees using a Raspberry Pi camera! Drive and activate the can grabbing claw over an SSH connection! Ask insightful questions! Find out More about John at http://jweoblog.com/