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Flagship Hackathon for Kids aged 7-18
FutureHacks Five 2023 is an annual Online Free to Attend International hackathon co-organized by AiGoLearning and Sunshine. More than a Competitive Hackathon, it is a Hack Festival where all students irrespective of age or skill set, come and collaborate to create a tech project. We also welcome all the parents to participate in the informational workshops by esteemed guest speakers on topics like CS Industry, College Applications, Leadership and much more! We aim to create a cheerful environment where the whole family gets to learn something over a weekend.
the THEME OF THE HACKATHON IS “FutureHacks Five: Coding into the Future with AI”!
- https://futurehacks.net/theme
To keep the event fair for all, we have divided the participant pool into 2 different categories. You have no excuse to not work hard!
We will have FREE Live workshops leading up to the hackathon for all participants to attend and brush their skills for the Hackathon. For more details, Register Today for the Hackathon, and you will get details in an Email. Following are the various sessions we will be having!
In this workshop, students will be introduced to important blocks and coding logic, such as broadcasting and receiving messages, conditionals, loops, and variables. Students will create a small project using their newly acquired skills.
This session will introduce the fundamental artificial intelligence concept of image recognition and combines it with programming. Students will apply their knowledge of scratch to implement image recognition into their program.
Students will be introduced to important Python concepts and coding logic. Python is such an important language because it is so readable and perfect for beginners. Students will create a rock paper scissors bot to demonstrate their newly acquired skills.
This workshop will introduce key artificial intelligence concepts and combine them with the participants’ prior knowledge of python. This workshop is advanced and all participants are expected to have a basic understanding of python.
In this workshop, students will learn the various mathematical methods in Java. Java is used to build Android mobile applications. It also has applications in IoT. Students will be able to practice their skills through problems and projects.
This workshop for HTML & CSS serves as a beginner’s guide to the major languages used to build websites in the current technological age. Through this workshop, students will learn HTML and CSS in a fun, interactive, and project-based curriculum.
Are you a Roblox fan? Create your own games on Roblox to advance your experience there significantly! Students will learn how to utilize Roblox Studio to make custom worlds and program mini-games in this special live interactive workshop.
Unlock the full potential of Minecraft with our classes! Build, code, and create with the world's most popular game while developing valuable skills in coding, engineering, architecture, and problem-solving.
If the winning project is made by a team both members of the team will recieve the award mentioned below together!
The Grand Prize is given to the Top 2 Teams in the Junior Category, as decided by the judges panel in the Final Judging Round.
The Grand prize gives you access to premiuim coding courses by Thinkland.ai. You can choose from Scratch Jr, Scratch, Scratch+AI, Python, Java etc.
For our Junior Hackers we have loads of gifts to appriciate their efforts.
The Winners will be decided based on the Judging Rubric given above.
The Grand Prize is given to the Top 2 Teams in the Senior Category, as decided by the judges panel in the Final Judging Round.
The Grand prize gives you access to premiuim coding courses by Thinkland.ai. You can choose from courses such as USA Computing Olympiad preparation, Java, Python, HTML&CSS etc.
Did not get the Grand Prize? Don't worry!
The Special prizes winners will be decided by the judges during prelimnary round of judging.
The Popular Vote Challenge is your chance to share your project with friends and family and ask them to vote for it. All submitted projects can be voted for after 12:00pm ET Sunday 4/16/2023
Top Projects with the most votes by 12:00pm ET Sunday 4/23/2023 in each categoory will be announced as the Most popular Hacks.
The following prizes will be given to the Most Popular Hacks:
*possible changes in senior track, due to lack of participants
Please note that All the sessions will be recorded and available for anyone to view, if they are not able to join the live session. We understand that many of the participants are coming from different timezones, hence made this provision.
Kick-off meeting to introduce the coding challenge
Parents Information Session & Guidance Lesson Intro
the opening ceremony recording is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW3qN_X8Axs
Palo Alto College
University of the Incarnate Word
University of Minnesota
Michigan State University
University of Texas at Austin
Emory University
University of Maryland
New York University
University of Connecticut
Stony Brook University
NYU Stern
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Tech Lead Manager at Google
Thomas Jefferson University
Tennessee Technological University
University of Texas at Austin
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
University of Pennsylvania
Our hackathon is completely free. With your donation, more students can win amazing prizes. If you donate $20, we will send a box of freshly baked almond cookies your way!
DONATE HERE
*Anyone who sells 10 or more boxes of cookies will receive a $20 Amazon Gift Card.
*The person who sells the most cookies after 10 will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card.
Hackathons are the perfect place for students to discover and develop a passion for computer science. They give students an opportunity to learn new skills and make new friends.
Participants can win awards for using their creativity and problem solving skills! The range of awards that will be given is listed above and registering is free, so it’s a win-win situation.
Hackathons are great places to meet people who have similar interests as you and to have interesting conversations about such computer science related topics. Participants will be able to meet and work with others who share their passions and interests!
Participants will be able to get suggestions during the event to improve their project and presentation. They will present their projects to a panel of judges consisting of students from top universities. Additionally, they will have access to detailed paragraph feedback on their project after the event.
Usually hackathons are for high schoolers, but not FutureHacks! FutureHacks is one of the few coding competitions offered to middle and upper elementary school students. It is a great learning opportunity!
Participants will be able to present their projects to a panel of judges consisting of experts in the computer science field and students from top universiities. They will receive quality feedback from people who have experience in this field!
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