Join us and celebrate Canada’s contribution to The Lunar Gateway!
We’ve partnered up with the Canadian Space Agency, Steamlabs and University of Western Ontario to offer a 5-day residency for five qualifying classrooms across Canada!
Ask your students to draw a robot with an AI system that can solve problems related to space exploration. Ask them to write a short description explaining how their robot could help astronauts and contribute to the Gateway Station mission. Share these ideas with us to qualify for the residency!
Instructions:
Thank you to all the students who participated in this year's 2023-2024 Lunar Gateway Challenge! Our team is reviewing all your amazing submissions to select our residency winners.
Stay tuned as we prepare to showcase all of your AI robot creations in our gallery below!
Qualifying schools will be notified by mid-December and residencies will take place in January and February 2024.
Submit your students’ ideas for a AI lunar robot!
*All are encouraged to participate but only Canadian Schools will be considered for the 5-day residency
**Submission required to qualify for the 5-day residency
Five Canadian classrooms will qualify for a FREE* classroom kit AND a 5-day residency with workshops on coding, artificial intelligence, and robotics. The residency will be led by a Kids Code Jeunesse (KCJ) instructor virtually or in person, depending on location.
FREE* 5-day (2hr workshops) outline:
The five classrooms receiving the residency and an additional five classes will qualify for a FREE* classroom kit that includes:
*Thanks to funding and donation by Canadian Space Agency, CanCode, Amazon Future Engineer, and Strawbees
This residency is in collaboration with the CSA, SteamLabs, and University of Western Ontario.
Residency eligibility requirements:
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the KCJ team.
Need some guidance and inspiration? Below are some free resources and coding activities to help you and your students get started.
This guide will help you create your AI robot by teaching you key concepts about artificial intelligence, robotics, and the Lunar Gateway itself.
Bring coding into the classroom with these fun Scratch projects!
See how Canada is contributing to the Lunar Gateway, a space station orbiting the moon!
Video credits: Canadian Space Agency, NASA
Be sure to share pictures, videos, quotes, and screenshots on social media. Tag us at @kidscoding and use the hashtags #codeinthestars and #GatewayChallenge
Curious about what others in the community are up to? Check out the full social media gallery to see even more of what the community is up to!
We are united by a passion for innovation in pursuit of curiosity in space and beyond.
This project is funded by the Canadian Space Agency.
Astro Pi is a European Space Agency Education project with the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Every year it runs Mission Zero: a non-competitive challenge where students aged 14 and under can send a coded message to run on the Raspberry Pis that are currently on the International Space Station (ISS)!