Tips for winning the Maze Rescue Challenge at Robocup Junior
This weekend, we — Elnaz and Emily — were judges at Robocup Junior Queensland for the Rescue Challenges. We oversaw two divisions: the Line Follow Rescue, and the Maze Rescue. Last year we gave you tips and tricks for the Line Follow Rescue Challenge; this year, the Maze Rescue Challenge was a new addition to Robocup Junior. From having watched many teams compete at many Maze Challenges, here are our tips and tricks for winning in 2018.
What’s on these holidays 2023
Happy New Year! Are you looking for something fun to do these holidays? We have a wide range of programs designed to give your kids the opportunity to learn about programming, innovation, collaboration, and creative thinking! We have a variety of options for you, so…
Tips and tricks to win Robocup Junior 2023
It is never too early to start planning for next year’s Robocup Junior competition. There are three competition types at Robocup Junior: Dance, Soccer and Rescue.
How to design your own computer game
Today, we’ll show you how to design your own computer game. We’ve shown you how to build many computer games already, e.g. Pacman and Dragon Castle, now it is time to invent your own. We can build all different types of digital projects with coding…
Build a simple quiz game using coding blocks
A quiz game, you say? A quiz game is a perfect digital solutions project for students in Years 3-4. It’s a ton of fun to build, and it’s a great opportunity for students to get creative by writing their own questions and answers! This project…
Meet our coding champs!
Coding Kids has been teaching kids to code since our inception in 2017. Across the course of our journey from fledgling startup to established business, we’ve met more than a few amazing kids who have made unbelievable strides in their time with us. Today, we…
Integrate Digital Technologies
Integrating the new Digital Technologies into your already choc-a-bloc class timetable can be tricky.
The Digital Technologies curriculum has now become mandatory in Queensland state schools. The remaining Australian states will soon follow. The Digital Technologies curriculum is not a stand alone subject, it is to be integrated into current curriculum subjects.
Machine learning and robots that are learning to “see”
This past school holiday break, Coding Kids took a group of school children to visit the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision at QUT. The Centre specialises in research and development of robots learning to ‘see’. Their ability to see is the remaining technological roadblock to ubiquitous deployment of robots into society…
Coding Kids Regional Tour
Coding Kids has been travelling around regional Queensland, delivering coding and robotics workshops for students, as well as professional development workshops for teachers. We had the chance to visit nine different locations: Thursday Island Longreach Mt Isa Ingham Cairns Rockhampton Bundaberg Kingaroy Gympie Noosa Thargomindah…
Robots are coming to Longreach!
Join Coding Kids Longreach for National Science Week 2018! The office of the Queensland Chief Scientist is hosting the inaugural STEM Pop-up in Longreach for National Science Week 2018. With over 1000 participants expected to attend, 2 days of workshops will be held across 7…