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Are you a 4th-8th grader who is interested in building amazing projects? Sign up for AstraHacks! AstraHacks is a virtual hackathon on October 24, 2021. AstraHacks is hosted by STEMATICS. AstraHacks is free for all and donations will go to charity! A hackathon is a full day event where students can form teams, learn from workshops, and develop a coding project that they will present to judges in hopes to win prizes! We will be helping the students out through virtual platforms. If you are a 9th-12th grader, join us as a coding mentor! If you are a 4th-8th grader, join us as a participant! STEMATICS is very excited to be promoting charity and to be inspiring youth to pursure Computer Science and innovation! We hope to see you on October 24, either as a participant, mentor, or judge.

What are divisions?

The divisions are based on grade and experience. Participants with no experience will be registered into the beginner division. The beginner division will be utilizing Scratch for their projects. If participants are in the experienced division, this means they have coding knowledge and cannot use Scratch for their projects. We will be hosting workshops for those who want to learn more concepts!

Teams?

The max team size is 3 people. The theme for the project will be released during opening ceremony. Precoding is not permitted and will not be considered for judging.The goal is to learn something new during AstraHacks so we encourage trying new projects for submision!

SCHEDULE

Schedule for October 24th, 2021

9:30am PST - 10:30am PST : Opening Ceremony

11:00am PST - 12:00pm PST : Qoom Workshop

10:30am PST - 12pm PST : Coding Time

11:15am PST - 12pm PST: Scratch Workshop

12pm PST - 1pm PST : Lunch Time

1pm PST - 4pm PST : Coding Time

1pm PST - 1:45pm PST : Web Development Workshop

2pm PST - 2:45pm PST : Python Workshop

4pm PST - 4:30pm PST : Presentation Workshop

4:30pm PST - 5:30pm PST : Submission Time

5:30pm PST - 6:30pm PST : Presentations/Judging

6:30pm PST - 7:30pm PST : Industry Tech Panel!

7:30pm PST - 8pm PST : Closing Ceremony

• Design
  The design of the code and overall visual aspect of the project should be appealing to users.
• Relevancy
  Must be relevant to the hackathon theme given during opening ceremony.
• Creativity
  Project must be creative and showcase participant effort.