Whether you’re having your Easter Holidays or it’s back-to-school, here are more fun techvities to mark in your calendar this month, especially with the easing of safe management measures! 

For April’s #TechFact, have you ever wondered what Sir Stamford Raffles looked like in real life while staring at his statue by the Singapore River? Today, using AI and machine learning, you can now generate realistic pictures of historical figures and anything you can imagine with just a click! Give it a try with Artbreeder here.

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Generate pictures with your very own computer and machine learning model Artbreeder!

Now that we’re all warmed up, keep scrolling on to discover techtivities that you and your family can indulge in this month! ✨


‘Weird But True!’ Exhibition: Learn Interesting Facts With National Geographic

National Geographic is having a Weird But True! Exhibition packed with visually stunning photos and colourful graphics. Your little techie is sure to have a fun and exciting outdoor trip as they plunge into the fascinating worlds of the plant and animal kingdom. 🌱

Spanning 290 square metres in Cloud Forest at Gardens by the Bay, visitors can expect captivating, larger than life photos, colourful graphics and catchy texts. The photographs are a curated collection from National Geographic’s extensive library. 🤩

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Details:
When: 22 Feb – 31 July 2022
Where: Crystal Mountain (Level 4) at Gardens by the Bay, Cloud Forest
Price:
Singapore Residents – $12/adult, $8/child, $8/senior
Standard – $20/adult, $12/child
Learn more here.

Got more time to spare?
Find out more Weird But True! fun facts about animals, places, abilities and more random things here.


Fungus Humongous

Get ready for a trip for the whole family as you venture into Fungus Humongous, a magical forest where everything, from fallen branches to all kinds of fungi, has been scaled up to huge proportions! 😮

Did you know? The arts space that you see today was designed based on what children thought about the concept! Experiential workshops were conducted by the artists to collect insights and research, which inspired them to design for a better experience. Special considerations were also paid to the flow of the space, its material selection, and interactive touch points – to make it enjoyable for children of all abilities. So rest assured that your child will have a wonderful time as they play and learn! 🙌

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Details:
When: Until 8 May 2022
Where: The Artground
Price: Free
Learn more here.


Changi Experience Studio

Grab your little techie for a journey of fun and discovery through the exciting virtual world of Changi Airport! From interactive games to amazing projection experiences and immersive shows, engage in wonderful technological adventures. ✨

In this first-of-its-kind digital attraction, the whole family can experience the magic of technology while learning about aviation and what it takes to keep one of the world’s best airports going. How awesome!

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Details:
When: Permanent
Where: Changi Airport L4
Price:
Singapore Residents – $19/adult, $13/child, $13/senior
Standard – $25/adult, $17/child, $17/senior
Learn more here.


Easter Holiday Coding Camps

This upcoming Easter Holidays, come walk through our Coding Lab doors and enter the wide wonderful world of coding! 🤩 With a curious mind, dedicated educators and stunning workbooks, your child is all set to embark on their exciting coding journey. 🛣

 Whether they are attending physically or online – we’re excited for everyone to experience the joy of coding. 🥰 Sign up here or feel free to drop us an email, call us or WhatsApp us to get in touch!

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Details:
When: 4-14 April
Where: Parkway Parade, Bukit Timah (KAP Mall) and Online
Price: From $401.52
Sign up here.


2-Hour Easter Coding Workshops

Celebrate Easter with some fun learning how to code in our exciting 2-hour coding workshops! 👩‍🏫 Best of all, you don’t need prior coding experience. This means that you can bring a friend who’s new to coding to join in the fun. 🤗

  • Our young techies can create a fun game of Catch The Easter Egg as they discover key concepts like loops and conditionals in Scratch Junior (Ages 5 to 6). 🐇
  • Scratch warriors will get a fun introduction to programming functions like clone and sensing as they program the rabbit to collect eggs that spawn randomly (Ages 7 to 9). 🥚
  • Python enthusiasts will get to familiarise themselves with pattern recognition and loops as they use Python Turtle to create an Easter Day Card (Ages 10 to 12)! ✨ 
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Details:
When: 16 April
Where: Bukit Timah (KAP Mall) or Online
Price: From $65
Sign up here.


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You might’ve spotted this while on the road. This month’s exciting tech news is about National Parks Board (NPark)’s animal detection system!

Pairing CCTVs with analytics technology, LED lights will activate whenever the system detects animal activity. 💡 To help reduce roadkill and keep wildlife safe on the road, NParks has developed this to alert road users of wildlife crossing so that they would reduce their vehicles’ speed. 🚗 It was first deployed at Old Upper Thomson Road and is now at Rifle Range Road. 

Learn more about the animal detection system here!


Bonus: Brickman Wonders of the World LEGO Brick Exhibition

Looking forward to finally travel but you can’t go just yet? This LEGO exhibition at the Science Centre Singapore deserves a special mention this month!

With more than 50 of the world’s most iconic landmarks built by a LEGO Certified Professional, the world is brought to you – no passport required. This interactive and educational journey includes a 3.6-metre tall CN Tower from Canada, a Titanic ship build that weighs 120kg, and the St Basil the Blessed Church from Russia, which took 320 hours to build. You can even get creative with the one million LEGO bricks in the Master Builder Zones!

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Details:
When: 25 March – 3 July 2022
Where: The Annexe, Science Centre Singapore
Price: From $23
Learn more here.

If you haven’t seen our previous techtivity recommendations, check out our March #TechtivitiesOfTheMonth, which includes more cool tech-related activities you can do with friends and family!

(Written by Zulaikha and Trinh)


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Congratulations to our students at Coding Lab Japan who attained the Creativity Award in this year’s Microsoft National Minecraft Cup in Tokyo, Japan! 🏆

As one of the 14 awards given to the top teams, we are extremely proud of our students for emerging as winners out of more than 3000 entries! They showcased their coding capabilities and creative talents in making their own Minecraft world that they called New CodeTropolis.

Click to watch the impressive and awe-inspiring New CodeTropolis world by our students!

This year, our students brainstormed solutions to build a wonderful Minecraft world with Affordable and Clean Energy to solve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. You’ll be able to watch a timelapse of them speed building and spot some of the cool features that they’ve added to their Minecraft world, such as:

  • Hydroelectric Dam & Wind Farm
  • Solar Farm
  • Hyperloop Train
  • Vertical Farms ⁣⁣⁣
  • … and more!

It is also a testament to how versatile Minecraft can be, imparting coding skills, as well as encouraging creativity and problem-solving. Well done, students! 🥳 You can check out the full results here.

Did you know that our Coding Lab SG-JP team previously won Best Coding Award at the Microsoft Minecraft National Cup 2019? Read all about it here.

Coding Lab SG-JP Team’s CodeTropolis project for the Microsoft National Minecraft Cup 2019 in Tokyo, Japan!

This June Holidays, we’re launching an exciting new Minecraft course for Ages 10 to 12. Find out more and sign up for our Advanced Computer Scientists – Minecraft: Code Your World here before it’s all sold out!

You can find out more about Coding Lab Japan here.

(Written by Cheryl Tang)


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The annual National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) invites students from all secondary schools and junior colleges in Singapore to compete against one another. The Online Qualification Contest, held on 19 February 2022, required participants to complete 3 tasks in 3 hours using programming languages Python and C++.

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This year, any number of students from each school can participate. Of the many students who participated, only the top 5 students from each school, at each level, will be considered for medals.

We are proud to announce that 8 of our students have obtained medals in the Qualification Contest!

Presenting to you Coding Lab’s 25th NOI Qualification Contest medallists:

Vayun Mathur, 17 Three-Time Silver Medallist
Lucia Tara Stockmann, 18 Silver Medallist
Damian Chng, 17 Silver Medallist
David Walton, 17 Four-Time Bronze Medallist
Elijah Yong, 15 Two-Time Bronze Medallist
Caleb Chia, 16 Two-Time Bronze Medallist
Kai Sato, 18 Bronze Medallist
Yanjia Zhang, 17 Bronze Medallist

You might recall Vayun Mathur, one of our students who was featured on Google and the international news network CGTN before. We congratulate Vayun on his third Silver Medal!

Elijah Yong may also ring a bell. At his first NOI, he bagged the honour of Youngest Medallist.

Read: Coding Lab CGTN feature

Congratulations and a big round of applause to all of our students! Their outstanding coding abilities in our classes got them selected for our intensive NOI Preparation Course (By Invite Only) – some of them even started with us in Primary school. Kudos to all of our students for their hard work!

Whilst we celebrate our students’ success in this area, we recognise that competitive programming is not all there is to programming. Many of our students have achieved success in other areas; whether it’s creating a Stock Rating Algorithm, a Real-Time Carpark Tracker, a prize-winning app or attaining an overseas scholarship to read Computer Science at University, we’re here to support our students every step of the way.

Interested to find out more? Check out our proprietary Python Meets Math course, which incorporates O and A-Level Mathematics for ages 13 to 18 to pick up one of the most versatile programming languages. We also have Advanced Elective courses, which includes Data Analytics, Algorithm, Game Development, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Secondary school and Junior College students.

Read: Congratulations to our National Olympiad in Informatics 2021 winners!

(Written by Cheryl Tang)


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