Toronto Youth Kickoff Welcome Event starts 4:30PM on Oct. 2, 2020!! Email spaceappstoronto2020@gmail.com if you have not yet received an email with the invitation details! We have messaged all through the Space Apps messages portal *Note you must be registered to attend the Kickoff event!*
Have you ever heard of or joined a hackathon? Are you under the age of 18 and curious to see how far you can take your unique set of skills and interests to solve real-world problems?
We are hosting a virtual youth version of the NASA SpaceApps Challenge in Toronto! This is perfect for youth (Gr. 1 - 12) who may not have any prior hackathon experience. We want to give everybody an opportunity to dip their toes into tackling a challenge in a hackathon, all about Space Science and Exploration! It will be a fun weekend of creating, learning, and problem solving while making new friends, and meeting many space or STEAM experts and professionals. Fill out our survey to help us understand what your needs are as a first time hackathon participant : https://forms.gle/svdQNFRznVPXawwRA .
This youth edition of the NASA Space Apps Challenge is a collaborative event organized by Indus Space in partnership with Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - Canada (SEDS - Canada), RU Hacks at Ryerson University, and the Astronomy & Space Exploration Society at the University of Toronto (ASX). To follow updates for Youth SpaceApp s Toronto 2020, and to engage with SEDS-Canada, RU Hacks, ASX, and Indus Space, find us on social media:
Additionally, if you are an experienced coder and have participated at NASA Space Apps previously, register with the main event hosted by the Toronto Space Apps team:
Schedule (All times Canada/Eastern)
Friday, October 2nd
Registration opens for participants to check-in. Official kickoff starts at 4:30pm EDT with welcome message, introductions.
Discord tutorial, team building ice breaker activities
Join us and all participants from across Canada as we listen to a keynote talk from a representative from the Canadian Space Agency (at 7:30pm EDT)! The keynote in part will cover details around World Space Week (Oct 5-Oct 12)
Workshop hosted by MDA Canada Title: “Canadarm3: Autonomous Robotics in Lunar Orbit” (length 30mins with Q&A after; slot in 8:30-9:30pm)
Synopsis: “How do you maintain a space station with no one on-board – especially when you can only communicate with it once a week?”
Saturday, October 3rd
Discord channel opens for communications
Workshop on the 3i's of Hackathons: Inspiration, Ideation, Implementation
Meet several space professionals and hear them talk about how their work ties into the several Space Apps challenge categories! This will run from ~10:00am - 11:30
Hear from several space scientists in a panel session! Learn about what they do, and ask any questions you have around the challenges and themes you and your team decide to work on! This panel session will run from ~11:30am - 12:15pm.
Lunch break
Independent work time
Workshop #1: Design Thinking TBC
Break time fun activity: TBC
Workshop #2: Ideation TBC
Independent hackathon time
Sunday, October 4th
Workshop #1: Science Communication
STEAM Panel: Meet many professionals (science communicators, entrepreneurs) who have experience communicating and giving pitches. Youth can use this opportunity to clarify questions about presenting, etc.
Workshop #2: How to present/pitch a Hackathon idea
End of hackathon keynote speech. Giving an overview of careers in STEAM, Space Exploration and how you can continue to pursue your passions through hackathons and other engaging content.
All hackathon team challenge presentations and videos must be submitted before 11:59PM. Hackathon officially ends.
Friday, October 9th
Space Apps Toronto Youth Challenge Winners Announced
