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Join us at Data Detechtive School this school holidays!

We need the help of mystery-minded students to help us with an unsolved case!

We’ll teach you all the techy skills you need to code your own detective gadgets, find hidden patterns in data, and reveal secret messages. You’ll help us narrow down the suspects, disprove alibis, and ultimately find the perpetrator!

Event Details

Course length: 3 days

Age range: High-school ages students

Dates: Tuesday - Thursday, October 3-5, 2023

Drop-off time: 9:00 am - 9:30 am

Pick-up time: 3:30 pm - 4 pm

Location: PLC Sydney, Croydon.

BYO Lunch

BYO or Rental Laptop options

For any questions, reach out to us on our Contact Us page. Renee or Jack will get right back to you!

FAQ

Who can sign up?
This program is perfect of any high school-aged students with an interest in technology.

Do I need to know how to code?
No experience in coding is required!
You just need to be comfortable with using a keyboard to type text. Our friendly tutors are there to help with everything you need to learn.

If you are an experienced coder, we can give you a little bit extra to push your knowledge!

Do I need to bring a laptop?
If you have a Mac or Windows laptop you can use that for this program. If you don’t you can rent one from us for this course.
Chromebooks do not work with the required software.

What will I learn?
We’ll be coding in Python, to create programs for hardware that we can use to collect data and intercept secret message transmissions. The embedded-hardware tech we’ll be coding with is called a Kookaberry. It’s a bit like a micro:bit!

In addition to creating our own detechtive tools, we’ll also learn how to uncover hidden patterns in data and graphs, and decrypt secret ciphered messages!