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Home > Science Odyssey Teen Hack-a-Thon

Science Odyssey Teen Hack-a-Thon

Join us for our first ever Hamilton Teen Hack-a-thon.  Bring your laptop and your teammate and use your coding skills to tackle a literacy challenge.  Team of 2 or 3 are welcome.

McMaster mentors will be on hand to coach and assist.  Pizza lunch will be provided. Parents are encouraged to stop in and observe what the students will learn. Everyone welcome at 2:00 p.m. to celebrate all the projects and congratulate the winning team. The 1st place team will win a scholarship for the Leap Summer Camp program. 

What is Science Odyssey?

The Teen Hack-a-thon is part of Science Odyssey’s ten days (May 6 – May 14) of discovery and innovation. Hundreds of events will take place all across Canada. Science Odyssey is sponsored by the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) wants to engage with Canada’s scientific community in a new cross-Canada event that celebrates discovery and innovation.

This program is offered with the generous support of the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) by McMaster University, Computing and Software in partnership with the Hamilton Public Library.

If you're taking on the challenge call Central Library at 905-546-3200 x3434

In Partnership
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Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton Civic Museums and Hamilton Parks and Cemeteries are partnering on this project, in recognition of Hamilton turning 175.