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AI Coding Lab
Think like a coder, one small step at a time: from arrow puzzles to real Python and AI.
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Why: coding teaches step-by-step thinking, patience and how the technology around us works. Every career in the AI age uses it.
When: Grade 1 to 12. Ten minutes, a few times a week, is plenty.
What: five studios: arrow puzzles and loops, block coding, JavaScript drawing, Python, and Python with AI.
Who: every child, with a parent or teacher nearby for the youngest. No experience needed.
How: pick your level, solve a challenge, press Run. Mistakes are part of coding: change one thing and try again.
Standards:
CSTA K–12 Computer Science Standards and the AI4K12 “Five Big Ideas in AI”.
Coding strands in provincial math curricula, such as Ontario’s Grades 1–8 mathematics curriculum.
NEP 2020’s call for coding from the middle stage, and CBSE’s Artificial Intelligence skill subject for Classes 9–10.
Coding and AI contests
Build an app (many use AI) and submit it to your member of Congress. Teams of up to four.
- 2026 deadline: October 26, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Eastern [due:2026-10-26T12:00:00-04:00]
- Next round: Usually opens in early summer; watch for the 2027 dates
An AI and machine-learning olympiad. It is the pathway for US students to the International Olympiad in AI.
- Registration: June 15, 2026 to January 31, 2027, 11:59 p.m. Eastern [due:2027-01-31T23:59:00-05:00]
- Round 1 (online): Friday, February 19, 2027, 12:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern
- Next rounds: Top scorers advance; see the official site
Teams build AI-powered solutions to real problems in their community. A Trailblazer Track lets middle and high schoolers tackle bigger national problems.
- Registration: Through December 18, 2026 [due:2026-12-18]
- Projects due: December 23, 2026 (as reported; confirm on the official site) [due:2026-12-23]
The University of Waterloo’s programming contest: a strong step toward AI, computer science and the Canadian Computing Olympiad.
- Schools order by: Thursday, February 11, 2027 [due:2027-02-11]
- Contest (the Americas): Wednesday, February 17, 2027
Canada’s national AI olympiad and the route to Team Canada at the International Olympiad in AI. Selection also looks at portfolios and past competitions.
- 2027 dates: Not announced yet; check the official site
An AI and machine-learning olympiad. It is the pathway for US students to the International Olympiad in AI.
- Registration: June 15, 2026 to January 31, 2027, 11:59 p.m. Eastern [due:2027-01-31T23:59:00-05:00]
- Round 1 (online): Friday, February 19, 2027, 12:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern
- Next rounds: Top scorers advance; see the official site
Run by ACM India with ACM IKDD to choose and train India’s team for the International Olympiad in AI.
- Last cycle: Registration opened in January and national rounds were held in March
- 2027 dates: Not announced yet; check the official site
Atal Innovation Mission (NITI Aayog) with the Ministry of Education, AICTE and UNICEF: find a community problem and build a working prototype, often using AI.
- Last cycle: Registration from July 29; ideas due November 30, 2025
- Next cycle: Check aim.gov.in for the new dates
Teams build an app, often using AI, that solves a problem in their community, with mentors and a free curriculum.
- Registration: October 12, 2026 to March 11, 2027 [due:2027-03-11]
- Submission deadline: May 5, 2027, 5 p.m. Pacific [due:2027-05-05T17:00:00-07:00]
The world AI olympiad: individual tasks on machine learning, computer vision and language, plus a team challenge.
- IOAI 2027: July 4–10, 2027, in Singapore
- How to qualify: Through your country’s national AI olympiad, such as USA-NA-AIO in the US
For informational and educational purposes only. Contest details come from each organiser’s official site; always confirm dates there. Python runs in your browser using Pyodide. Signed-in families’ progress (challenges solved) syncs to Family Home; code you type and drawings you train stay on this device.