{"id":25803,"date":"2022-03-05T10:06:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T10:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/?p=25803"},"modified":"2023-03-23T10:45:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:45:59","slug":"cosmic-code-first-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/cosmic-code-first-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmic Code First Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_753997213\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-full-width\"  id=\"row-1114287348\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-538027260\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coding is the language of the 21st century, where nearly everything in modern society is driven by coding. Astronomy is no exception, where coding is used to explore the universe. Whether it is through telescopes, satellites or robots exploring planets, coding is an essential instrument of astronomy. The Cosmic Code: First Contact is a project that aims to introduce coding within an astronomy setting to the rural communities of Zululand (and beyond!). Many of these communities have not had any first-hand experience with information technologies, such as computers. This project will serve as the first point of contact, introducing the communities to computers through coding. The programme will entail a workshop in which participants will programme miniature Raspberry Pi robots using Python coding. The workshop begins with developing some of the soft skills of computing and coding through Scratch (pictorial code). From this level the workshop will proceed into using Python coding (written code). By combining the Python coding with Raspberry Pi robots, it allows the participants to see tangible applications of the code they write. This has a direct link to how astronomy uses coding to control planetary exploring robots or orbiting satellites. The programme will be aimed mainly at school children but will also be offered to young adults and the elderly. The Cosmic Code programme will also include a detailed workshop on career advice as to ensure the programme does not simply stop at making people aware of coding but ultimately makes coders of them! The project will engage and partner with other organisations such as Africa Code Week. The programme aims to expand the workshop to other countries such as Botswana and Zimbabwe. &#8220;Coding is today&#8217;s language of creativity. All our children deserve a chance to become creators instead consumers of computer science.&#8221; &#8211; Maria Klawe<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1633820287\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1633820287 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-488787516\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-836232124\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1b1MUGTatMwG5_py3Q3IimBVmwv127g3yamuBD5S5qeU\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button primary\"  >\n    <span>Project Report<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1118528816\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/18IDp6DzkCxnpbp9BnF5rUruRKqbXTtw7?usp=sharing\" 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src=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1449-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1449-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1449-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1449-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1449-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1449-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">OAD Girls Education Project in Kenya Gets A Boost From SKAO<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">Elimisha Msichana Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (EMEJA), an IAU OAD funded project in Kenya and [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge absolute top post-date badge-outline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">30<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month is-xsmall\">Jul<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/a-night-under-the-stars-in-karpenissi-greece\/\" class=\"plain\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3-300x226.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3-1024x771.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3-768x578.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3-1536x1157.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ARTEMISNET-\u2013-Starlight-Bridges-3.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">&#8220;A Night Under the Stars&#8221; in Karpenissi, Greece<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">The OAD-supported &#8220;Starlight Bridges&#8221; project will organise A Night Under the Stars on August 17 [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge absolute top post-date badge-outline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">22<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month is-xsmall\">Jul<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/iau-oad-newsletter-43-april-june-2026\/\" class=\"plain\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OAD-newsletter-Facebook-300x251.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OAD-newsletter-Facebook-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OAD-newsletter-Facebook-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OAD-newsletter-Facebook.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">IAU OAD Newsletter #43 April &#8211; June 2026<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">The IAU OAD has published its latest newsletter for the April to June 2026 period. [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge absolute top post-date badge-outline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">20<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month is-xsmall\">Jul<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/astro4dev.org\/transforming-stem-learning-through-astronomy-in-kenya\/\" class=\"plain\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" 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text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">Transforming STEM Learning Through Astronomy in Kenya<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">source: MMUST The OAD funded project \u2018Inspiring STEM Engagement through the Support of Astronomy Programs [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge absolute top post-date badge-outline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"badge-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">20<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month is-xsmall\">Jul<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div 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