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Webinars & make-alongs

If you’re brand new to Coolest Projects, need some inspiration, or just want to have fun making, our webinars are for you. We’re running a hands-on session for each category to give you great tips, tricks and ideas!

How to enter multiple projects

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Mentors — entering more than one project? Sign up for a group code, and your young people can link their projects to your account. Find out more about this new function for 2025.

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How to register for Coolest Projects online

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This short video will take you through, step by step, the process to register your projects for Coolest Projects online.

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Code along in Scratch

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Join Helen and Nick for the first of our Coolest Projects code-alongs, and learn how to make your very own balloon popping game with Scratch! This session is suitable for beginners.

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Getting started with AI: Coolest Projects 2025

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Join Mr C's make-along session all about AI! Expect fun games, loads of helpful hints and resources and step-by-step instructions to make your own artificial intelligence project, ready to enter the brand new Coolest Projects AI category! Suitable for beginners.

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How to: Hardware!

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Learn how to make a fun game with a Raspberry Pi Pico, and test your reflexes along with your coding skills! Richard will take you through this Pico project you can build and customise to make it your own. Suitable for beginners and intermediate makers.

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Working out Web

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Mr C for a session all about web! We'll share step-by-step guidance to make your very own web project. Suitable for all levels.

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Advanced programming: taking your project to the next level

If you're a confident coder and maker looking to level up your projects, this session is for you! Diane will share great ideas and tips for building advanced projects, and share some previous advanced makes to inspire you to get creating. Sign up to join live on 16 April at 16:30 BST.

This session will also be recorded and available to watch back.

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Create your own games

Join Mac on 30 April at 16:30 BST for this online session focused on making your own cool games! Mac will take you through step-by-step guidance to code and customise your own fun game, ready to submit to Coolest Projects. Suitable for all levels.

This session will also be recorded and available to watch back.

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Making Mobile apps

We'll share project ideas and tips in this interactive session, with everything you need to get started with making your own mobile app. Suitable for all levels.

Sign up to join live on 7 May at 16:30 BST. If you can't join live, don't worry! This session will be recorded and available to watch back.

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