Free workshop offer for secondary school classes I and II in February and March 2026
On behalf of ESERO Austria, plia and the Coding School are holding Astro Pi workshops in Carinthia for the first time.
What is Astro Pi?
Astro Pi is an internationally recognized educational project of the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Pupils program simple applications that run on Raspberry Pi computers on board the International Space Station (ISS).
The «Mission Zero» project, a particularly low-threshold introduction to programming, is implemented as part of the workshops. The participating students create simple programs without any prior knowledge. These programs are then actually executed in space – a motivating experience that combines computer science and space travel.
Target group
- Secondary school classes I and II
- No prior programming knowledge required
Offer & contents
- Introduction to programming and computational thinking
- Implementation of an own Mission Zero program
- Insight into space travel and the use of IT
- Promotion of STEM skills
Workshop dates
- February: 16.2., 17.2., 23.2., 24.2.
- March: 2.3., 3.3., 9.3., 10.3., 16.3., 17.3.
Location
Educational Lab
at the Lakeside Science & Technology Park
in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
If there is no suitable date among those listed above, an extraordinary date can also be arranged in exceptional cases. In this case, please contact us with a proposed date (period: February to March 20).
Important
There is a limited contingent of 8 free workshops in total. The workshop places will be allocated on a first come – first serve basis. The joint submission of the content created in the workshop on the Astro Pi platform is an integral part of the workshop and will be accompanied on site.
Contact
Raphaela Alexandra Egger
Product Life Institute Austria (plia)
Non-profit association for the promotion of the circular economy
+43 699 10 30 20 70 | hello@plia.at
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Cooperation & thanks
The workshop offer is an international educational format of the European Space Agency (ESA) in cooperation with ESERO Austria. Implementation in Austria is made possible by funding from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI).
ESERO Austria is based at Ars Electronica and coordinates the program on a national level. The workshops in Carinthia are organized in cooperation with plia, the Coding School and BIKO mach MINT. The Lakeside Science & Technology Park supports the program as a cooperation partner by providing the workshop rooms in the Educational Lab free of charge.
Special thanks go to ESERO Austria, the European Space Agency (ESA) as well as the FFG and the BMIMI for making it possible to hold this educational program in Carinthia for the first time.
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