What is MakeX Spark？

MakeX Spark Online Competition is a project-based creative design program for young people aged 6 to 16. The participating team will need to focus on the specific theme and devise a solution through software programming and hardware construction. The solution will be a demonstration project and a poster with topics including research, design-thinking process, construction scheme, and outcome summary. 

With the characteristics of low entry-level and flexible forms, Spark focuses on guiding teenagers to not only learn interdisciplinary knowledge and apply them to practical problems but also improve their problem-solving and logical-thinking abilities, developing their creativity and imagination. 

Theme

What comes to you when we talk about home? A nice house? A big dinner prepared by parents? A secret space for yourself? Or warm cares from family? A warm home refuels our bodies and spirit like a gas station. Amid the hustle and bustle of modern life, parents are always busy for business. When you hang out with friends, you cannot leave your kitties behind. But how to look after your company when you are apart? All you need is to take one more step, create your warm long-lasting care with ideas.

The theme of 2021 Singapore National MakeX Spark Online Competition is Family Care. Based on this theme, contestants are encouraged to build efficient projects for passing love and care. Here are some questions for you to think about: 1) How many family members are there in your home? Who are they? Have you met any problems when staying with them? What kinds of care do they need? 2) Do you know anyone who lacks family care more than others in your community? How can you help them? Let’s create a Family Care solution with our brilliant ideas!

Why Join MakeX Spark？

☆ Project-based creative design program

Unlike most robotics or coding competition, it also requires creativity, design-thinking and presentation, working as a complete project circle.

☆ Have all-round development

You will get a comprehensive development by using logical thinking and innovation to design solutions for a real-world problem and demonstrating it to others.

☆ A fun solution to distance learning

It gives you an opportunity to study at home and have great fun while creating and learning.

What They Say？

Your Journey Through
MakeX Spark

1. Learning & Research

Basic learning of hardware & software
Attend workshop
Topic research

Generate possible solutions
Select a solution
Program and build up the structure
Test and improve Design your poster

5.Evaluation & Awarding

Judge evaluation
Online awarding ceremony

What You Can Get ?

 STEAM Report 

Through MakeX Spark, contestants can reflect on their abilities in five dimensions.

*Under the premise of complying the rules, contestants may receive a STEAM Ability Assessment Report. The diagram on the right is an example of the abilities distribution.

Awards

Young Innovator

E-certificate

15%  in each group

Best Demonstration

E-certificate

15% in each group

Excellent Organization

Top 1 in total

mBot2
E-certificate

In each competition, the top three contestants of the total score ranking can win the “Young All-Rounder” award (can be received together with one special award).

The Excellent Mentor award is comprehensively decided according to the number of contestants and award-winning projects instructed by the same mentor. The quota of this award is one for each match.

The Excellent Organization award is comprehensively selected according to the number of contestants and award-winning projects provided by the same educational organization. The quota of this award is one for each match.

Prizes 

mBot2

Young All-Rounder: Each Young All-Rounder winner will receive an e-certificate, one Young All-Rounder Medal, and one CyberPi Go Kit.

Excellent Mentor / Excellent Organization: Each awarded mentor or organization will receive an e-certificate and one mBot2.

Special Awards Winner: Each special awarded winner (Young Designer, Young Innovator, Young Engineer, Best Demonstration) will receive an e-certificate.

Not-awarded Participant: The contestants who have not won any awards will receive a certificate of participation.

 Judge Panel 

Jimmy Hoon

Jimmy Hoon is the founder of Duino Kids, a fun and interactive coding courses, as well as a Senior Education Success Coach at a leading educational institute. A dynamic and engaging trainer/speaker, Jimmy has inspired more than 2,000 families through school workshops, government bodies and private corporations in Singapore.

Raphael

Raphael believes that Robotics and Coding should be a fun endeavour for everyone as the applications are limitless. The only limit is your imagination. He has been providing training to teams that participate in locally held competitions over the past year. 

Pee Hai Rou

Hairou has a wide range of experience in the education industry in both the enrichment and k12 market. She is passionate in creating curriculum that incorporate elements of design challenges to better prepare learners in becoming proficient problem solvers.

All the project assessment work will be online. Each project is scored by several judges, and the disputed projects will be sent to the senior judges.
If you want to be the judge of 2021 Singapore National MakeX Spark Online Competition, please contact the organizer.