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Coolest Projects: Your Code Club’s time to shine

Calling all Code Clubs! The Coolest Projects online showcase is open to any young person up to 18, anywhere in the world.

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Take part in Coolest Projects

This is your Code Club’s chance to share their amazing creations with a global audience and celebrate their coding projects — from a creator’s first Scratch project to big, small, in-progress, or world-changing ideas!

“The creators also feel very proud when they see their ideas on the internet… and when we told them people from [other] countries… can see your solution and your products.” – Code Club mentor, India

Whether your Code Club has participated before or this is your first time, Coolest Projects welcomes you. Creators can share their digital tech projects in our online gallery, join a celebration livestream, and receive certificates and personalised feedback! Entries for the online showcase are open until 28 May.

What projects can you submit?

Almost anything you want! Coolest Projects showcases digital making. Creator’s projects must use code, computers, or digital technology, but the subject matter is up to them, giving them true agency to share their interests and passions with the world.

Share your project with the world!

Think Scratch projects, micro:bit creations, app emulator designs, Python code — the possibilities are endless. Explore the seven submission categories for more ideas.

“I enjoyed seeing others’ projects and having this new experience” – Code Club creator, Ireland

“I enjoy showing my project and seeing others’ projects.” – Code Club creator, UK

Take a look at these projects for inspiration

The showcase gallery is now open and waiting for your club’s entries! Remember, all digital making projects are welcome, from beginner to advanced. Here are some 2025 Coolest Projects entries to inspire your Code Club:

Planet bounce

Roan, from Ireland had fun customising this simple space-themed Scratch project. Have a go, we guarantee that you will have lots of fun completing it!

A Scratch project titled "Planet Bounce" is displayed, showing a game screen with a black background, Earth on the left, a ringed planet on the right, and two bouncing purple circles outlined in orange.
A Scratch project from Roan

Bug the hunt game

A fantastic custom version of our Scratch ‘Catch the bug’ project has been created by Joshua from the UK. If you like toucans and parrots, this is for you! We really appreciate its unique personality.

Wastewise food loss and waste predictor

An advanced coder from the USA, Neel, has developed a machine learning model to predict and visualise food loss and waste percentages by commodity, country, and supply chain stage. This model will help identify trends and forecast future losses.

A screenshot of the "WasteWise Food Loss and Waste Predictor" interface, displaying a bar chart comparing actual versus predicted food loss and waste (FLW) percentages by supply chain stage for rice in China in 2021. A red-highlighted button labeled "Generate FLW by Supply Chain Stage Comparison" is visible above the chart. A YouTube play button overlay is in the center.
Neel’s machine learning project

It’s even easier to participate!

To make it easier for your club to participate, we’ve introduced group codes. A group code allows your club members to link their projects to your account. You can then quickly review and submit them to the online showcase.

Ready to share your Code Club’s work? Visit the Coolest Projects website to learn more and submit projects. We can’t wait to see what your Code Club makes!

Get your Code Club coding with AI and ML

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are transforming the world around us, and it’s more important than ever for young people to understand this technology. 

By introducing AI and ML concepts in your Code Club, you can equip your members with essential skills for the future, spark their creativity, and empower them to become responsible users of AI technologies.  

Start exploring Code Clubs AI projects 

Code Club’s AI projects make exploring AI and ML a blast. You can learn more about the projects in our ‘Taking your first steps into AI’ blog. With hands-on activities and fun challenges, they’re the perfect way to spark a passion for these exciting technologies.

“The AI learning path gives kids an understanding of the different ways AI fits into our world, whether they’re looking at photo recognition or my favourite project ‘Doodle detector’, where we get to draw and decide what our picture is. All of these feed into how young people understand the way AI works, and getting in early gives them a deep understanding of how that can work to help them in the future, and what to look for so that they don’t get caught out by it.”
– Kaye North, Code Club Australia

Project options for every club

New to AI? Start with the ‘Doodle detector’

If you’re new to AI, the Doodle detector is a great project to start with. You don’t need any special kit, just a computer. Creators draw different objects, then train an ML model to recognise their drawings. It’s a fun way for creators to see for themselves how model training works.

Can the model detect an apple? A banana? A cat? A caterpillar? Gather your Code Club and put it to the test!

Doodle detector

Limited connectivity? No problem!

In our unplugged Dinosaur decision tree project, creators explore how ML models use decision trees to sort things into groups. 

This project uses a paper-based decision tree to classify dinosaurs, but you could classify anything.

Short on time? Create an AI image 

Need a quick and creative activity? Try our ‘AI-generated images’ project and produce amazing AI images with Adobe Firefly. Your creators will learn how to write text prompts and then watch as generative AI brings their creations to life.

This project uses Adobe Firefly, which requires an Adobe ID. You must be 13 or older to register for an individual Adobe ID.

AI-generated project

Got a microphone? Use your voice!

In the Fish food project, creators train an ML model to recognise voice commands and then play a fun fish-feeding game using their commands. You’ll need a microphone for this one. Want to feed a giraffe or a penguin instead? Go for it!

More advanced coders? Level up with a large language model

Your more advanced Code Club creators can learn how to run a large language model on their Raspberry Pi and create a powerful AI assistant using Ollama.

This project is not recommended for learners below the age of 13 and we encourage Code Club creators to engage with this material responsibly.

Prompt a large language model

New AI safety resources 

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released new AI safety resources that equip educators with the tools to empower learners to question AI technologies, think critically, and use AI technologies responsibly. The AI safety resources allow for flexible learning and have been built around three key components: animations, unplugged activities, and discussion questions.

Head to the Code Club projects page to find these projects and more! Don’t be afraid to experiment and have fun. Who knows? Your Code Club might just create the next big thing in AI!