Previous Moonhack projects
You can try any project from previous years Challenges by following the links below to the Code Club Australia website, and downloading the original PDF instructions.
2025
Scratch, 2025
Birthday Blast Off
In this animation, create a countdown to blast off into space for our birthday celebration.
Scratch, 2025
Lunar Laughs
Tell some funny space jokes! Step 1 is the simple step. Complete steps 2 and 3 for more complex coding.
Scratch, 2025
Party Puzzle
Create a digital jigsaw puzzle to celebrate Moonhack's 10th birthday.
microbit, 2025
PartyMix:Bot
Our Moonhack birthday needs a play list! Create your own with this micro:bit project.
Python, 2025
Astrolock
Can you escape the shuttle before it blasts off to the cake planet? A project with 3 levels of coding.
Design, 2025
Moonhack X
Use any coding software and language to create your own project about Moonhack.
2024
Scratch, 2024
In Deep Water
Create a maze game and help slow the rising waters.
Open software, 2024
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Use your coding skills to create a solution that can clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Scratch, 2024
Sweeten the Crop
Create a clicker game where you are the farmer making decisions for your sugarcane crop.
micro:bit, 2024
Talking Rubbish
Create a device to track the types of rubbish placed in your bin,
Scratch, 2024
Water Adventure
Create an animation that teaches about the water cycle.
Python, 2024
Turtles and Temperature
Write a program that uses temperature data to view the affects this has on turtle hatchlings.
2023
Scratch, 2023
Space Shoe
Make a game where the user can design their own particular style of space shoe.
Scratch, 2023
Protect the Planet
Make a game where the user aims and shoots the starts to protect the planet.
Scratch, 2023
Looking into Space
Make a game where the user can find hidden objects in space.
Python, 2023
Guess the Invention
Write a program, similar to hang man, where the user suggests letters to guess a word that is a space invention.
micro:bit, 2023
Constellation
Create a twinkling constellation using micro:bits
design, brief, 2023
Space Junk
Develop you own coded project that showcases an innovative way to deal with space junk.
2022
Scratch, 2022
Tagai Constellation
Create an animation that tells the story of Tagai and learn about the constellation from students at Tagai College.
Scratch, 2022
Satellites in Space
Can you beat the clock in the rave to avoid the starts get the satellite safely back to Earth?
Scratch, 2022
What Will I Wear?
Create an animation that shows a weather satellite being launched into orbit and how this helps people.
Scratch, 2022
Stop the Fires!
Create a clicker game that uses a satellite to tell ground crews where fires are breaking out on Earth.
Python, 2022
Light
Create a python program to help determine the exact times of twilight in your area.
Micro:Bit, 2022
Save the Trees
Create a device that uses satellite communication to alert rangers when a tree falls in a forest.
2021
Scratch, 2021
Home Power Hero
Help Avery turn off all the appliances to save power.
Scratch, 2021
Nature Returns
Make an animation and watch the bush grow back after a fire.
Scratch, 2021
Matariki
Animate your own story of the Maori New Year star, Matariki.
Python, 2021
Carbon Footprint Calculator
Make a simplified carbon footprint calculator that can help people understand their personal impace.
Scratch, 2021
Dhinawan in the Sky
Animate a Gomeri story of the Emu in the stars.
SenseHat, Raspberry Pi, 2021
Fire Danger Warning Sign
Create your own warning sign to prepare for bushfire season
2020
Python, 2020
Water on Mars
Make a text based survival game, making water conscious decisions in order to survive for as long as possible on Mars.
Scratch, 2020
Space Clean Up
Humans have been sending objects into space for 60 years! Help clean up the mess.
Scratch Jr, 2020
Clean your planet
Make an animation that shows different people working together to help clean up the planet
Scratch, 2020
Drone Planting
In this project, you will will create a game where a drone drops seeds to regenerate the bush with trees.
Micro:Bit, 2020
Moisture Sensor
Make a microcontroller using a micro:bit to sense when your plant needs watering.
2019
Scratch, 2019
Moon Buggy
Control a moon buggy to travel across the moon, responding to gravity and with a scrolling background.
2018
Scratch, 2018
Lunar Module
Simulate the first moon landing. Can you land safetly on the moon?
2017
Scratch, 2017
Moon Jump
Create a simulation about jumping on Earth and the moon.
