More than 500 children from all over Spain approach programming with video games to combat climate change

June 27. (Portaltic/EP) –

The Cat Savers team, from Colegio Teresiano del Pilar (Zaragoza), and the Zurbitu Team, from Colegio Vera-Cruz de Álava, have been winners in the second Spanish edition of the DXC Iberia Codes contest, promoted by DXC Technology, whose theme has been the fight against climate change.

DXC Iberia Codes aims to make it easier for young people to approach programming and technology. The contest includes two categories: Junior, from 10 to 12 years old, and Senior, from 13 to 15 years old, and the participants of both modalities must use the Scratch development program to create a video game that, in addition to being fun, reflects the values ​​associated to the proposed theme.

This year, the contest, which has focused on the fight against climate changehas had the participation of 250 teamsmore than 500 children and adolescents, from educational centers throughout Spain, as the organization collects in a statement.

The two winning teams are made up of two brothers. A) Yes, Cat Savers, in the Junior category, is formed by Guillermo and Julia Graowhile In the Senior category, Irati and Ibon Zurbitu have formed the Zurbitu Team.

The Cat Savers video game, called eco-world know, presents a nice flying cat whose mission is to clean the world avoiding pollution clouds and red cars. For its part, CO2 Heroesby Zurbitu Team, seeks to reduce CO2 emissions through the mini-games that are proposed in a factory and on a ship deck.

Among the finalist schools, the organization has highlighted, in the junior category, the How I Learned Code Academy in Seville, the CEIP Espiñeira Aldán in Pontevedra, the IES Biel Martí in Menorca, the Colegio Corazón de María in Asturias and the Colegio de Montealto development in Madrid. In the senior category, the teams from the How I Learned Code Academy in Seville, the Sagrat Cor Gavà in Barcelona, ​​the María Auxiliadora Salesianos School in Vigo and the Salesiano Santo Ángel de Avilés School reached the final.

The winners received robotics related awardsso that they can continue practicing in their free time and not lose their enthusiasm for these disciplines.