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Downers Grove Kids to Learn Robotics at Sunday Workshop
All three of the "SparkTruck" workshops, hosted by Friends of the Gifted & Talented of Downers Grove and D99, are filled to capacity.
A group of Downers Grove kids ages 8-15 will be participating in a free robotics workshop hosted at North High School this Sunday, as part of the “SparkTruck” mobile education project founded by Stanford University students.
The SparkTruck, an “education build-mobile” which has been profiled in Wired magazine, comes to Downers Grove courtesy of Friends of the Gifted & Talented of Downers Grove (FRoG), the Village of Downers Grove and Community School District 99.
Three workshops will be held, two for kids 8-12 focusing on vibrobots, and one for kids 12-15 on Lego robotics.
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“I am so excited to be able help bring SparkTruck and the emergent technologies that they teach about to Downers Grove area kids,” said FRoG representitive Kristi Kattapong in a press release.
“This is such a great opportunity for local kids to be exposed to technologies and creative ideas that they might not otherwise encounter until high school or college.”
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Watch a sample SparkTruck workshop in the above video.
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