Robot Petting Zoo Workshop

BirdBrain Technologies'mission is to inspire deep and joyful learning in all students through creative robotics.Founded at Carnegie Mellon University in 2010, BirdBrain was created to promote gender equality and diversity in engineering and robotics. TheFinch Robotmakes coding tangible in many programming languages ranging from Kindergarten to College-level computer science. TheHummingbird Robotics Kitis comprised of lights, sensors and motors, allowing students to build a robot out ofanymaterials.Both of these products empower students to take ownership of their technical and creative skill sets and engage in flexible problem-solving activities. Hundreds of thousands of students have been impacted by our products worldwide.

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What dances, eats, and lights up? Animals you create in the Robot Petting Zoo!  Come spend a very hands-on evening learning to design, build, and program your own robot animal with the Hummingbird Robotics Kit. Find out how you can host your own Robot Petting Zoo & Makeathon anywhere. No coding experience necessary--Absolute beginners are welcome! Geared toward 4th grade-12th grade educators, though anyone with an interest in robotics is invited!
A Hummingbird Robotics Kit will be provided for you to use during the workshop, but if you want to take your kit home with you, be sure to purchase "Workshop + Hummingbird Base Kit" at checkout.  Do you already have a Hummingbird robotics kit? Feel free to bring it with you! 
<H2>Please bring a laptop with Snap! software downloaded: http://hummingbirdkit.com/learning/snap-programming </H2>
The Robot Petting Zoo (RPZ) & Makeathon engages students and educators in friendly making, coding, and design with a creative twist on the traditional hackathon. During an RPZ Makeathon, student groups create animatronic animals while learning empathic design thinking, teamwork, and engineering using cardboard, robotics kits, code, and craft supplies. They then bring their animals together for a Robot Petting Zoo Showcase where the public, and especially young children, can interact with them. 
RPZ's are transforming robotics education by engaging the disengaged, breaking stereotypes about who can be computer scientists, engineers, and technology innovators, and attracting more people into creative and technical learning in a more accessible, friendly way.
Have questions about the workshop? Please contact Katie@birdbraintechnologies.com 
Parking $5 Flat Rate at San Jose Convention Center. See Parking Map.
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