“Girls in Lab”, the hackaton for girls aged 7 to 17 at UPF

Girls In Lab, together with the engineering degrees of Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), organizes on November 29^th a Hackathon for girls aged 7 to 17.

At the UPF Poblenou Campus there will be several free workshops from 10:00h until 14:00h were girls will learn how to programme with Scratch, applied robotics, AppInventor, Drawbots, 3D design, 3D printing, Makey-Makey electronic instruments, etc. Registration is needed to participate, and you will have to bring your own tablet or netbook.

Girls in Lab is an initiative that aims at bringing technology closer to girls from an early age, so that in the future, more women work in the fields of technology and engineering.

More information:

• Video: Girls in Lab “Yo de mayor quiero ser una chica techie” (“When I grow up I want to be a techie girl”)
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• Poster HackDay

Este blog cuenta con la colaboración de la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología – Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación