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STEM - Technology | Mazemaking with Sphero
2024-07-26 15:00:00 2024-07-26 16:00:00 America/New_York STEM - Technology | Mazemaking with Sphero Come learn about mazemaking and Spheros with us! Try your hand steering a Sphero through a maze we make as a group and see if you can make it to the exit! Lawrenceville Hooper-Renwick Branch -

Friday, July 26
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-07-26 15:00:00 2024-07-26 16:00:00 America/New_York STEM - Technology | Mazemaking with Sphero Come learn about mazemaking and Spheros with us! Try your hand steering a Sphero through a maze we make as a group and see if you can make it to the exit! Lawrenceville Hooper-Renwick Branch -

Come learn about mazemaking and Spheros with us! Try your hand steering a Sphero through a maze we make as a group and see if you can make it to the exit!

We’re going to draw our own mazes on paper and then make a big tape maze as a group. Can you get the Sphero from the start to the finish without crossing any of the borders? Come try your hand at navigating with these neat little robots! 

AGE GROUP: | Ages 6-11 |

EVENT TYPE: | STEM - Technology |

Lawrenceville Hooper-Renwick Branch
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