Attend Google’s Digital Village at Atlanta Science Festival on March 23

For the past two weekends we’ve been attending events put on by Atlanta Science Festival. We learned about this event when the boys and I went to Dragon Con last year and each event that we’ve been to has been incrementally better-with each event being great fun. Atlanta Science Festival ends on March 23 with Exploration Expo. As part of Exploration Expo, Google’s Digital Village is happening to allow kids a hands-on coding workshop.

Exploration Expo is Saturday, March 23 from 11-4 at Piedmont Park. It features hundreds of STEM-focused activities, all which are family friendly. There will be interactive booths from local organizations, universities, clubs, companies and more. You’ll see a 3D printer, touch a python (the animal, not the computer….) and do most anything to help minds of all ages question, grow and appreciate science.

Our 9 year-old has loved all of the events that he’s been to this year. After the first event, appropriately called Mathapalooza, he asked, “Daddy, can I skip school tomorrow to do more with the science festival”? Alas the answer to that question was no, but I’m certain that he’ll have a blast at Exploration Expo and Google’s Digital Village.

You do need to RSVP to attend Google’s Digital Village, but like almost all of the events at Atlanta Science Festival, it’s free! So, RSVP quickly because admittance is limited to 30 people per session and there are only three sessions that day, at 11, 12:30 and 3:00 p.m.  Parents and guardians do need to be present. Google’s Digital Village is recommended for middle school students. However, if you have a computer curious or even savvy, middle to upper elementary school student it’s worth checking out.  

Also at the workshop is Google’s gravity-powered race car. A gravity powered race car, as Marty McFly would say, “That’s heavy”, closely followed by Doc Brown questioning the problem with Earth’s gravitational pull in the future.