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Is SD a neighborhood, city, state, country? South Dakota? Sudan? Santo Domingo? San Diego?
Being a European on the Internet is really a first world problem :)
Get in touch with your local FIRST robotics team. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc I am a mentor for my local team. The program is absolutlely wonderful. It inspires and drives kids at many levels. Mentors run a huge range, from scientists amd engineers to welders, makers and really driven Mom's and Dad's. The common thread, among other things, is to inpire the kids to learn and apply technologyy to solve…
Bummer the OP just missed the 2014 Greater San Diego Tournament by a few days
Get in touch with your local FIRST robotics team. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc I am a mentor for my local team. The program is absolutlely wonderful. It inspires and drives kids at many levels. Mentors run a huge range, from scientists amd engineers to welders, makers and really driven Mom's and Dad's. The common thread, among other things, is to inpire the kids to learn and apply technologyy to solve…
FRC league is for High School students. They have leagues for elementary and middle school students in Lego and Tetrix, respectively. FRC is the full blown CNC machined parts and rapid-prototyped/3D-printed awesomeness. (Or woodworking)
Is SD a neighborhood, city, state, country? South Dakota? Sudan? Santo Domingo? San Diego?
It doesn't seem like there's a Girl Develop It chapter in San Diego yet, but a quick Google search shows a few meetup options nearby:
- http://www.meetup.com/Teach-Yourself-Programming-A-Womens-Co... - http://www.meetup.com/IEEE-Women-in-Tech-Meetup/
I bet you could reach out to the group members/founders and they would be more than happy to speak with you and your daughter about tech things! It's really wonderful you're encouraging her passion too, btw. Good luck!