Girlstart kicked off the month of DeSTEMber with our DeSTEMber Extravaganza on Saturday, December 7th in Austin, TX, and Sunnyvale, CA.
Volunteers led hands-on activities including gliders, circuit reindeer, paper rockets, InstaSnow, dancing gingerbread, and more. We are so thankful to have such amazing volunteers who took time to engage and inspire kids and their families in STEM.
activities ,education ,engineering ,experiments ,Fun ,girls ,hands-on ,kids ,math ,science ,STEM ,technology A group from Square Root joined us at Girlstart this fall for a morning of volunteering. Volunteers helped us prep materials for our Game Changers Luncheon as well as our Spooktacular event. They rolled shirts, cut hundreds of pieces of foam, and labeled boxes of colored pencils.
A huge thank you to Square Root for donating their time and helping us make STEM fun and meaningful for girls across the country!
2019 was a great year and we had hundreds of volunteers help in various capacities throughout the country. Volunteers prepped materials for after school, summer camps, and various public STEM events. They cut cardboard, plastic wrap, aluminum foil, helped with mailings, painted, led hands-on activities, fixed computers, guest spoke, presented at Girls in STEM, assembled journals, and so much more.
We are thankful for everyone who helped this past year to make programs such a success and I look forward to another amazing year in 2020!
activities ,education ,engineering ,experiments ,Fun ,girls ,hands-on ,kids ,math ,science ,STEM ,technology Mark your calendars! Girlstart’s summer camp registration opens January 13, 2020 and weeks have sold out quickly the past several years. For registration and more camp information visit: http://girlstart.org/our-programs/summer-camp/.
Camp Hermione (4th-5th & 6th-8th)
June 8-12, June 15-19, June 22-26
Calling all muggles! Channel your inner Hermione Granger as you discover chemical reactions in Potions class, design a catapult in Defense Against the Dark Arts, construct a sturdy tower to watch Quidditch, and engineer your own boat to travel across the Great Lake to Hogwarts. Girls will program an online TriWizard Tournament maze, 3D print the Hogwarts castle, and solder their own Golden Snitch ring.
Keep Girlstart Weird (4th-5th)
July 6-10, July 13-17
Live music, Congress Avenue Bridge bats, and the Lady Bird Wildflower Center! These are only a few things that make Austin special. Recreate the 360 Bridge, design a one-of-a-kind solar powered food truck, and engineer an outdoor music stage. From pumping water from the Edwards Aquifer to determining what it takes to win Formula 1, discover what it’s like to be an Austinite growing up in the state’s capital.
Beyond Your Backyard (6th-8th)
July 6-10, July 13-17
From backyard composting to cleaning the air we breathe, even a few small changes can make a huge environmental impact. Design a robot to sort recycling, create a device to remove plastic from the Texas Gulf, explore how artificial reefs preserve marine life, and solder a solar-powered LED light. Every day is Earth Day at this eco-friendly camp!
Secrets of Super Girl (4th-5th)
July 20-24, July 27-31
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Girlstart’s Super Girl! Program your superhero robot to save the day, design armor as strong as Wonder Woman’s, create an LED symbol of courage, engineer a device to go faster than a speeding bullet, and discover how to leap tall buildings. Learn the secrets behind a superhero’s powers and discover your inner superhero strength.
Girlstart Games (6th-8th)
July 20-24, July 27-31
Bronze, Silver, Gold! Regardless of the medal, Olympic athletes are the best at their sport. Explore the physics behind a gymnasts twists, create an aerodynamic diver, make the perfect hole in one shot, and design the next Olympic torch. From engineering a fast sailboat to programming robots to synchronize swim, the Girlstart Olympics are the place to be in Summer 2020.
