Gliders work like planes but without engines! The two different sized hoops create balance as the straw flies through the air. The big hoop creates “drag” and the smaller hoop helps your glider steer straight. If your glider flies fast enough it will lift, which causes the glider to stay in the air longer. The longer the glider stays in the air, the more drag it will create!
activities ,education ,engineering ,experiments ,Fun ,girls ,Girlstart ,hands-on ,kids ,math ,science ,STEM ,technology Water has many interesting properties, a couple of which being adhesion and cohesion. In this fun trick, the water first adheres to the piece of string, then it coheres to the water molecules in the soaked string as you ‘pour’ the water into the other cup. Try it for yourself!
activities ,education ,engineering ,experiments ,Fun ,girls ,Girlstart ,hands-on ,kids ,math ,science ,STEM ,technology A group from the Austin PayPal offices joined us at Girlstart for an afternoon of volunteering. They cut hundreds of pieces of construction paper and aluminum foil for our solar oven activity.
A huge thank you to PayPal for donating their time and helping us make STEM fun and meaningful for girls across the country!
activities ,education ,engineering ,experiments ,Fun ,girls ,hands-on ,kids ,math ,paypal ,science ,STEM ,technology This past December, a group from Norton Rose Fulbright joined us at Girlstart Headquarters to prep materials for our spring after school programs.
Girlstart meets with after school participants for an hour each week to do hands-on STEM activities related to what they are learning in the classroom. We appreciate our hard working volunteers, who help make these programs possible and work as a team themselves to solve challenges (like cutting thousands of pieces of plastic wrap). Thank you!
