As Girlstart gears up for our spring 2019 after school programs, volunteers have helped prep materials for the 2000+ girls we serve each week.
A big thank you to National Instruments for volunteering at their offices to prep materials, including bagging cereals to represent sediments and cutting plastic wrap, aluminum foil, and construction paper for solar ovens. We appreciate their continued support empowering girls in STEM.
Bernoulli’s principle says that an increase in the speed of air will cause a decrease in air pressure. Witness this phenomena in this simple demonstration. Watch as the decrease in air pressure caused by the fast airstream from the hair dryer causes the ping pong balls to move in an interesting way.
activities ,education ,engineering ,experiments ,Fun ,girls ,Girlstart ,hands-on ,kids ,math ,science ,STEM ,technology 2018 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, sorted thousands of legos, painted, fixed computers, guest spoke, presented at Girls in STEM, assembled journals, and so much more.
We are thankful for everyone who helped in 2018 to make programs such a success and I look forward to an even better 2019!
Thank you to the following groups/companies that volunteered this year!
3M
AAUW
Acxiom
Applied Materials
Applied Services
Baylor University
Bazaarvoice
Charles Schwab
Citgo
Dell
DPR Construction
Electronic Arts
Emerson
Exploring 4 Solutions
ExxonMobil
Facebook
Forcepoint
Google
Hanger
Intel
Jacobs
Merck
Microsoft
Millipore Sigma
MyITPros
NASA
National Charity League
National Instruments
Norton Rose Fulbright
NRG
Pape-Dawson Engineers
PayPal
Rice University
Samsung
Shell
Square Root
Texas Disposal Systems/Eco Academy
Texas Gas Service
Thermo Fisher
University of Houston
University of Missouri
University of Texas
Weatherford
and countless others!
activities ,education ,engineering ,experiments ,Fun ,girls ,hands-on ,kids ,math ,science ,STEM ,technology It was showcase day at Tom Green Elementary. Twenty girls stood up to show their parents what they had been working on. Cars zoomed across the floor, paper rockets soared into the air and birthday cards lit up with the touch of a button. Parents eyes lit up as their girls explained the scientific forces behind the magic.
This was the semester finale of the Girlstart After School program. Each week, the girls learned about a new STEM career and completed an accompanying experiment. Girlstart After School reaches more than 2,700 4th-5th grade girls with free STEM education programs at 87 high-need schools.
Research shows that Girlstart After School participants consistently and dramatically outperform their peers on standardized math and science tests. But it also has an immeasurable impact on the girls.
“It’s like night and day, their personalities in my classroom and in Girlstart,” said Wendy Carrillo, a Girlstart leader at Wooten Elementary. “Girlstart makes the girls so enthusiastic and outgoing.”
Parents see the program influence their daughters beyond the classroom.
“My daughter is very energetic and much more hands on now,” said Virginia, a Girlstart parent at Tom Green Elementary. “She’s always asking how things are made and suggesting ideas.”
Since the program is free, it gives girls from all different backgrounds an opportunity to see themselves as scientists and engineers.
That’s where The Empowerment Campaign comes in. The program grows and flourishes because of people like you. People who want to see more women rise into STEM careers and want to see more female leaders emerge. The influence starts in elementary school, and grows from there. So when you buy an Empowerment Tee, you’re not only providing a girl with a year’s worth of STEM supplies, you’re also giving her the resources to image a better future for herself. You can purchase a shirt here.
