Dancing Worms
Chances are that you have participated in, or at least witnessed a volcano explosion created from baking soda and vinegar. In this version of the classic experiment to create carbon dioxide, take one of your favorite sweet treats and make it dance!
Showcase
After School To Go ended the semester by highlighting students’ successes and presenting each club’s Showcase event!
Girls chose their favorite activities from this semester and recreated them for parents and teachers to observe and ask questions. Each small group became experts in their activity and career and did a fantastic job of showing what they had learned at After School To Go!
Showcase
In this final week of Girlstart After School, the girls had the opportunity to pick some of their favorite experiments of the semester and redo them in order to show their parents the amazing things they had learned! The week before, the girls chose the top five experiments of the semester which included Lights Out, Cookie Mining, Sedimentation Rock Cups, River Pollution, and Miner Rescue.
The girls were split up into five groups and were in charge of rebuilding the experiment and creating informative posters. Along with this, the girls had to put together a presentation that explained the subject matter of the experiment and career that went along with it. Each group had a unique way of presenting that showed a bit of their personality. Some groups came up with a skit, others made a script, while others focused more on visual elements and allowed the experiment to do the talking.
Once it came time for parents to arrive the girls were nervous but full of excitement. As the girls presented, their understanding of the subject manner shined through. They answered all the questions and proudly displayed their Girlstart journals to show the scientific process they had to take in order to complete their experiment. At the end, many girls were sad to say goodbye but super excited to receive their Girlstart shirt and continue their journey through STEM!
Runi Duvall participated in the inaugural Girlstart program in 1997 and went on to earn a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters degree in Construction Engineering and Project Management from The University of Texas at Austin. She has since spent nine years working in the construction industry and co-authored five journal articles promoting knowledge sharing and effective management practices on construction sites. Runi is a Senior Construction Manager for Hanger, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient care and rehabilitative solutions.
