Tuesday Twilights: Dia De Muertos & Monarch Appreciation Night

Micro:bit

Can you outsmart a computer? Channel your inner software engineer to write micro:bit code. Then, it’s you versus the micro:bit in a high stakes game of Rock Paper Scissors! Meet Marcae Bryant-Omosor! Job Title: Software Engineer @ USAA Can you briefly describe what you do? I am a tenacious problem solver, solving today’s IT challenges …

Hour of CodeTM

Celebrate computer science everywhere! Participate in the Hour of Code™ 2021 with Girlstart as part of Computer Science Education Week! The Hour of Code™ is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. Spend an hour (or more!) learning to code with blocks, JavaScript, or …

Reach Across The Stars

Meet your STEM heroes virtually! Use Augmented reality (AR) to ‘Reach Across the Stars’ and learn about women who have blazed trails in space and STEM. Meet Kimberly Arcand! Dr. Kimberly Arcand is one of the world’s preeminent experts in astronomy visualization and has been a pioneer in 3D imaging and extended reality in astrophysics. …

Moon Observation Saturday (Lunar AR)

Meet Shannon Messner! Job Title: Sr. Designer and Illustrator, Artemis Communications Team, NASA Shannon Messner is a graphic designer and digital illustrator who currently resides in Reston, Virginia.  She discovered her love for art and illustration as a young girl, and this discovery lead her on a path that eventually became her life-long career. What is …