STEM Girl Day Activities

3D Landscapes Across the Solar System

Hosting Organization: UT Austin Planetary Surface Processes Group

Location: ASE Parking Lot 92

Rain Location: POB Hall - 24st Entrance

Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6

Explore 3D scale models of landscapes from Earth, Mars, and across the Solar System. Test your spatial geometry and pattern recognition skills by trying to match the 3D models with 2D images.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Creating Chemistry Adventure, Sponsored by BASF Corporation.

Concrete Lab: Exploring the Strength of Reinforced Concrete by Load Testing

Hosting Organization: American Concrete Institute - Central Texas Chapter

Location: CPE 2.208

Rain Location: CPE 2.208

Audience: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Learn about reinforced concrete and watch load testing of miniature beams to understand why reinforcing steel is added to concrete.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Creating Chemistry Adventure, Sponsored by BASF Corporation.

Cosmetic Engineering: Manufacturing Lip Gloss

Hosting Organization: BASF Corporation

BASF is a STEM Girl Day Adveture Sponsor

Location: PMA 7th Floor Hallway, PMA 7.114

Rain Location: Primary Location

Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Explore a cosmetic engineering manufacturing process by creating lip gloss. Learn about manufacturing engineering and the science of additives, mixtures, and mixing.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Creating Chemistry Adventure, Sponsored by BASF Corporation,

Glass Shop Imaginary Invention Contest Demonstration

Hosting Organization: UT Austin Chemistry Department Glass Shop

Location: WEL 2.146

Rain Location: Primary Location

Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Watch as a team of scientists and artists work with glass to bring to life an imaginary invention submitted by the winner of the STEM Girl Day Glass Shop Imaginary Invention Contest.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Creating Chemistry Adventure, Sponsored by BASF Corporation.

Inside My Body: Heart and Lungs

Hosting Organization: UT Austin Dr. Machart & Health Careers Mentorship Program

Location: WEL 2.214

Rain Location: Primary Location

Audience: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Learn how the heart and lungs function by measuring blood pressure, getting an electrocardiogram, and observing pig lungs up close.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Creating Chemistry Adventure, Sponsored by BASF Corporation.

LUNAR Exploration: Navigating on the Moon

Hosting Organization: UT Austin NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students

Hosting Organization: UT Austin Women in Aerospace for Leadership and Development

Location: ASE 1.124

Rain Location: Primary Location

Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Learn how AI and Augmented Reality can be used to help astronauts on the moon. Work together to complete puzzles based on potential lunar tasks.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Creating Chemistry Adventure, Sponsored by BASF Corporation.

Marker Tie-Dye

Hosting Organization: UT Austin Omega Chi Epsilon Chemical Engineering Honor Society

Location: CPE Plaza

Rain Location: ETC 3.108

Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Tie-dye fabric to learn about solubility and create a unique design.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Creating Chemistry Adventure, Sponsored by BASF Corporation.

Suit Up for Artemis: Explore the Past and Pose for the Future

Hosting Organization: UT Austin NASA Texas Space Grant Consortium

Location: ECJ 1.214

Rain Location: Primary Location

Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

In anticipation of the Artemis II launch, learn about the history of human space exploration and take a picture with a Shuttle EVA Spacesuit.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Creating Chemistry Adventure, Sponsored by BASF Corporation.

The Wild West of Chemistry: Fog, Flames, and the Science Saloon

Hosting Organization: UT Austin Department of Chemistry

Location: WEL 2.224

Rain Location: Primary Location

Audience: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Step into the Science Saloon where fog swirls, colors spark, flames dance, and adventurers in the Wild West of Chemistry enjoy a keepsake from the frontier. Shows take place at 11:20 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:40 p.m.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Creating Chemistry Adventure, Sponsored by BASF Corporation.