Buoyant Plumes and Turbulence

Location: ECJ 2nd Floor Hallway, B.122
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Create buoyant plumes to watch how fluids move through the environment. Learn about randomness and turbulence by modeling flows ranging from volcanic eruptions to underwater oil spills.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of The Future of Energy Adventure, Sponsored by STEM Girl Day Presenting Partner: Halliburton.

Camp Langan: Engineer a Campsite

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Location: EER 1.814
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 4, Grade 5

Design a dream campsite. With every campsite area, there are rules, regulations, and constraints, so creativity and engineering skills are essential to plan out the best campsite around.

Can You Create the Strongest Bridge?

Location: ECJ 1.322
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Create a bridge and test the strength of the bridge with weighted objects.

Can You Handle the Pressure?

Hosting Organization: YPW Spanish Elementary School
Location: CPE 2.210
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3

Move a platform lifter, excavator, and robot arm without using electricity. Challenge your friends to see whose machine can finish the mission.

Carbon Free Fuels for the Future: Splitting Water with Light

Hosting Organization: UT Austin H2 from H2O
Location: Speedway Mall - 24th Street Corner Area
Rain Location: WEL 2.310
Audience: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Learn how the water we drink can be converted into its elemental parts through the power of electrochemistry.

Carnival of Numbers

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Location: Speedway Mall - 24th Street Corner Area
Rain Location: EER 3rd Floor Hallway
Audience: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6

Play carnival games, win prizes, and explore concepts such as probability, the normal curve, and sampling.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Data Driven Solutions Adventure, Sponsored by STEM Girl Day Presenting Partner: Dell Technologies.

Chem-E Creations: The Magic of Chemistry

Location: WEL 1st Floor
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Join Chemical Engineering students to make ice cream in a bag - a tasty thermodynamic treat. Stick around to learn the power of electricity and magnetism with exciting experiments.

Chromatography Flowers

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Location: CPE 2.212
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6

Create colorful flowers and see the science of intermolecular forces in action.

Circuit Science: Semiconductors

Hosting Organization: Samsung Austin Semiconductor
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Location: ETC 2.136
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6

Explore the fundamentals of circuits and how they relate to semiconductor manufacturing. Test out snap circuits, participate in a demonstration, and join in a team-building exercise.

Circuits, Puzzles, Pianos, Oh My!

Hosting Organization: Marvell Technology
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Location: ETC 2.102
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Learn about chip design skills and the physical layout and routing of semiconductors by playing a game. Learn about circuits through music and wiring an electronic piano.

City Builders Mini Challenge

Location: PMA 7.104
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Explore how civil, environmental, and architectural engineers design safe, sustainable cities.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Engineering Our World Adventure, Sponsored by the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.

Clay Sim: A 3D World of Ion Exchange on Clay

Location: CPE 2.214
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Check out a micro-robot and learn about ion exchange, as ions move, swap places, and interact in a 3D simulation.

Clever Catapult Challenge

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Location: EER 0. Ground Floor Auditorium Foyer
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Create a catapult to learn principles of engineering, architecture, and creativity. How far will yours launch?

Coding with Micro:Bits

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Location: PMA 5.114
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Learn to code using Micro:Bits, gadgets that make coding a blast with lights, sensors, and endless possibilities. Code on your device and play while you learn. Mobile devices are required.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Coding and Robotics Adventure, Sponsored by Apple.

Color Me Tic-Tac-Toe and Shoelace Charms

Hosting Organization: Westlake Robotics
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Location: EER 0. Ground Floor Auditorium Foyer
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Participate in a creative workshop to design and color a laser-cut wooden item, while learning about robotics and the laser-cutting processes used to create pieces.

Color Your Code Bracelets

Hosting Organization: The Texas Girls School
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Location: ECJ 1.314
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Discover how coders use patterns to send messages. Use beads and colors to turn a name into Morse code and design a bracelet with a secret message.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the IF/THEN® Adventure, Sponsored by IF/THEN®, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies.

Colorful Chemistry: Neon Acids and Vibrant Bases

Hosting Organization: UT Austin ATX Science Olympiad
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Location: PMA 5th Floor Lounge Area
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Participate in a chemistry experiment to learn about acids and bases by using color-changing pH indicators.

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

Location: CPE 2.208
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
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 Materials & Efficiency Adventure, Sponsored by Chevron.

Connect and Chill

Hosting Organization: Cleary Zimmermann Engineers
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Location: EER 1.818
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Create a simple circuit, connect to a fan, and chill the air. Explore the basics of electrical and mechanical engineering.

Control Tech with Your Clap and Create a Transistor Circuit That Listens to You

Hosting Organization: Cirrus Logic
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Location: EER 0.810
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Build a sound-triggered circuit using a microphone, transistors, and a breadboard. Learn how a clap becomes an electrical signal and try out hands-on electronics with instant feedback.

Cosmetic Engineering: Manufacturing Lip Gloss

Hosting Organization: BASF Corporation
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Location: PMA 7th Floor Hallway, PMA 7.114
Rain Location: Same as 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.

Create a Balloon Car

Hosting Organization: Cox Automotive
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Location: ECJ 1.318
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Create and test your own balloon car. Explore how different physics principles cause the car to move. How far will your car go?

Create a Catapult

Hosting Organization: Team QuadX 6299
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Location: ASE Parking Lot 92
Rain Location: WEL 1.308
Audience: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Create and test a miniature catapult that can launch an object. Enter for a chance to win a prize.

Create a Lava Lamp

Hosting Organization: UT Austin Texas Lassos
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Location: EER 0. Ground Floor Hallway
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Create a fizzling lava lamp using the power of density. Explore how lava lamps are made and how they work.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the IF/THEN® Adventure, Sponsored by IF/THEN®, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies.

Create a Light-Up Postcard Circuit

Hosting Organization: Texas Instruments
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Location: EER 1.518
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Create a postcard that lights up with an LED and learn how circuits work.