Girls in Hard Hats

Location: EER 0. Ground Floor Commons
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Explore the construction industry and experience key aspects of the design and building process by utilizing limited materials to design and create a tower capable of holding load bearing weight.

Girlstart Information Booth

Hosting Organization: Girlstart
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Location: EER 1st Floor Hallway
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

Girlstart has a mission is to increase interest and engagement in STEM through innovative, nationally-recognized informal STEM education programs. Get more info here.

Glass Shop Imaginary Invention Contest Demonstration

Location: WEL 2.146
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

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.

GOOD Energy

Hosting Organization: Phillips 66
Phillips 66 is a STEM Girl Day Innovator
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Location: EER 0. Ground Floor
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Participate in an Energy Scavenger Hunt. Search for examples of energy, such as light, sound, motion, heat, and electricity, and record what you find. Discover how energy is all around us.

Growing Rainbows with Capillary Action

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Location: ETC 2nd Floor T-Room
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6

Draw a rainbow and add water to watch the rainbow expand. Learn about capillary action and properties of water.

Heroes in Training: Exploring CPR, First Aid, and Emergency Medical Technician Adventures

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Location: Speedway Mall - 24th Street Corner Area
Rain Location: BUR 1st Floor
Audience: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Learn how to save a life through the basics of CPR, First Aid, Stop the Bleed, and Harm Reduction, led by experienced Emergency Medical Technicians.

Historic Figures In Computing

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Location: POB 1st Floor
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Explore the Vislab where the intersection of science and art is explored. Learn about inspiring people in computing, try computing activities, and discover how you can shape the future of tech.

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

Hoop Gliders

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Location: PMA 5.116
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Move over paper airplanes. Create and test a hoop glider.

Human Circuits

Hosting Organization: Burns & McDonnell
Burns & McDonnell is a STEM Girl Day Innovator
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Location: Speedway Mall - 24th Street Corner Area
Rain Location: BUR 112
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Link up with your family and friends to create a human circuit. Learn about the components of a simple circuit and experiment with materials to identify which are conductors and which are insulators.

I Sense, You Sense

Hosting Organization: Women in Neuroscience
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Location: WEL 2nd Floor Hallway
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

Each sense has a unique pathway to the brain, allowing you to understand the world. Explore the connection between the brain and senses through three activities: Tell Me, Heads or Tails, and the Stroop.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Health and Wellness Adventure, Sponsored by Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation.

Ice Cube Engineers: Keep-A-Cube Challenge

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Location: ETC 2.132
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6

Create a box to keep an ice cube from melting. Explore heat, insulation, and the power of experimentation.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Materials & Efficiency Adventure, Sponsored by Chevron.

Inside My Body: Heart and Lungs

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Location: WEL 2.214
Rain Location: Same as 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 Medical Technology Adventure, Sponsored by STEM Girl Day Presenting Partner: Hologic.

Inside Operating Systems: Discover How Your Device Thinks

Location: Speedway Mall - 24th Street to East Mall
Rain Location: POB Hall
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Learn what is inside a computer, see how apps and the operating system each play their own role, watch a demonstration of how a computer makes decisions, and ask researchers your questions.

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

Inside Out Computers

Hosting Organization: Austin Women in Technology
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Location: EER 1.524
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 5, Grade 7, Grade 8

Look inside a computer to see the components and how they function.

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

Inside Out: Discover the Science of You

Hosting Organization: UT Austin Women in Medicine
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Location: PMA 5.124
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

Create a model neuron and explore how the brain sends messages to the body. Track your heartbeat to discover how the systems of the body work together.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Medical Technology Adventure, Sponsored by STEM Girl Day Presenting Partner: Hologic.

Interactive Wordsearch

Hosting Organization: UT Austin Texas Healthy Habits
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Location: PMA 5.104
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Test your knowledge of health and UT history with an interactive wordsearch. Work together to crack the puzzle and play games for hints.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Health and Wellness Adventure, Sponsored by Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation.

Kidbots: Be a Developer, Tester, and Bot

Hosting Organization: Apple
Apple is a STEM Girl Day Adventure Sponsor
Location: EER 1.528
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

Be a Developer, Tester, and Bot! Create and test code in real life. Write a set of instructions that will be acted out the way a computer executes a piece of code.

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

Lava Lamp Magic

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Location: EER Lawn
Rain Location: Anna Hiss Courtyard
Audience: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Explore motion and science by creating a lava lamp. Discover how liquids interact with one another.

Lava Lamps

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Location: ECJ Plaza
Rain Location: POB Lobby
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Create a bubbling lava lamp and learn how density, polarity, and chemical reactions work together.

Lighting a Brighter Future

Hosting Organization: Austin Energy
Austin Energy is a STEM Girl Day Innovator
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Location: ECJ 1.324
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Prepare for an electrifying experience. Learn the science behind electricity and how it gets to your home. Perform high voltage experiments with lighting.

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

Lights, Circuits, Puppets!

Hosting Organization: Cadence Design System, Inc.
Cadence Design System, Inc. is a STEM Girl Day Maps Sponsor
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Location: EER 1.504
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Explore the difference between series and parallel circuits by creating a light-up animal hand puppet with glowing LEDs.

Longhorn LED Lab: Horns Up, Lights On

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Location: ECJ 1.316
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

Create objects that feature LED lights, such as miniature lightsabers, light-up bookmarks, and magnets.

LUNAR Exploration: Navigating on the Moon

Location: ASE 1.124
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 how AI and Augmented Reality can be used to help astronauts on the moon. Work together to complete puzzles based on potential lunar tasks.

Make a Cantilever with Clock Knot

Hosting Organization: UT Austin Landmarks
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Location: CPE Plaza
Rain Location: ECJ 2nd Floor Lobby
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Join Landmarks at the site of Clock Knot to learn about the ways in which Mark di Suvero incorporated structural engineering in his artwork. Create your own miniature sculpture.

Make Gummies: Gummies as Materials and Medicines

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

Explore the materials and properties of making gummies and learn how gummies can be used in medicine.

This STEM Girl Day activity is part of the Materials & Efficiency Adventure, Sponsored by Chevron.