Explore how engineers design robots to interact with people using sensors, mechanical actuators, and computer programs.

Check out robots, including a chess robot, a competition robot, and a robotic couch on wheels.

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

Check out robot demonstrations and learn how the robots work. Watch a self-balancing robot roll around, draw a sketch for a robot to copy, or interact with a robo-arm.

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

Create your own rockin' roller coaster.

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.

Visit the courtyard of the Anna Hiss Gymnasium, the home of Texas Robotics, for demonstrations with real robots, including Medical Robotics, Autonomous Robotics, Robot Manipulation, or Nuclear and Applied Robotics. Demonstrations, for which the times are listed below, will be repeated throughout the day. This year, Texas Robotics will not be offering tours.

In addition to demonstrations, there will be two creative stations: 1) a gravity building robot activity and coloring station and 2) a student organization project and research showcase station.

Five-minute demonstrations will take place every fifteen minutes, the first beginning at 11:30 a.m. and the last beginning at 2:00 p.m. The demonstration times are listed below.

11:30 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.
11:45 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
12:00 p.m. - 12:05 p.m.
12:15 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.
12:30 p.m. - 12:35 p.m.
12:45 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.
1:15 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.
1:30 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
1:45 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.

Discover the science behind popular snack foods. Create your own tapioca pearl boba balls using spherification and polymerization and learn about diffusion using Skittles candy.

Create and test a sound sandwich to make music like a harmonica.

Learn how to create a battery out of common household items.

Create a tower using spaghetti and marshmallows while learning about trusses and stability.

Explore how food grows, tastes, and fuels our bodies! See, touch, and smell plants growing in hydroponic systems, sip and vote on fruit-and-herb aguas frescas, and take home citrus fruit and lemon stress balls as reminders that fruits and vegetables help power our bodies and brains.

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

Learn about materials and their properties while making a stress ball. Explore how different materials like flour, Oobleck, and Orbeez change the feel and behavior of the stress ball.

Check out a construction demo. Observe a Genie Lift being operated, explore a front-end loader, and take a photo with the machinery.

Perform DNA extraction on a strawberry.

DNA is the genetic code that controls everything that happens in our cells. Learn about DNA and extract the DNA from a strawberry.

Extract DNA from strawberries. Mash, mix, and reveal the strands that hold the instructions for life while learning how scientists study living things.

Participate in design challenges to create life-saving structures: hurricane-proof homes, uncrushable towers, and safe space landings.

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.

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

Semiconductors power everyday devices, such as computers, gaming consoles, cars and AI. Learn about semiconductors through an activity and through gaming and Virtual Reality demonstrations of Advanced Micro Devices processors in action.

Consider the challenges of traveling to and living on Mars. Learn how humans could survive as a community on another planet.

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

Create biomaterials-inspired sweet treats. Learn how scientists design and fabricate materials through delicious experiments.

Observe different air and water quality monitoring equipment in action and learn how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality keep the environment clean.

Be a NASA engineer. See how rover wheels are tested, create and test your own rover wheels, and earn space-themed rewards.

Did you know that 100% of Austin's water comes from the Texas Colorado River? Explore interactive exhibits and play educational games in our Mobile River to learn more about your water source.

The Texas Tuition Promise Fund® allows families to lock in today's prices for tomorrow's undergraduate resident tuition and schoolwide required fees at eligible Texas public colleges and universities.

Visit a MRI scanner simulation, see an MRI brain scan, and learn about other animal brains.

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