Shrinky Dinks: Where Art and Chemistry Collide

Location: Speedway Mall - 24th Street Corner Area
Rain Location: WEL 2.110
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Explore the art and science of shrinky dinks. Discover the world of materials and nanotechnology as orderly polymer chains become disorderly in this creative and artistic activity.

Sound Sandwiches and the Science of Sound

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Location: ETC 2.114
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4

Learn about the science behind sound. Engineer and create an instrument out of household materials that will allow you to make music at anytime.

Speed Racers: Vehicles & Physics

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Location: Speedway Mall - 24th Street to East Mall
Rain Location: ECJ 3.406
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Learn about physics and create the fastest vehicle. Use a variety of building materials to enhance your vehicle, and pick the fastest route to win. Meanwhile, learn more about transportation.

Spin Into STEM

Hosting Organization: Cirrus Logic
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Location: EER 0.808
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4

Explore electricity and magnetic fields by making a simple motor.

Spot the Mimic

Location: CPE 2.208
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4

Sometimes, animals pretend to be scary to trick their predators. Can YOU spot the differences between the toxic animal and the nontoxic mimic?

STEM and the Law: A Judicial Photobooth Experience

Hosting Organization: Austin Black Lawyers Association
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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

Dress up as judges and pose with a giant or small gavel in our Judicial Photobooth. Meet judges and lawyers with STEM backgrounds. Explore law related coloring books and materials.

STEM in Action: Binary Code Necklaces, Drones, and Microscopes

Hosting Organization: Harmony Public Schools
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Location: ECJ 1.312
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

Make a BINARY CODE necklace. Learn about DRONES from award-winning female drone team members. Peek at science in MICROSCOPES and learn from female medical students in Early College High School.

Stony Point Solar Car Team

Location: ASE Parking Lot 92
Rain Location: Speedway Garage Ground Floor
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Check out our solar car, learn about the Solar Car Challenge where we race our vehicle, and join in demonstrations with our aspiring engineers and scientists.

Sun Prints (Cyanotype)

Hosting Organization: Thinkery
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Location: ASE Parking Lot 92 - Grassy Lawn
Rain Location: WEL 2.140
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Explore the concept of UV light by creating DIY cyanotype sun prints with nature-based materials and sunlight.

Super Golf Tower

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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, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Design, engineer and create the tallest tower you can with 10 sheets of newspaper and 3 feet of tape. The tower will need to support a golf ball without falling over. Tallest and sturdiest towers win.

Super Semiconductors

Hosting Organization: AMD, Inc.
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Location: EER 1.508
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Semiconductors power everyday devices from computers, gaming consoles, cars, and AI. Learn through a hands-on activity and check out gaming, AI and VR demonstrations of AMD processors in action.

Taking Care of the Texas Environment

Hosting Organization: Take Care of Texas/TCEQ
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Location: ASE Parking Lot 92
Rain Location: PMA 5.126
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Come see different air and water quality monitoring equipment in action and learn how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) helps keep our environment clean.

Test your Spinal Surgery Implant Skills in the Banana Lab

Hosting Organization: Abbott
Location: Speedway Mall - 24th Street to East Mall
Rain Location: POB Hallway
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Damaged nerves in your spine can cause pain typically treated with medications or surgery. Learn how Spinal Cord Stimulation uses advanced technology to relieve that pain at the Abbott Banana Lab!

Texas Robotics Tours and Exploration

Hosting Organization: Texas Robotics at UT Austin
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Location: AHG Courtyard
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

Visit the Anna Hiss Gymnasium, the home of Texas Robotics, to interact with real robots and learn about robotic concepts, including Medical Robotics, Autonomous Robotics, Robot Manipulation, or Nuclear and Applied Robotics. To attend the tours during STEM Girl Day at UT Austin, pre-reserved tickets are required. Each tour is 15 or 20 minutes long and has a maximum capacity of 25 people. Secure tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/girl-day-texas-robotics-tours-tickets-7692….

Texas Tuition Promise Fund® and Match the Promise Foundation

Hosting Organization: Texas Tuition Promise Fund
Location: EER 2nd Floor Lobby
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

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

The Future of Women in STEM: Gaming, Mentorship, and Sustainable PC Design

Hosting Organization: Dell Technologies
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Location: EER 1.516
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

Check out Girls Who Game Minecraft sustainable worlds, see the vision Dell has for the future of sustainable PC design, and color your own laptop screensaver.

The Grow Up Garden: From Seed to STEM - Book Reading & Activity

Location: EER West Lawn / Stage
Rain Location: TBD
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Join book author and Lake Travis High School junior, Evangeline Gatz, for a reading and hands-on activity based on her book, The Grow Up Garden: From Seed to STEM. From the book description: "This beautifully illustrated children's book unfolds the story of Poppy, who, unsure of her future aspirations, finds inspiration through a series of magical encounters with women excelling in STEM fields."

The Sky is NOT the Limit

Location: ASE Parking Lot 18 and ASE 1.102
Rain Location: ASE 1.102 and ASE 2.134
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Are you interested in rockets? Join rocket engineers to explore several model rocket launches at our station outside the ASE building, experience wind tunnel demonstrations in our first-floor ASE building lab, and learn how you can help our competition rocket.

Rocket Launch from ASE Parking Lot 18 at 12:10 p.m. and 3:10 p.m. Viewing area from plaza area on the north side of ASE along Wichita Street.

The Sun-Earth-Moon System and You

Hosting Organization: OnRamps at UT Austin
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Location: ECJ 1.222
Rain Location: Same as Primary Location
Audience: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Learn about how the Earth, Moon, and Sun work together to impact our lives. Engage with hands-on activities that model scientific topics taught in OnRamps college-level courses.

The Ultimate Engineering Challenge: Construction, Communication, and Collaboration

Hosting Organization: Engineers Without Borders
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Location: CPE Plaza
Rain Location: ECJ 3.110
Audience: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Read design plans to design, create, and construct your own bridge and test its strength. Then see how well you are able to communicate like an engineer with a telephone style game.

The UT Austin Physics Circus - STEM Girl Day Show

Hosting Organization: Physics Circus at UT Austin
Location: EER West Lawn / Stage
Rain Location: PMA 4.102
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Enjoy fascinating physics that surround our daily lives. Watch phenomenal physics demonstrations, answer fun physics questions, and volunteer in hands-on experiments. 45 minute shows at 12:00 p.m. and 1:45 p.m.

Tiny Dancers (A Homopolar Motor)

Location: CPE Plaza
Rain Location: ETC 2.108
Audience: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Create a dancing wire sculpture by harnessing the magnetic field created by a simple AA battery.

To Play a Game or To Make a Game - You Decide

Hosting Organization: Merge Conflict Studio
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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

Come play a colorful and cozy game made by UT students or have fun creating your very own game by changing things in a special game-making engine.

To the Stars: Rocket Design Lab

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Location: ASE Parking Lot 18
Rain Location: EER 1st Floor South Tower Hallway
Audience: Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8

Embark on a stellar journey and ignite your creativity in this hands-on space adventure. Explore rocketry, design your spacecraft, and launch dreams into the cosmos.

Totality! Exploring the April 8 Total Solar Eclipse

Hosting Organization: Stars and Science Austin
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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

Find out about the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse in Austin and other parts of Texas. Why is it special? How do eclipses work? How can you observe it safely? Join us for hands-on activities to explore eclipses and to prepare for Totality!