Explore STEM all summer long with these Summer STEM Girl Day at UT Austin "at home" activities. All activities were curated by campus, community, and corporate partners for STEM Girl Day at UT Austin. Thanks to 2024 STEM Girl Day presenting partners Halliburton and Hologic and all our corporate partners for supporting STEM Girl Day and STEM exploration for students all year long.
Summer STEM Girl Day Glass Shop Imaginary Invention Contest
Get creative with the Chemistry Department Glass Shop for an Imaginary Invention Contest. K-8th grade participants draw and describe their invention idea, how it works, and/or what problem it is solving in our world. A team of scientists and artists will select one idea from STEM Girl Day at UT Austin submissions and will bring this idea to life as an artistic glass sculpture to be debuted at STEM Girl Day 2025 on February 22, 2025. Learn more and submit your invention idea by Monday, July 8.
STEM Activities from selected Corporate, Community, and UT Austin Campus Partners
Build your engineering mindset this summer and get creative with these STEM activities from some of our corporate, community, and UT Austin campus partners. The activities below use household materials to explore science concepts, build math skills, and practice engineering problem-solving.
All Grades:
- All About Binary * Presented by Science Cheerleaders
- Balloon Racer, Marshmallow Tower, Water Xylophone, Bending Water + More * Presented by Texas Tuition Promise Fund®
- Become a Waterbender with Electricity * Presented by UT Austin Physics Circus
- Breathe In, Breathe Out: Create a Working Lung Model * Presented by Nomi Health
- DIY Rube Goldberg Tabletop Machine and go on a Simple Machine Scavenger Hunt! * Presented by Science Mill
- Filters Experiment * Presented by Chevron
- Hot Cocoa Kitchen Chemistry Challenge * Presented by BASF
- Swirling Milk Color Art * Presented by BASF
Grades K, 1, 2, 3:
- Bring the Ocean Home and Make Waves in a Bottle * Presented by 3M
- Create a Circuit on Paper * Presented by Women in Technology at Samsung, Samsung Austin Semiconductor
- Create Your Own Inflation Station to Blow Up a Balloon * Presented by 3M
- Explore Diffusion with Miss America * Presented by 3M
- Food Coloring Race * Presented by UT Austin Physics Circus
- Soaps vs Germs * Presented by UT Austin Physics Circus
- Think Like a Scientist * Presented by Girl Scouts of Central Texas and Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Grades 4, 5, 6:
- Construct a Marble Maze Labyrinth * Presented by Girlstart
- Create a Big Mood Volcano * Presented by Girls Empowerment Network
- Create a Pocket Solar System * Presented by Girlstart
- Create Your Own Programming Language * Presented by NI and Thinkery
- DIY Cantilever with Monochrome for Austin * Presented by Landmarks, the public art program of the University of Texas at Austin
- DIY Stethoscope * Presented by Girlstart
- Make a Mars Rover * Presented by Girl Scouts of Central Texas and Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
- Ooey Gooey Oobleck * Presented by BASF
- Tabletop Hovercraft * Presented by Girlstart
- Walkalong Glider * Presented by Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering
Grades 6, 7, 8:
- Can You Crack the Code? Play the Cryptography Game * Presented by IBM
- Conducting Dogs? Electric Money? Take the Circuit Challenge! * Presented by Intel
- Let's Create an Edible Microchip * Presented by Applied Materials - Women's Professional Development Network
- Explore STEM Careers: Today's Women in STEM * Presented by Girl Scouts of Central Texas and Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
- Party Pipeline Adventure and a Chocolate Fountain * Presented by UT Austin Women in STEM
- SciGirls Parachute Parade * Presented by Austin PBS
- Spaghetti Bridge * Presented by BASF
- Take the Corgi Vest Design Challenge * Presented by Girl Scouts of Central Texas and Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
- Take the Water Tension Test * Presented by Halliburton