Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
2-5 p.m.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day) is celebrated internationally during Engineers Week each year. Families and educators are encouraged to join their students at UT for an afternoon of engineering fun. Girl Day gives 1st through 8th grade students a chance to:
- have fun doing grade-specific, hands-on engineering activities
- meet students, professors and engineers from industry
- see what it's like to be an engineer
The Girl Scouts of Central Texas will have new Girl Day patches for sale at the event. The patches cost $3 each and will be available at the Girl Scout booth. A special thanks to all WEP Girl Day Partners.
How it Works:
Activities for 1st-3rd graders, 4th-5th graders and 6th-8th graders are housed in UT's engineering complex. Students are encouraged to build and experiment at their own pace with all of the age-appropriate activities in their specific building. There are no volunteers or guides to take students around to the activities so parents/counselors/teachers are expected to remain with their student(s) during the event. There will be parent information areas and/or rooms where engineering information will be available and parents/counselors/teachers may take a break if their students are engaged in an activity.
All students are invited to take breaks throughout the day to explore open activities and the TAME Trailblazer Trailer.
The first 1,000 pre-registered and checked-in students will get an awesome Girl Day T-shirt upon completing an evaluation form at the end of the day.
Schedule:
1:30 Student Check-in Opens
2:00 Activities and Demonstrations Open
4:30 Survey Collection / T-shirt Distribution Begins
5:00 Event Ends
Pre-registration is closed
Registration will reopen in January 2009.
Volunteer registration is closed
Volunteer registration will reopen in January 2009.
2008 Girl Day and WEP Partners
- 3M
- American Society of Civil Engineers - Design Squad Grant
- Caterpillar
- Chevron
- Fluor Corporation
- General Motors
- PB
- Texas Education Agency SENSR Fund
2008 Girl Day In-kind Partners
2008 Girl Day Community Partners
- Austin Children's Museum
- Girl Scouts of Central Texas
- Girlstart
- PBS Channel KLRU-TV Austin
- PBS Channel Thirteen WNET New York
- Texas Girls Collaborative Project
- Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering
2008 Girl Day Activity Hosts
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers - The University of Texas at Austin
- American Nuclear Society - The University of Texas at Austin
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers - The University of Texas at Austin
- Austin Children's Museum
- Beta Mu Epsilon - Biomedical Engineering Honor Society
- Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students - Dr. Roy's Lab
- Caterpillar - The University of Texas at Austin
- Chemical Engineering Graduate Students - Dr. Korgel's Lab - The University of Texas at Austin
- Chemical Engineering Graduate Students - NSF Science & Technology Center - The University of Texas at Austin
- Chevron
- Cockrell School of Engineering Students - The University of Texas at Austin
- Girl Scouts of Central Texas
- Girlstart
- IEEE Central Texas Women in Engineering
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Society - The University of Texas at Austin
- Institute of Transportation Engineers - The University of Texas at Austin
- Nano Materials and Thermo-Fluids Laboratory - The University of Texas at Austin
- Nanosatellite Separation Experiment Group - The University of Texas at Austin
- PB - Parsons Brinckerhoff
- Science Expeditionary Force
- Society of Women Engineers - Texas State University Section
- Society of Women Engineers - The University of Texas at Austin Section
- Tau Beta Pi - The University of Texas at Austin
- Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering
- Texas Society of Professional Engineers - The University of Texas at Austin
- UT Solar Vehicles Team - The University of Texas at Austin
- Women in Engineering Program First-year Interest Groups - The University of Texas at Austin