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Because of COVID-19, we couldn’t hold an in person workshop, so instead we created a three part interactive workshop online.This was so we could go more in depth into each specific field, and host engaging workshops more frequently – as girls now had an ample supply of extra time. This online workshop focused on counting and probability, a topic many children aren’t taught at school. Girls in grades 5-7 from more than 8 school participated.
This was part two of our three part interactive online workshop. The topic of this workshop was ‘An Introduction to Physics,’ a field most students aren’t introduced to till late high school. During the first half, we talked about variables, SI unit conversions, and gravity on different planets using an online simulator. We then ended with an engaging Kahoot! Girls in grades 5-7 across different parts of CA participated.
This was part three of our three part interactive online workshop. We talked about common algorithms in computer science such as recursion, stacks, and queues, and gave real life examples. In addition, we showed sample code. Since most children aren’t introduced to algorithms till late high school, we thought this was a simple, yet useful concept to teach. We ended the workshop with a fun Kahoot! Girls from different schools across the Bay Area participated.
This was the first workshop in our three part June Math Series. The topic of this workshop was Algebra, and we went over how to solve systems of equations as well as inequalities. The workshop was wrapped up with a Kahoot to review all the material. We had a large turnout of 20 girls, from 8 different states across the USA. These girls were from 15 different schools across the country!
The registration for our June 13th workshop reached maximum capacity, so we decided to hold an identical workshop on June 14th. We covered the same topics as in our June 13th workshop, but with a different set of kids. Girls from 11 different schools, 5 states, and 2 countries attended this workshop. We are happy to see the global impact STEMPower4Girls is making.
On June 20th, we held the second workshop of our June Math Series, where we covered Geometry, including a wide range of properties of triangles and some polygon concepts, such as finding the number of diagonals. During the Kahoot!, the girls showed us their thorough understanding of the concepts. Girls from 13 different schools, 8 states, and 2 countries attended this workshop.
We completed our June Math Series on June 27th, 2020 by going over the topic of Number Theory. We taught the girls divisibility tricks for many different numbers, which they applied to find tricks for even bigger numbers. Ending with a discussion of terminal zeros and factorials and then a kahoot, the June Math Series was a success! The girls have learnt so much and have shown us their abilities.
We had our first workshop of our July series today, where we covered chemistry. We started off by defining atoms and discussing protons, neutrons, and electrons. Then, we talked about the periodic table. We ended the workshop with acids and bases and gave a brief intro to ionic and covalent bonds. For a fun review, we played a Kahoot! at the end with questions on all the topics we covered.
Alex Li, a rising sophomore at MIT, and Allison Jia, who recently graduated and will be attending Stanford, were the two speakers at our first panel. These two successful women in STEM talked about their journey, hardships, and gave advice to the girls. We ended the event with a brief Q&A where the girls and their parents could ask questions to the speakers.
We had our last workshop of our July series today, where the girls learnt java and wrote code themselves. After teaching them some basic concepts, we gave them code to write. With the help of an online compiler, they could share their code with us for us to check. We ended with a coding countdown, where we gave problems and the girls raced to submit their code to us.
Creating a community of girls who can use STEM to change the world.
Creating a community of girls who can use STEM to change the world.