AAUW Stem Packs Hanna Kruczek, PhD https://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/stem- education/stem-programs-for-girls/#curriculum These activities create an environment in which girls are encouraged to indulge their STEM interests through fun, accessible, and interactive learning. Our community-run programs, AAUW Tech Trek and AAUW Tech Savvy, take place on a national scale but draw on the hard work and community knowledge of local AAUW members.
Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls Aauw.org -> resources -> STEM curriculum Each stempack developed in partnership with different organizations.
AAUW Stempacks Stempack Partner Aerospace Engineering ARCONIC Foundation Cyber Security Symantec AAUW Tech Savvy Mobile App Inventor Verizon Foundation At-Home Science Experiments Green Works
Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls Partnered with the Arconic Foundation to introduce middle-school students to physics and engineering through constructing a hot air balloon, a rocket, and more. A total of seven lesson plans across 12 hours of instruction, the curriculum is designed to encourage perseverance and inquisitiveness through experimentation.
7 Lessons Lesson 1: Introduction to Aerospace Engineering Lesson 2: Lighter than Air Make a hot-air balloon Lesson 3: Heavier than Air—Planes Lesson 4: Heavier than Air–Planes and Newton’s Third Law Lesson 5: Heavier than Air—Planes and RFPs Lesson 6: Heavier than Air—Rockets Lesson 7: You Can Do It Lessons 1 and 7 are 1 hour each, 2-6 are 2 hours
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5 Day Program Day 1- Introduction to CS & Cyber Security Day 2- The Internet, Binary Code, Bits and Bytes Day 3- Encryption and Decryption Day 4- Cyber Security and Protecting Yourself Day 5- Cyber Rights and Vocabulary The estimated time for eeach day’s activities is 2 to 2.5 hours, but there are bonus activities.
Video – Cybersecurity 101 Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls Video – Cybersecurity 101 The Pack contains many games, activities and videos such as this one from day 1.
The Secret Lives of Hackers Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls The Secret Lives of Hackers From day 3
Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls Women Wizards activity (day 1) She lived from 1914 to 2000. She was a popular movie star during the 1940s. In 1942, she coinvented an early form of spread-spectrum broadcasting that affected naval torpedoes. Her invention helped the Allies win World War II and is used in our cell phone technology today. Remember Blazing Saddles? Hedley Lamarr, the railroad tycoon (bad guy) played by Harvey Korman. Her last years were spent in Altamonte Springs. See newspaper article.
Handout – Decode a Cypher Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls Handout – Decode a Cypher Answer: Guardians of the web.
Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls Our AAUW Tech Savvy one-day career conferences have been providing middle-schools girls with opportunities to explore STEM for more than 11 years. The conferences offer interactive programming for girls while simultaneously engaging parents and guardians in discussions focused on preparing girls for college and pathways to STEM careers. Use our resource to bring the program to your community.
Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls AAUW Tech Savvy Step by step procedures on hosting a STEM Tech Savvy conference For middle school girls One day career conference Also provides information to families Consists of 11 Steps Including: Logistics and Budget Fundraising Schedule Promotion Resources Tech Savvy is a one-day science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career conference held by AAUW branches or states to develop the interest of 6th–9th grade girls in STEM fields and provide information to families about educational STEM opportunities and college preparation.
Mobile App Inventor Anyone Can Build Apps That Impact the World Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls Mobile App Inventor Anyone Can Build Apps That Impact the World In 2015, we partnered with the Verizon Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to build the Mobile App Inventor program. Piloted at our STEM camps and currently hosted online by MIT, the tool teaches girls mobile app design and basic programming skills.
Mobile App Inventor Tutorials Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls Mobile App Inventor Tutorials
At-Home Science Experiments Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls At-Home Science Experiments
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Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls Elephant Toothpaste
Hands-On STEM Resources for Girls
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Now let’s make Rainbow Milk!