STEM+ Saturdays
STEM+ Saturdays is a collaborative space where middle school girls get to ideate, create and innovate with the help of women mentors. Each session is hands-on, allowing students to work in teams to design creative new solutions to real-world problems. Sign up today as space is limited!
Sew with Circuits | September 11
In this workshop, you’ll learn basic hand sewing techniques while experimenting with circuits. You’ll construct a working and wearable circuit using a battery, conductive thread, conductive tape and an LED. Then, you’ll get to design a way for it to work on a purse, hat or shirt.
Batgirl Fashion | October 9th
October is Bat Appreciation Month so things get spooky this STEM+ Saturday! Bat conservationist Dr. Kristen Lear will teach us about the amazing world of bats. Plus, you’ll make your own human-sized bat wings, just in time for Halloween.
The STEM Diaries Discovery | November 6th
In this hands-on experience, future STEM superstars will learn how to create a bullet journal diary and fill the first page with information they learn from Emily Bayuk, an entrepreneur and employee for Accenture’s security team. The girls will also receive insight about being an electrical engineering student.
Hour of Code | December 4th
Cleavon Shen from Asurion will teach the principles of how modern company’s run Internet solutions without servers using the latest cloud technologies. Once you have basic knowledge you will then create your own serverless web app.
STEM+ Saturdays
STEM+ Saturdays is a collaborative space where middle school girls get to ideate, create and innovate with the help of women mentors. Each session is hands-on, allowing students to work in teams to design creative new solutions to real-world problems. Sign up today as space is limited!
Fly Like a Girl | August 7th
You’ve got your head in the clouds — and it’s perfectly ok! U.S. Air Force Captain Ilma Vallee will take us behind the scenes (virtually) for a look at what pilot training is like aboard a T-6 single-engine trainer aircraft simulator. Together, we’ll explore the switches, hear radio calls, watch a takeoff and landing, and experience what happens in an emergency situation when the engine fails. Heart racing yet?!
Sew with Circuits | September 11
In this workshop, you’ll learn basic hand sewing techniques while experimenting with circuits. You’ll construct a working and wearable circuit using a battery, conductive thread, conductive tape and an LED. Then, you’ll get to design a way for it to work on a purse, hat or shirt.
Batgirl Fashion | October 9th
October is Bat Appreciation Month so things get spooky this STEM+ Saturday! Bat conservationist Dr. Kristen Lear will teach us about the amazing world of bats. Plus, you’ll make your own human-sized bat wings, just in time for Halloween.
The STEM Diaries Discovery | November 6th
In this hands-on experience, future STEM superstars will learn how to create a bullet journal diary and fill the first page with information they learn from Emily Bayuk, an entrepreneur and employee for Accenture’s security team. The girls will also receive insight about being an electrical engineering student.
Hour of Code | December 4th
Cleavon Shen from Asurion will teach the principles of how modern company’s run Internet solutions without servers using the latest cloud technologies. Once you have basic knowledge you will then create your own serverless web app.
STEM+ Saturdays
STEM+ Saturdays is a collaborative space where middle school girls get to ideate, create and innovate with the help of women mentors. Each session is hands-on, allowing students to work in teams to design creative new solutions to real-world problems. Sign up today as space is limited!
Cloudy with a Chance of Breezy | July 10th
The weather is a beautiful way to explore how sunlight, wind, precipitation and temperature impact our daily lives. Join us as WKRN News 2 Chief Meteorologist Danielle Breezy teaches us how to use our science and engineering skills to observe and analyze weather patterns. Plus, we’ll get to design solutions to weather-related problems.
Fly Like a Girl | August 7th
You’ve got your head in the clouds — and it’s perfectly ok! U.S. Air Force Captain Ilma Vallee will take us behind the scenes (virtually) for a look at what pilot training is like aboard a T-6 single-engine trainer aircraft simulator. Together, we’ll explore the switches, hear radio calls, watch a takeoff and landing, and experience what happens in an emergency situation when the engine fails. Heart racing yet?!
Sew with Circuits | September 11
In this workshop, you’ll learn basic hand sewing techniques while experimenting with circuits. You’ll construct a working and wearable circuit using a battery, conductive thread, conductive tape and an LED. Then, you’ll get to design a way for it to work on a purse, hat or shirt.
Batgirl Fashion | October 9th
October is Bat Appreciation Month so things get spooky this STEM+ Saturday! Bat conservationist Dr. Kristen Lear will teach us about the amazing world of bats. Plus, you’ll make your own human-sized bat wings, just in time for Halloween.
The STEM Diaries Discovery | November 6th
In this hands-on experience, future STEM superstars will learn how to create a bullet journal diary and fill the first page with information they learn from Emily Bayuk, an entrepreneur and employee for Accenture’s security team. The girls will also receive insight about being an electrical engineering student.
Hour of Code | December 4th
Cleavon Shen from Asurion will teach the principles of how modern company’s run Internet solutions without servers using the latest cloud technologies. Once you have basic knowledge you will then create your own serverless web app.
STEM+ Saturdays
STEM+ Saturdays is a collaborative space where middle school girls get to ideate, create and innovate with the help of women mentors. Each session is hands-on, allowing students to work in teams to design creative new solutions to real-world problems. Sign up today as space is limited!
Webflow: No Code. All Visuals. | June 5th
Design and build your own custom, professional-grade website in a completely visual canvas. No coding experience required. Creative Strategist of 84Studios and Play Like a Girl designer, Georges Etienne will teach you how to bring your personal brand or business to life – in just 90 minutes!
Cloudy with a Chance of Breezy | July 10th
The weather is a beautiful way to explore how sunlight, wind, precipitation and temperature impact our daily lives. Join us as WKRN News 2 Chief Meteorologist Danielle Breezy teaches us how to use our science and engineering skills to observe and analyze weather patterns. Plus, we’ll get to design solutions to weather-related problems.
Fly Like a Girl | August 7th
You’ve got your head in the clouds — and it’s perfectly ok! U.S. Air Force Captain Ilma Vallee will take us behind the scenes (virtually) for a look at what pilot training is like aboard a T-6 single-engine trainer aircraft simulator. Together, we’ll explore the switches, hear radio calls, watch a takeoff and landing, and experience what happens in an emergency situation when the engine fails. Heart racing yet?!
Sew with Circuits | September 11
In this workshop, you’ll learn basic hand sewing techniques while experimenting with circuits. You’ll construct a working and wearable circuit using a battery, conductive thread, conductive tape and an LED. Then, you’ll get to design a way for it to work on a purse, hat or shirt.
Batgirl Fashion | October 9th
October is Bat Appreciation Month so things get spooky this STEM+ Saturday! Bat conservationist Dr. Kristen Lear will teach us about the amazing world of bats. Plus, you’ll make your own human-sized bat wings, just in time for Halloween.
The STEM Diaries Discovery | November 6th
In this hands-on experience, future STEM superstars will learn how to create a bullet journal diary and fill the first page with information they learn from Emily Bayuk, an entrepreneur and employee for Accenture’s security team. The girls will also receive insight about being an electrical engineering student.
Hour of Code | December 4th
Cleavon Shen from Asurion will teach the principles of how modern company’s run Internet solutions without servers using the latest cloud technologies. Once you have basic knowledge you will then create your own serverless web app.
STEM+ Saturdays
STEM+ Saturdays is a collaborative space where middle school girls get to ideate, create and innovate with the help of women mentors. Each session is hands-on, allowing students to work in teams to design creative new solutions to real-world problems. Sign up today as space is limited!
Strawberry DNA Extraction | May 1st
Why are your eyes that color? Is your earlobe attached or detached? What makes up all the physical uniqueness about every living thing? DNA!! How do scientists read the DNA code? Learn how to extract DNA using a strawberry. And, learn about the exciting careers of real-life genomics scientists from Illumina.
Webflow: No Code. All Visuals. | June 5th
Design and build your own custom, professional-grade website in a completely visual canvas. No coding experience required. Creative Strategist of 84Studios and Play Like a Girl designer, Georges Etienne will teach you how to bring your personal brand or business to life – in just 90 minutes!
Cloudy with a Chance of Breezy | July 10th
The weather is a beautiful way to explore how sunlight, wind, precipitation and temperature impact our daily lives. Join us as WKRN News 2 Chief Meteorologist Danielle Breezy teaches us how to use our science and engineering skills to observe and analyze weather patterns. Plus, we’ll get to design solutions to weather-related problems.
Fly Like a Girl | August 7th
You’ve got your head in the clouds — and it’s perfectly ok! U.S. Air Force Captain Ilma Vallee will take us behind the scenes (virtually) for a look at what pilot training is like aboard a T-6 single-engine trainer aircraft simulator. Together, we’ll explore the switches, hear radio calls, watch a takeoff and landing, and experience what happens in an emergency situation when the engine fails. Heart racing yet?!
Sew with Circuits | September 11
In this workshop, you’ll learn basic hand sewing techniques while experimenting with circuits. You’ll construct a working and wearable circuit using a battery, conductive thread, conductive tape and an LED. Then, you’ll get to design a way for it to work on a purse, hat or shirt.
Batgirl Fashion | October 9th
October is Bat Appreciation Month so things get spooky this STEM+ Saturday! Bat conservationist Dr. Kristen Lear will teach us about the amazing world of bats. Plus, you’ll make your own human-sized bat wings, just in time for Halloween.
The STEM Diaries Discovery | November 6th
In this hands-on experience, future STEM superstars will learn how to create a bullet journal diary and fill the first page with information they learn from Emily Bayuk, an entrepreneur and employee for Accenture’s security team. The girls will also receive insight about being an electrical engineering student.
Hour of Code | December 4th
Cleavon Shen from Asurion will teach the principles of how modern company’s run Internet solutions without servers using the latest cloud technologies. Once you have basic knowledge you will then create your own serverless web app.
IMPACT with Gal Gadot
What does Wonder Woman look like to you? Perhaps it’s Gal Gadot donning her golden armor, or maybe it’s the women in your life who are continually lifting up themselves and others around them no matter the hardships. We all have women of wonder in our communities, and National Geographic’s all-new docuseries National Geographic Presents: IMPACT with Gal Gadot tells the story of six real-life wonder women from all around the world. Here is the series trailer.
Because you’re empowering the next generation of wonder women, we would love to have you participate in a free screening of the series’ first two episodes and a discussion with Gal herself on May 5th, 2021 at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST.
We hope that this screening inspires young women watching to dare to dream, stand out, speak up and lead.
You can RSVP for the virtual screening here.
The Play Like a Girl Mission IRL
We think you’ll agree—this Minnesota teen is an embodiment of our mission
When Julia Chaffin decided she wanted to build a smart mirror for a summer project, she did what every 21st century teen would do—she turned to the internet. She was expecting to find clear, step-by-step instructions on how to use a computer monitor, some two-way mirror film and a Raspberry Pi kit to create a mirror that could display the date, time and current weather. But what she found was anything but beginner friendly.
So, what did she do? She took matters into her own hands, creating the nonprofit Smart View, which sells all-in-one mirror kits and provides easy-to-follow directions on how to program the software and assemble the mirror.
She knew she didn’t want to make money off the kits. That’s not in the spirit of Raspberry Pi’s open-source ecosystem. So, she again turned to the internet to find a worthy cause. This time, the internet didn’t let her down—it led her straight to Play Like a Girl!
“The whole tie-in with STEM for girls and sports and the belief that leadership comes from sports just really resonated with me,” she says.
You see, Julia also is an athlete. She plays both soccer and golf, which she describes as completely different in terms of what she’s gained from the sports. With soccer, it’s all about the confidence that she gets playing on a team.
“Soccer has taught me to be more outgoing and to believe in myself more,” she says. “That definitely rolls over to school and other parts of my life.”
When Julia’s family moved to Switzerland for her mom’s work when she was younger, it was soccer that helped her make fast friends.
With golf, it’s more about the puzzle. “You think more about every single move,” she says. “You hit the ball and you have two minutes or more to decide what you’re going to do next. There’s definitely a lot more thinking. At first it was hard, because it’s so easy to get in your own head. But I’ve learned that if I have a bad shot, that’s OK. It just means I have to figure out where to go from there.”
Julia is a junior in high school now and is on the cusp of getting to decide what’s next for her academically. Right now, she’s thinking about biomedical engineering. “Whether I go into medicine after that or design medical devices, those sound like super cool career paths,” she says.
And she already has built-in mentors—her mom, Kim, is a chemical engineer and a senior distinguished scientist for Medtronic, one of the biggest medical device companies in the world. Her brother is studying mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan (mom’s alma mater). “They were always saying to me,” she recounts. They said ‘Take an engineering class at some point to see if you like it.’”
Julia did take an engineering class (two, actually). But she doesn’t just like it—she loves engineering!
Play Like a Girl Camp
From online shopping to streaming videos to updating our social media profile, digital technology is so much a part of our everyday life that we can’t imagine living without it. How does it all work? We will explore concepts used by modern digital technology, from computer hardware and software to the networking fundamentals that allow computers to communicate securely. Students will engage in hands-on activities to provide a full overview of how the digital world works.
Students will even take a Byte Out of Crime in a hands-on lab led by Digital Forensic Examiners who will teach them how to find data hiding in smartphone pictures. Participants will use real-world tools used by digital investigators in a virtual environment to solve cases.
This engaging introduction to the world of Information Technology will spark interest and excitement for your future STEMinist. What are you waiting for?! Sign up today! Space is limited.
Open to middle school girls (grades 5-8) nationwide.
Play Like a Girl at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Play Like a Girl invites YOU to join us for a once-in-a-lifetime experience during Indianapolis 500 Qualifications.
About this Event
Play Like a Girl invites women and girls ages 10-17 to visit the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a FREE outdoor event during Indianapolis 500 Qualifications on Saturday, May 22. This unique experience includes a jam-packed agenda with behind-the-scenes tours throughout the venue, showcasing a wide variety of opportunities and exciting STEM (and non-STEM) career paths for young women at the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.
Attendees will experience the sights and sounds of America’s premier open-wheel racing series first-hand. Girls will also get a once-in-a-lifetime up close and personal look at female racecar driver Simona de Silvestro and the #16 Paretta Autosport team who will showcase their talents on the race track!
Along with Play Like a Girl, event hosts and partners MoneyLion, INDYCAR & Paretta Autosport are excited to share their collective passion for motorsports and showcase the opportunity within this industry.
Open to women and girls ages 10-17 residing in or traveling to the Metro Indianapolis area.
Qubit Summer Camp
Be one of the first middle school students in the world to learn about the exciting field of quantum computing! Through hands-on activities, students learn about key concepts of quantum mechanics and quantum computing, including qubits, superposition, and entanglement. They will even learn how to create quantum circuits that can be run on a real quantum computer!
Scholarships available. For more information and to register, click HERE