Girls' Geek Day

May 3 (save the date) - Girls' Geek Day Experience for rising K-2nd grade students. We are teaming up with the UVA School of Education to host a special session with Roversa Robotics. Your child will learn, have fun, express their creativity and help us do some research. Stay tuned for more details coming soon.

Girls' Geek Days are all about sparking elementary school-aged girls' interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) by providing a fun, collaborative, hands-on environment to learn new skills and helping them connect to other STEM programs in the community. Participants will have the option to choose 3 different hands-on STEM activity sessions to join throughout the morning.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at Girls' Geek Day in this Computer Science Careers Across Virginia video about Data Science.

• High School Students volunteer at Girls Geek Day to involve more women in STEM (January 2024, CBS19)
• Center 1 hosts Girls' Geek Day (February 2023, NBC29)

• Girls' Geek Day inspires girls to explore STEM (February 2020, CBS19)
  
• Girls' Geek Day held at Meriwether Lewis Elementary School (January 2020, CBS19)
• Girls' Geek Day inspires girls to explore STEM (February 2020, CBS19)
  
• Girls' Geek Day held at Meriwether Lewis Elementary School (January 2020, CBS19)
• School Hosts Event to Encourage Young Girls' Interest in 'STEM' Subjects (NBC29, February 2016)
• NOT Grandpa's Science Class: Girls Geek Day (WMRA, November 2015)
• Girls’ Geek Day with Paula White (WTJU, February 2015)

A very special thanks to all our Girls’ Geek Day volunteers!!! At Girls' Geek Day, volunteers lead a variety of hands-on activities, including things like:

• Robotics with Bee-Bot, botley, Code and Go Robot Mouse, Finches, Hummingbird Robotics, Marty, Ozobot Evo and Sphero Bolts

• Electronic with Makey Makey and Micro:bits

• Design challenges with Keva Plank Challenges, Strawbees Challenges, Sticks and Balls
• Coding with Scratch, Python, EarSketch, Blockly
  
• Unplugged activities including LED cards, Binary Bracelets,

Girls’ Geek Days are not possible without our volunteers. Please encourage colleagues, parents, MS & HS girls to consider becoming a volunteer. No previous experience is required - you can learn right along with the girls.

The first Girls' Geek Day was held in March, 2013 and was the the brainchild of Paula White, retired Gifted Resource Teacher at Albemarle County Schools. She and Kim Wilkens, Tech-Girls founder, continued to expand the program with the support and effort of many volunteers who generously offer their time and talents to get girls fun & early exposure to STEM fields. The program is now hosted at Center 1 with organizer Katie Breaud, Learning Technology Integrator in Albemarle County Schools.