On February 19th, the CM2 team participated in Girl Day at UT Austin 2022, presented by Women in STEM (WiSTEM). UT Austin’s national award-winning Girl Day event gives elementary and middle school students a chance to explore STEM through grade-appropriate, hands-on activities hosted by volunteer scientists, engineers, astronomers, and STEM enthusiasts from student organizations, research centers, corporate partners and community organizations. Many of the Girl Day 2022 programs were recorded virtually, so if you would like to watch them please do so HERE!
The CM2 team hosted a virtual, hands-on project called Build A City!, which encourages kids to explore the complexity of cities and helps them understand the impact of people’s everyday decisions on the places where they live, work, and play.
CM2 would like to give a huge “THANK YOU!” to our hard working volunteers – especially Samira Bashar, STEM role model SUPER STAR – who helped make this event possible! We could not have done it without you.
Here is some demographic information regarding who participated in Girl Day 2022.
2022 Registrants / Participants
- 2776 K-8th Grade Registrants
- 87% Girls
- 36% Latina/Latino
- 10% African American
- 14% Asian
- 71% from Central Texas
- 9% from Greater Houston
- 6% from Greater San Antonio
- 5% from Dallas / Fort Worth
- 4% from Out of State
- 492 (18% of Registrants) Girl Scouts
- 175 High School Registrants
Girl Day 2023 is scheduled to be in person at UT Austin on Saturday, February 25th, 2023. If you missed the opportunity to participate in this year’s Girl Day, keep your eyes peeled for further details on next year’s event!
