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Yahoo
21-02-2025
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- Yahoo
UT to host STEM Girl Day. Everything you need to know before you go and how to register.
The University of Texas is inviting elementary and middle school students to celebrate its annual STEM Girl Day on Saturday. Nearly 20,000 visitors will come to UT's campus Saturday to explore more than 180 activities and demonstrations hosted by scientists, engineers, astronomers, mathematicians and others. The event is free to attend and is tailored toward kindergarten through eighth grade students. More: STEM Girl Day takes place at The University of Texas, see photos STEM Girl Day is a featured part of UT's 2025 Texas Science Festival, a nearly two-week-long event running to March 6. The event hosts community events like STEM Girl Day, speakers, expos and more to discuss various STEM fields. All student attendees of STEM Girl Day must attend all programming with an adult, and the event does not recommend attendees younger than kindergarten. When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday Where: UT's main campus. All activities have been moved inside due to inclement weather and will take place in various engineering and science spaces on campus. How to attend: Register a kindergarten through eighth grade student for the STEM Girl Day at This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: UT's STEM Girl Day returns this weekend. What to know, how to attend.
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
UT to host Texas Science Festival to inspire STEAM learning, enthusiasts
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Beginning Friday, the University of Texas at Austin will host science enthusiasts at the Texas Science Festival. The festival is two weeks packed with scientists, science communicators and other science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) fields. The festival ends March 6. 'From on-campus adventures to dazzling talks to 'science night out' events at locations around Texas, the program has a wide range of offerings for all ages,' organizers said. Jaimie Davis, a UT professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and interim director of the School of Human Ecology, spoke with KXAN about the event. Davis said the festival kicks off with a seminar on how school gardens and community gardens can improve health and academics. 'It teaches kids how to grow their own food,' Davis said. 'Growing your own foods in school and communities can increase preference and willingness to try those foods.' She said the seminar talks about setting kids up to make lifestyle changes that last into adulthood and encouraging them to eat healthy, whole foods instead of processed foods. Davis said it would also help people learn where their foods come from and learn about eating healthy, which she said has long-term health impacts. 'I think if a child can plant a seed and grow it, they're much more likely to want to try it,' Davis said. 'So, that's the first step to kind of setting these long-term life habits.' Davis said it's important to teach people about science and how it can improve their health and technology. 'A lot of what we teach kids is not only where their food comes from and how to eat it, but environmental stewards concepts — like how to grow their own food using systems like hydroponics,' Davis said. On Saturday, Feb. 22, UT will also host a STEM Girl Day, which gives students a chance to explore STEM through hands-on activities hosted by scientists, engineers, astronomers, mathematicians and other STEM enthusiasts. 'It's really encouraging being a female scientist to encourage young girls to be curious,' Davis said. 'The theme of the festival is 'Fusing Curiosity With Discovery,' and I think that's a really important thing to get girls interested in asking the questions on why and challenging it because we don't want everybody thinking the same. We want new ideas to improve health and technology.' Most festival events are free and open to the public; however, some events require tickets and two events are for audiences over 21. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
