| Workshop | Description | Grades | Sessions |
| Lunch | An
all-you-can eat lunch in the college dining hall with more
choices than you can ever imagine! Options available for all
diets, dietary restrictions and likes! Clean kitchen and seating
area also available. All girls MUST pick one lunch session,
either Lunch Session 2 OR Lunch Session 3. | 4-8 | 2, 3 |
| Expo Hall | Hands-on, interactive, informative and yes- SUPER
FUN - Expo Hall is wall-to-wall STEM excitement! The hall has
robots, Giant Games, experiments, demonstrations, raffles and so
much more! All girls MUST pick only one Expo session; the
Expo is offered during Sessions 3, 4, 5 and 6. | 4-8 | 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Bridges! | Do a
whole bunch of hands-on activities and learn all about bridges
with the Boston Society of Civil Engineers. We will make
small span bridge with building blocks, large arches with big
foam blocks, cable stay bridges with cardboard boxes and ropes,
and much more! | 4-8 | 1, 2 |
| Budget Sense | Are you curious
about what your future might look like as a mid-20-year-old?
Imagine driving your dream car, living in a beautiful house,
having fun-filled activities, and doing all the things you love!
Budget Sense is here to help you turn those dreams into reality!
Design your dream life as a mid-20-year-old and see if your
career can fund your ideal lifestyle with United Way of
Central Massachusetts-Women's Initiative (Dollar
$cholar). | 6-8 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Creative Arts and Ocean Advocacy |
Did you know that you can use art to speak up
for our oceans? Art is a powerful tool for sparking
conversations, building connections to the ocean, and deepening
your own understanding of ocean issues. Join Bow Seat Ocean
Awareness Programs to learn about our scholarship
opportunities, explore an ocean art gallery, and find
inspiration from young artists worldwide. | 6-8 | 1, 2 |
| Cyber Safety | Learn about the
real-life uses of technology and keeping yourself safe online
with The Office of District Attorney Joseph D. Early,
Jr.! Learn what information can be shared, and what needs to
be kept private. Learn to be careful about who you trust online
and how social media can affect your future. You can apply what
you learn toward the NEW Cyberbullying Badges (not
included). | 4-8 | 1, 2 |
| Flower Power | Meet a garden
educator and learn about what it's like to work at New
England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. Hear about our
different program offerings and participate in a flower
dissection activity from our Juniors Flower Power program. Get
up close and personal with flowers as you investigate the
process of pollination and work towards your Flowers Badge
(badge not included). | 4-5 | 1, 2 |
| Green Chemistry: What Is It? | Chemistry is cool and you can make a lot of amazing
materials with it! How can we help make better materials that
are better for the environment? Come make a green glue with
Worcester State University and learn how green
chemistry can help save the environment while meeting our
industrial needs. | 4-5 | 3, 4 |
| How We're Going to Save the World-A
Look into Nuclear Energy | Calling all young
change-makers! Join Grow With STEM for an exhilarating
adventure as we embark on a mission to save the world! In this
fun and interactive workshop, we'll be diving headfirst into the
fascinating world of nuclear energy and its potential role in
combating climate change. | 6-8 | 1,
2 |
| I'm Crafting, It's Sparkling | Did you know we can make science, engineering, and
art at the same time? Would you like to create a post-card that
lights up with us? Come and design and make a post-card
integrated with electronics with Sparkle STEM Community of
WPI. We'll be learning about how electronic devices can be
on soft materials without you realizing it! | 6-8 | 1 |
| Meet a Meteorologist | Get a behind-the-scenes look at the daily life of a
local television Meteorologist, including the technology used to
broadcast and produce the daily forecast. Plus, learn some
forecasting tips without the use of advanced computer models.
You've seen Kelly Ann Cicalese on WCVB NewsCenter 5's Weekend
Eye Opener-now meet her in person and find out what it
takes to be a meteorologist! | 4-8 |
1 |
| Meet and Greet with Miss
Massachusetts | You'll hear Miss
Massachusetts speak during her keynote address at GiG but
meet Chelsea Vuong up close and personal! Learn about her
college journey at Harvard, her community service initiative
Dollars and "Cents" for Financial Freedom, the
non-profit that she cofounded FinancialMile, the scholarship
opportunity of the Miss Massachusetts pageant, and her pursuit
of the Miss America crown. You'll have plenty of opportunity for
all of your questions, to talk to her directly, and of
course-take those selfies! | 4-8 |
1 |
| Mind Games: Think, Learn & Have
Fun!!! | Learn more about how you think so that
you can be safer, a better student, and a better communicator
with Ronald G. Shapiro, PhD, LLC. You'll participate in
games which illustrate your strengths and weaknesses as you
sense, perceive, think, learn, remember, make decisions,
respond, and multi-task. We'll also discuss careers in human
factors/ergonomics, which combines knowledge of engineering and
psychology to design products which are safe, easy, and fun to
use. IMPORTANT: this workshop is photographed for a slideshow
during the program which is then shared with the participants
following the program; by registering for this workshop all
participants agree to have their photo taken for the purpose of
the slideshow only. | 4-8 | 1, 2, 5,
6 |
| Polymers All Around Us | Learn about all aspects of polymer science,
specifically chemistry, physics and engineering from UMass
Amherst Polymer Science and Engineering. This is a highly
interactive workshop with the goal of encouraging thought and
discussion of how polymers impact our lives on a daily basis.
Numerous hands-on demonstrations are performed throughout the
program, including the Poly-Human, super-absorbent polymers, and
slime. | 4-8 | 2, 4 |
| Sounds All Around | Abby the Labrador retriever is coughing and does not
want to go on her daily walk. What is wrong with her? Come to
this workshop and put your engineering skills to work to design
a listening device to figure out what is wrong with her. Faculty
and students from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
at Tufts University will guide you through this
process. | 6-8 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
