STEM Fun : Girls

• CanTEEN: CanTEEN was developed to help girls explore STEM careers. Take a challenge (such as creating your own urban garden), play games like “Click! Spy School” or learn more about real-life role models.
• Engineer Girl!: Why should you become an engineer? Let this website for middle school girls explain. Along with interviews, quizzes, fun facts and profiles, it has links to scores of engineering contests, clubs, programs and scholarships.
• Engineer Your Life: Dream big and love what you do. This guide to engineering for high school girls is packed with profiles of inspiring women, great tips for college prep and helpful job tools.
• For Girls in Science: Be what you want to be. Sponsored by L’Oréal, this site offers all kinds of STEM options, including a video blog, profiles of women in science, a list of summer camps and info about careers.
• Girls Communicating Career Connections (GC3): Curious about a career in science or technology? This youth-produced media series for girls from undeserved groups has lots and lots of ideas to explore.
• Girl Scouts STEM Program: Push your limits as you make the world a better place. To support STEM experiences, the Girl Scouts have developed three leadership journeys and a number of STEM proficiency badges.
• iWASwondering.org: Inspired by “Women’s Adventures in Science” and developed by the National Academy of Sciences, this website invites you to investigate the careers of famous women scientists.
• PBS SciGirls: SciGirls videos are great resources for the classroom. Each episode follows a different group of middle school girls who are designing and building STEM projects.
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE) K-12 Outreach: Aspire to be great. You’ll find a huge variety of engineering resources on this site, including links to activities, competitions, camps and scholarships.
• Women@NASA: Meet the women you want to be. This NASA site includes video interviews and biographies of NASA employees, as well as info on careers, events and outreach programs. Energy.gov has a sister site calledWomen@Energy.
• TechRocket: Learn the most popular programming languages like Java and iOS, explore Minecraft modding and 2D and 3D game design, and dive into graphic design in Photoshop. Use the promo code “MIDSFREE” to get a free first month!
• G2O: Generating Girls Opportunities: G2O is an initiative of The Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF) designed to engage girls, parents, and teachers in expanding girls’ educational opportunities. Visit their website to explore careers in STEM, participate in summer contests, and more!

STEM Awards

• NSTA Angela Award: The National Science Teachers Association awards a $1,000 US EE Savings Bond to one female student in fifth through eighth grade who is involved in or has a strong connection to science.

STEM Camps

• Camp Reach: From constructing the perfect shoe to building the ultimate ice cream sundae, this two-week summer camp at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts is designed to stretch your engineering imagination. For girls entering seventh grade.
• Design-Connect-Create! Physics Camps for Young Women: Live in or near North Texas? Get a hands-on introduction to key principles in AP Physics. For high school girls entering their junior year.
• DigiGirlz High Tech Camp: Microsoft’s career-based camps are held throughout the U.S. and abroad. You’ll have the chance to listen to tech speakers, take tours, network and get some hands-on experience in workshops. Variable schedule. For high school girls.
• E2@UMD: Explore engineering at the University of Maryland. Over the course of one week in the summer, you’ll take part in hands-on activities, lab experiments, team challenges and seminars with professional engineers. For rising juniors and seniors.
• Girls’ Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science (G.A.M.E.S.): Be part of a state-of-the-art engineering or science lab this summer! At the University of Illinois’s G.A.M.E.S., you’ll work on challenging camp projects and meet mentors in technical fields. For rising nine through 12th graders.
• Girls Reaching to Achieve in Sports & Physics (GRASP): Hosted by Ohio State University’s Department of Physics, GRASP is a five-day summer camp loaded with physics fun. OSU staff and students are present at all sessions to share their love of the subject. For middle school girls.
• Girlstart: Get stuck on STEM subjects. Girlstart’s Austin-based programs (including summer camps, Saturday STEM workshops and Science Extravaganzas) are open to girls in kindergarten through age 16.
• Students with Potential and Interest, Considering Engineering (S.P.I.C.E.): Build a new world. Through activities, projects, tours and talks at the University of Maryland, College Park, you’ll learn how engineering is being used to change the face of the planet. For girls entering ninth and 10th grades.
• The Smith Summer Science and Engineering Program (SSEP): One hundred girls, four weeks, one incredible experience. At this Massachusetts summer camp, you’ll be immersed in two fascinating research courses. For rising rising nine through 12th graders.
• Women in Natural Science (WINS): Hosted by Drexel University’s Academy of Natural Sciences, this after-school and summer science enrichment program is free! For promising eighth graders who plan to attend a public or charter school in Philadelphia.
• Alexa Cafe: Students collaborate in small, close-knit clusters. With an emphasis on entrepreneurship, leadership, brand identity, and philanthropy, you’ll build tech skills in a unique, stylish setting, alongside tech-savvy female mentors. Weeklong day and overnight sessions in programming, game design, filmmaking, and more.