STEMfems Event at BioCT Innovation Commons on Dec. 4th
On December 4th, 2019, 107 girls from 5 local schools spent the day with 16 amazing STEM professionals for our STEMfems event at BioCT Innovation Commons in Groton, Connecticut. We started off the day with an inspiring introduction to the history of some of our Inductees who broke down barriers in the field of STEM. Then the girls broke out into groups for workshops organized and facilitated by our partners.
Workshops
CRAZY FOR ROCKETS!
Ensign Bickford led the girls in constructing and launching rockets.
HOW GREEN
IS YOUR SCHOOL?
Pelli Clarke Architects showed the girls how to design their own environmentally-friendly school building.
BUOYANCY!
Students got to experiment with orange peels to learn about buoyancy with LBI Fiberglass.
SURGEON
FOR A DAY
The girls even created and operated on their own models of the human body with Medtronic.
THE LONG ROAD TO
DRUG DISCOVERY
Pfizer led the girls in exploring the world of drug discovery through a fun board game
All day, the girls got to experience the wonders of science and technology while meeting female role models who have excelled in the STEM field. Thank you to Ensign-Bickford Foundation Inc., SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc., Comcast, and Stanley Black & Decker for financially supporting our STEMfems events.
Partners
BioCT Innovation Commons
All of this was made so much better by the beautifully designed and perfectly equipped workspaces of BioCT Innovation Commons, whose state of the art technology and ideal offices incubate great new STEM ideas every day right here in Connecticut.