Today was our fourth SciGirls meeting! It's fun to see the relationships between the girls develop and mature.
The girls started out the meeting by watching the SciGirls episode, Insulation Station. After watching the video, they were given the challenge to build a house out of cardboard, saran wrap, and duct tape that traps the heat from the "sun" (or, in our case, the lamp). The girls worked for over an hour building their designs. Each group created a different type of house. Here are some of their creations:
The top two groups were able to raise the temperature of their houses 9-10 degrees in one minute!
After they completed their challenge and had lunch, they got to work on our annual service project. They put together 24 bags to be donated to girls staying at a homeless shelter. Each girl brought in several items to put in the bags (cards, nail polish, socks, stuffed animals, colored pencils, etc). They finished up just in time to clean up and go home.
Here are a few additional pictures from today:
We're looking forward to next month, where the girls will learn about
physics, friction, and ice skating!
