Each year the GEMS program offers a 1-day exposition for teams of girls in grades 2 - 12 from around the state of Alabama. The girls in attendance have opportunities to collaborate with successful females in STEM-related careers, as well as showcase student-created projects developed through a collection of STEM lessons and activities aligned to the Alabama Course of Study Standards.
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The day's events are designed with girls in mind!
Opportunities for girls to collaborate and communicate with one another;
Hands-on, minds-on activities so that girls' natural curiosity can be nurtured;
Activities designed for girls to innovate and approach problems in their own way to create personally relevant meaningful products;
Building confidence and performance by asking girls' perspectives through higher-order questions;
Encouraging girls' participation in STEM activities through prescriptive and informational feedback;
Capitalizing upon girls' natural interest in the life sciences;
Building the spatial skills that are crucial to success in many STEM-related fields; and
Exposing girls to female role models who have succeeded in STEM.
View the Expo Pages for details about each location.
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