Programs

Upcoming Events

On-going: STEM Sisters Portable Museums

Beginning in October and through November, we will begin scheduling dates for you to go out to our high school partners to meet with students. There are a number of things that you can do:

  • Share your experience of being a woman in STEM
  • Present on a topic of your choice
  • Volunteering presentation times range from 40 to 60 minutes, depending on the location
  • Commitment varies. We work with 4 different high school partners, and 1 middle school-aged partner. You could go to 1 site only, or take your presentation and go to all 5!

Fill out the volunteering interest form here to let me know your interests and availability.

FALL 2017 EVENTS

STEM Sisters Orientations & Informational Meetings

Learn about STEM opportunities on campus at the following information sessions hosted on on

Thursday, September 14, 11:15 PM ~ 12:15 PM, Portland, Luther Bonney 147

Monday, September 18, 4:30 PM ~ 6:00 PM, Portland, Luther Bonney 147

Thursday, September 21st, 3:00 PM ~ 5:00 PM, Gorham, Bailey Hall 404

Past Events

Leadership Lab: Science & Storytelling

September 19th, 2017, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Woodbury Auditorium // RSVP Here

Join us for a workshop on the art of storytelling for science. We have invited two guests from the local Portland area who have expertise in working with scientists who needed to adjust their communication styles and approaches for the intended audiences. Learn how best to polish what you're going to say to the high school students and how to present yourself in a way that will engage them and get the most out of your time. All STEM Sisters are invited!

Emily Bernhard has produced, directed and written both short and long form documentaries, episodes in reality series, PSA's, segments for news magazines, commercials and industrials for a broad range of clients including National Geographic, PBS, History, NOVA scienceNow!, and American Public Television. She has led documentary expeditions to the Britannic at the bottom of the Aegean Sea, the Lighthouse of Alexandria in the Mediterranean, Loch Ness in Scotland and the Pyramids in Egypt. Her documentaries have won a number of awards including the Telly, two Cine Golden Eagles, the Science Journalists Award and two Boston/New England Emmys®. In addition, she has worked both below and above the line on small, independent feature films.

Meg Gray is the Science & Technology Librarian at Portland Public Library where she buys cookbooks and plans fun science programs. She has a MLIS from McGill University and a BA in Fine Arts from Alfred University. Outside of the library, Meg likes to hike, craft, cook with friends, and lift heavy things at the gym.

SUMMER 2017 EVENTS

Summer means school is out and most students are working, going to camps, taking summer school, or enjoying their vacation time.

Less privileged youth enjoy less access to these opportunities, so STEM Sisters works with Portland Housing Authority Study Centers and Boys and Girls Club to bring STEM events to younger students.

Weaving Bridges

The da Vinci Bridge is a self-supporting bridge which holds-up without the use of fasteners and is a fun activity to teach students the basics of engineering.

We will be teaching kids how to build da Vinci bridges with popsicles and chopsticks. Once the budding engineers develop the weaving skills, we will graduate to working as a team to build a full-scale bridge with 8 ft beams and 3 ft dowels.

If you'd like to bring this into your summer programming, please contact us!

SPRING 2017 EVENTS

Origami & Engineering Materials

Tuesday, May 16th, 2017 - Casco Bay High School

Friday, May 25th, 2017 - Portland High School

Friday, May 25th, 2017 - Deering High School

Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - Kennedy Park Study Center

Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - Maine Girls Academy

Origami gives designers inspiration for how materials can be used to design structures that respond automatically to changing environments. Our bodies are not constants and our environments can change drastically from day to day, so why would the world we design be static?

Science has a tendency to teach us "in theory", explaining the world in the language of ideals and without variables, but this is taught on a stable island surrounded by the seas of reality.

In this interactive learning session, we will explore the place that origami has in human design and how it provides an alternative to a blueprint - designing for natural tendencies rather than unnatural resistances.

Host: Sarah Chang, Mat Sci Engineering

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