Especially for Girls

Join a club or start a project

Local experiences

Girl Scouts	Earn STEM badges and attend STEM-related events.
SWENext	The student chapter of Society of Women Engineers
Girls Who Code	Join a club or start one of your own!

Projects, competitions and scholarships

#builtbygirls	Connect with female mentors from major tech companies and pitch your tech products.
NCWIT	The National Center for Women & Information Technology sponsors the Aspirations in Computing competition and more.
Project CS Girl	Competitions and events for middle school and beyond.
Technovation	Team competition invites girls to identify a problem and build an app and business plan to solve it.
Society of Women Engineers	Scholarships + Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day for middle and high school students.
Code Like a Girl	Advice for high schoolers: programs, scholarships, resume tips and more.
Engineer Girl	Explore engineering careers, find competitions.

#GirlsinTechKC

The Girls in Tech KC movement is working to encourage all girls to explore tech and computer science. Come see what exploring the field can offer you!

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

Explore STEM careers online

Local STEM professionals and students share why STEM matters for girls. Check it out and then explore ways you can dive in!

EXPLORE CAREERS

How to close the gender gap

Explore this five-part webinar series to see what’s working and where we can improve efforts to close the STEM gender gap in Kansas City’s K-12 educational landscape.

SEE THE CLOSING THE GAP RECAP

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  STEAM Studio After School Program 
  September 13 @ 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm      
  STEAM Studio After School Program 
Join STEAM Studio's After School Program for six weeks of engaging and innovative activities. In this series for 1st-3rd graders of any experience level, participants will focus on coding and programming. Each activity follows the Design Thinking Model and is great for any experience level. ...
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  Saturday STEM Seminar: How Does the Brain Make Memories? 
  September 16 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am 
  Saturday STEM Seminar: How Does the Brain Make Memories? 
During Science City's Saturday STEM Seminars, local STEM professionals present hot topics in science, technology, engineering and math, as well as highlights of their education and career paths. A Q&A session follows. The seminars, geared toward students in grades 7-12, are open to the public....
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  Invent for Good Open House | LEARN Science and Math Club 
  September 18 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm 
  Invent for Good Open House | LEARN Science and Math Club 
In this program, middle school through college students work in teams with our pros to design cool tech for kids with movement limitations. Since 2020, Invent for Good teams have designed various solutions that kids and parents have requested we add to our Geeks for...
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  STEAM Studio After School Program 
  September 20 @ 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm      
  STEAM Studio After School Program 
Join STEAM Studio's After School Program for six weeks of engaging and innovative activities. In this series for 1st-3rd graders of any experience level, participants will focus on coding and programming. Each activity follows the Design Thinking Model and is great for any experience level. ...
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  Discover RCoN 
  September 21 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm      
  Discover RCoN 
Discover RCoN is a chance to learn about pursuing a nursing career path through Research College of Nursing. Drop in at any time to check out interactive stations including: Admissions 101 for financial aid and transfer credit guidance Information you need on Accelerated BSN, Transfer BSN...
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  How Do I Become an Astronomer? 
  September 22 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 
  How Do I Become an Astronomer? 
Are you a student thinking about a career as an astronomer? If so, join the Linda Hall Library in a virtual session to get academic and career advice from a professional astronomer. After a presentation, students will have the chance to ask questions about coursework,...
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  Science City’s ScienceWise | PBL and Student Research in the Middle School Classroom 
  September 23 @ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm 
  Science City’s ScienceWise | PBL and Student Research in the Middle School Classroom 
Project-based learning and scientific inquiry are the building blocks of creating a lifelong learner. PBL can be incorporated in many ways depending on materials available, class sizes, and current curriculum. Kaitlyn Stoll has been introducing students to PBL through independent science fairs for seven years...
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  ECOS Fall Nature Club 
  September 23 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm      
  ECOS Fall Nature Club 
ECOS provides urban youth grades 4th - 7th with weekly outdoor and activity-based nature programming that connects them to nature in their own communities. The ECOS program includes hikes, bird watching, identifying native trees and plants, nature art projects, and more, combined with social and...
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  STEAM Studio After School Program 
  September 27 @ 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm      
  STEAM Studio After School Program 
Join STEAM Studio's After School Program for six weeks of engaging and innovative activities. In this series for 1st-3rd graders of any experience level, participants will focus on coding and programming. Each activity follows the Design Thinking Model and is great for any experience level. ...
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  Super Sports Day Camp 
  September 28 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm      
  Super Sports Day Camp 
Bring your all-stars for this indoor camp with outdoor spirit! Sports fans will have a ball learning the science behind the world’s most popular sports while engineering their way through a stadium full of sports-themed challenges!  Appropriate for ages 6-11. Register here!
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  Saturday STEM Seminar – Dr. Ana Cohen – Detectives in Healthcare: The DNA Quest for What Makes Us Unique 
  September 30 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am 
  Saturday STEM Seminar – Dr. Ana Cohen – Detectives in Healthcare: The DNA Quest for What Makes Us Unique 
During Science City's Saturday STEM Seminars, local STEM professionals present hot topics in science, technology, engineering and math as well as highlights of their education and career paths. A Q&A session follows. The seminars, geared toward students in grades 7-12, are open to the public....
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  ECOS Fall Nature Club 
  September 30 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm      
  ECOS Fall Nature Club 
ECOS provides urban youth grades 4th - 7th with weekly outdoor and activity-based nature programming that connects them to nature in their own communities. The ECOS program includes hikes, bird watching, identifying native trees and plants, nature art projects, and more, combined with social and...
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  2023 Educator STEM Fest 
  October 1 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm 
  2023 Educator STEM Fest 
Mark your calendars for Sunday, October 1st, 2023, from 1-3 pm! Explore a wide variety of curriculum and field trip ideas, receive a drive link of resources from the nearly 50 different vendors, and enter for a chance to win some amazing door prizes! Best...
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  Saturday STEM Seminar: How Does the Brain Make Memories? 
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  Invent for Good Open House | LEARN Science and Math Club 
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  September 20 @ 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm      
  STEAM Studio After School Program 
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  September 21 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm      
  Discover RCoN 
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  September 22 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 
  How Do I Become an Astronomer? 
  September 23 
  September 23 @ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm 
  Science City’s ScienceWise | PBL and Student Research in the Middle School Classroom 
  September 23 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm      
  ECOS Fall Nature Club 
  September 27 
  September 27 @ 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm      
  STEAM Studio After School Program 
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  September 28 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm      
  Super Sports Day Camp 
  September 30 
  September 30 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am 
  Saturday STEM Seminar – Dr. Ana Cohen – Detectives in Healthcare: The DNA Quest for What Makes Us Unique 
  September 30 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm      
  ECOS Fall Nature Club 
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  October 1 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm 
  2023 Educator STEM Fest 
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  Super Sports Day Camp 
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  September 30 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am 
  Saturday STEM Seminar – Dr. Ana Cohen – Detectives in Healthcare: The DNA Quest for What Makes Us Unique 
  September 30 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm      
  ECOS Fall Nature Club 
  October 1 
  October 1 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm 
  2023 Educator STEM Fest 
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