Xavier College Preparatory partnered with the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University to host its fourth annual “Girls Have IT Day” last Friday. The event, originally developed by Xavier students in conjunction with faculty, promotes young women’s involvement in science, information technology (IT), engineering, art and math (STEAM).
More than 500 middle school girls from around the Phoenix metropolitan area participated in the day’s events, along with over 100 Xavier students who mentored the younger students throughout the day. Hands-on activities had the students making customized lip gloss to floating concrete. Check out the gallery below – and thanks to Xavier College Preparatory for sharing photos!
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- Middle school students discuss the Avnet Express Drive for Innovation’s Chevrolet Volt with Brian Fuller at Xavier’s “Girls Have IT Day.”
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- Liberty Tradtional Charter School (Phoenix) students enjoy “Girls Have IT Day” at Xavier College Preparatory.
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- 8th grade students from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School – Scottsdale participate in “Girls Have IT Day” at Xavier.
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- Xavier students work with middle schoolers to make a thaumatrope, demonstrating the ‘persistence of vision’ phenomenon.
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- Middle schoolers practice elements of chemical engineering as they make lip gloss with the help of Xavier students and the Society of Women Engineers.
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- Students learn about buoyancy while making foil boats to test which could hold the most pennies.
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- Xavier’s National Art Honor Society students shows the middle schoolers how to create colors using various pigments.
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- Middle school students learn to make floating concrete.
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- Students make a thaumatrope by drawing two different images on either side of a disk then spinning the disk so the images come together.
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- Each middle school girl was able to customize her own concoction to make lip gloss courtesy of the Society of Women Engineers.
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- Xavier students and engineers from the Young Member Forum of the American Society of Civil Engineers teach the middle school girls how to make floating concrete.
