We here at the Gilbert Public School district technology department want to invite you to write about our GPS Girls STEMpowered on February 7th! This is our 3rd year putting on this amazing event for the young women in our district. STEMpowered brings 170+ young women grades 5-12 from each of our 39 schools for a day of planning, engineering, creating, building, and programming with robotics! Last year our students worked in groups to create a tech-based Olympics-themed animatronic float and museum display. This year, we have an ARCADE theme where groups will create and CODE pinball machines with working parts, animations, sounds, and lights! It's an incredible opportunity for young women to come together, collaborate, create, and practice life-like exposure to machines, tools, coding, and real STEM experiences.
 
Transportation coordinates to pick our students up from each of the elementary, junior, and high school campuses and bring them to our Tech Services campus. 2 students from each grade level 5-8 and 4 from each school/campus throughout the district.  WOW! They are divided into teams that are strategically created so that there are students from each grade level and no students from the same school. (Hooray for new friends!) Additionally, they are assigned a Tech Team Mentor (GPS adult) who is simply there to guide them and help keep each team on track. The participants are encouraged to work together to problem solve, refer to resource documentation online, and complete the coding project entirely on their own. 😊 It's incredible to see what these girls produce in such a short period of time!  There will be so many LAUGHS, SMILES, and LEARNING taking place together during this STEM adventure day.

https://sites.google.com/gilbertschools.net/stempowered/home

Come join the FUN! ⚙️
We'd love to share it with you! 
Want to write a story??
The event takes place: Friday, February 7th
 from 9am - 1pm at 55 North Greenfield Rd in Gilbert, AZ. 
 
Would you like more information to write-up?  Make a social media post?  
Have questions about joining??  Wanting to create a video?
Please hit REPLY or reach out to Hannah Anderson (TIE, Technology Integration Educator) at hannah.anderson@gilbertschools.net 
THANK YOU so much, we look forward to hearing back soon...