2024 Girls & Science

Girls thINC Outside the Box brings the Girls Inc. experience home and recognizes girls’ power to be leaders of their own learning, exploration, and practice. In addition to the STEM-focused box for Girls & Science this March, you can enroll in this program and receive a monthly delivery of self-paced strong, smart, and bold curriculum for a girl (or girls) in your life!

Subscription fees are on a sliding scale, and you can cancel at any time.

Join us for the FREE Girls & Science Kick Off Event on Friday, March 1st to meet the mentors and participate in hands-on STEM activities. Come explore the many diverse opportunities a future career in science, technology, engineering, and math can bring. Bring the whole family for a night all about igniting a passion for science—try it on, test it out, and play! Programming will run from 4:00-8:00pm. The Museum will remain open until 9:00pm.  

Information

Infinity Theater Shows- 50% off for Girls & Science!
"Ancient Caves 3D", 5 p.m. & 7 p.m.
"Antarctica 3D", 4 p.m. & 6 p.m.
Additional Ticket Required

Gates Planetarium
"Cosmic Journey", 5 & 6:15 p.m.
"Black Holes", 5:30 & 6:45 p.m.
Additional ticket required

Temporary Exhibitions
"Wild Color" will be open
Free with Museum entry

T-Rex
Friday hours
Grab & Go Snacks, Level 1: 9 a.m.- 8 p.m.

Gift Shop
Friday Hours, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Parking and Alternative Transportation
Limited free parking is available at the Museum. Carpooling and alternative transportation is encouraged. 

Explore a variety of STEAM Stations at the Kick-Off Event! Find out what makes each of our sponsor organizations so great and how they use science every day. Meet women in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) professions to learn what they do, who they are and what inspires them.

Ping Identity will have 3 stations participants can engage with.

Station 1: Coloring Pingy's World
Step into the colorful realm of Pingy as each participant embarks on building their very own storybook. Let your imagination run wild on the coloring page and bring Pingy's world to life!

Station 2: Designing Pingy’s Adventure with Prompt Props
Unleash your creativity at the Design Station, where notecards filled with Pingy's potential actions await. Choose from a variety of prompts to shape the narrative, and connect the dots to design a story that's uniquely yours.

Station 3: Visualizing Pingy's Adventure with PingOne DaVinci
Watch your story come alive! In PingOne DaVinci, we'll input the adventure storyline created at Station 2. Follow the magical steps, and witness Pingy's journey unfold as the software generates a captivating gif of Pingy's adventure.

Conclude the event with a magical moment by capturing a photo of your paper storybook alongside the animated gif on screen. It's a unique fusion of traditional and digital storytelling that you won't want to miss!

Go on an adventure to the four Museum Girls & Science Mentor Labs! Collect stamps and explore the amazing contributions of these women in the world of science.

See yourself on the CBS Colorado Green Screen and complete an activity sheet to see what you learned.

Join Chevron as they explain how their sectors of the oil and gas industry are related. Discover how pipelines are just straight lines and learn about the elevation obstacles they must overcome. See how the Oil and Gas Industry involves many different disciplines.

Join Xcel to discover snap circuit kits. Participants will have the option of completing a variety of snap circuits that make a sound, make a small wheel turn or turn on lights. Xcel will assist participants with snap circuits and answer questions about energy and how things are powered.

Once you've completed your snap circuit kit, spin the prize wheel! Participants can answer simple questions about energy to get a prize. Xcel will also be passing out stickers, pencils and coloring sheets.

Join CSU to discover the Veterinary Mock Clinic at CSU Spur, a complete set of items that mimic real veterinary tools used to check up on pets, including brushes, patient sign in sheets, and collars. Learn some of the basic health needs of pets such as teeth brushing and regular check ups with vets, and hear about potential careers in veterinary science.

Participants are invited to act out the responsibilities of a real-life veterinarian by examining and caring for stuffed animals. Participants can use a checklist to identify information, areas they should examine, the diagnosis, and the treatment plan of their patient.

Join Ibotta for an interactive activity utilizing laptops.

Join the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Foundation for a coring exercise with playdoh and straws, mineral identification and a display of interesting minerals. Plus, discover an "Earthquake" and win sharks' teeth and postcard giveaways.

SM Energy will be using the Colorado Geologic Survey's "Shake Table" to simulate earthquakes. Then, see how the soundwaves are captured in a seismic line, and how geologists interpret seismic lines.

Join MSU Denver for a strawberry DNA extraction and to observe your own cheek cells under microscopes. Also, explore glow in the dark slime and Tower of Hanoi and Soma Cube puzzles.

Join PNC Bank to learn about Needs vs Wants. Complete a handout with several different images and circle all that are 'needs'. If you get them all correct, you get to spin a prize wheel to get a special swag item. Also, learn about general budgeting.