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UBC iGEM Workshop
On Saturday, June 26th, we hosted a career workshop for high school students around Vancouver featuring members of the UBC iGEM team. Each year, this group of undergraduates represent UBC at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition, which includes over 400 teams from around the world. Their goal is to develop new organisms through […]
Egg Drop Challenge
STEM Sorority members were put into teams of 3-4 and challenged to create the safest egg drop structure they could with the following supplies: Rubber bands Popsicle sticks Marshmallows Straws Glue guns and sticks Balloons Members came up with a variety of exciting structures; some constructed a popsicle stick cage stacked with marshmallows, wrapped the […]
Van de Graaff Generator Demo
For the final event of the year, STEM Sorority members participated in a hair-raising Van de Graaff generator demo. With safety in mind, members were given a crash course in electricity and charge as well as how a Van de Graaff generator works before the commencement of the event. The first demonstration involved a dazzling […]
Science Pong Activity
After comments of “STEM Sorority is a sorority— we should do sorority things!”, brainstorming was done and an activity was planned for Friday, Feb 26, Science Pong. Science Pong is a variation on the quintessential sorority party activity, beer pong. To set up for it, we pushed Ms. Chan’s tables (with horrible screeching sounds) into […]
Healthcare and Biotechnology Career Workshop
Click here to see our career highlights video and the full recordings of each of our breakout rooms! On Feb. 12, STEM Sorority hosted our first event, a career workshop featuring 3 prominent women in STEM from healthcare and biotech sectors. With around 80 girls from schools all across Vancouver attending, the event was a […]
Spaghetti Tower Building Challenge
STEM Sorority’s first activity was a spaghetti tower building challenge that helped members get to know each other better while also practicing their engineering and creativity skills. Members worked in groups of two or three using nothing but raw spaghetti and masking tape to create a carbohydrate skyscraper. The towers had to hold a 100 […]