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New! Google Grants $100,000 to Tech Choices!

We are delighted to announce that Google.org has awarded Girl Scouts of Northern California a $100,000 grant in support of Tech Choices, a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) program that provides engineering and robotics hands-on learning experiences to girls in grades K-8.

Girl Scouts of Northern California is one of several dozen organizations receiving grants from Google.org at the end of 2011 through Google Gives Back. Our grant is part of over $100 million in total charitable giving from Google in 2011. Click here for more ...

• From the San Francisco Chronicle, Marina Park's City Brights Blog: Google Gives to Tech Program for 640 Girls
• From the San Jose Mercury News: Google Gives $40 Million to ... Causes Around the World and Bay Area

Tech Choices K-3 Program Boxes

Our Tech Choices program now includes exciting engineering topics for girls in grades K-3!

Each program has all the materials and instructions for three 90-minute activity sessions in a box. The non-refundable cost of $5 per girl for each box covers the materials each girl will use up. There is also a $100/box refundable deposit.

Topics Available

New! Chemical Engineering

• Create special effects for the movies and learn about the chemical properties of paint, explosions and slime.

New! Civil Engineering

• Design and construct buildings, towers and bridges as an employee of the Little Pig Construction Company.

New! Electrical Engineering

• Explore the uses of magnets, electricity and electromagnets through hands-on activities and challenges.

Techbridge Program Boxes

Now girls in grades 4-12 can discover the thrill of using the engineering process to design their projects and connect with women engineers in exciting careers.

Each program has all the materials and instructions for 4 to 5 90-minute activity sessions in a box. The non-refundable cost of $10 per girl for each box covers the materials each girl will use up.  There is also a $100/box refundable deposit.

Topics Available

New! Engineers to the Rescue - A girl's extreme survival guide

• Apply engineering know-how, problem solving skills, and design savvy to navigate your way out of a camping trip gone wrong.

New! ThrillBuilders - Launch your own crazy carnival of moving parts

• Explore simple machines all around you in a crazy carnival of your own creation.

Design Time - A toy lab for the creative designer

• Work through the engineering design process and get your creative juices flowing with four playful design scenarios.

Make It Green - Build a sustainable house inside and out

• Construct a green studio from start to finish - from brainstorming an idea, to creating a floor plan, to building "green."

Power It Up - A high-voltage introduction to circuitry and soldering

• Master electricity and circuits through a series of hands-on investigations, with the option to use a soldering iron.

Want more information?

To check out these programs, sign up for a training, or to get more information, please contact the Girls Go Tech Program Assistant at (800) 447-4475 ext. 6020 or ggt@girlscoutsnorcal.org

Or check out a Girls go Techbridge program event!