The mission of Cool Girls Science and Art Club is to engage young girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) so they have the desire, confidence and skills to sustain their contributions to the community throughout their personal, academic and professional journeys.
The club was founded in 2008 by a group of 8-year-olds who love learning about science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math (STEAM).
Each semester the girls in the program decide what they want to learn with the help of mentors.
Cool Girls Science and Art Club is a proud member of the National Girls Collaborative Project.
Cool Girls became a nonprofit in 2010. No child is turned away for financial reasons.
We need your help to keep the program going and to reach other girls.
Become a Cool Friend of Cool Girls today! Contact Mary Golden, Director, to volunteer or learn more about becoming a sponsor.
            
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Cool Girls Science and Art Club Board Members for 2012 are:
Dr. Donna Charlevoix, Science Education Director of GLOBE; Cori Chavez, CG parent and filmmaker; Michelle Christenson, CG parent and engineer; Dr. Lauren Costantini, neuroscientist and biotech consultant; Joelle Friedman, parent and wellness coach; Augusta Garrison, parent and biotech scientist; Mary Golden, grandparent and science editor (CG director); Shannon Golden-Schubert, parent and life sciences & technology attorney; Kate Hartman, science teacher; Karen Kehn, parent and software engineer; Annette Kissinger, yoga teacher; Cindy Noel, artist and teacher; Egbe Osamwonyi, engineer; and Julie Poppen, writer and CU journalism instructor.
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| February 2012
Dear Friends of Cool Girls,
As we get more savvy with social media, you can now follow Cool Girls on Twitter @CoolGirlScience. And, don't forget to "like" Cool Girls and to post your photos of our events on Facebook.
Cool Girls Create Ideal Worlds
Both Cool Girls clubs are off to a great start this semester as they create ideal worlds. They're pondering their basic needs, such as shelter, food and water. And thinking about some wants, too, such as places to "chill" when it's hot such as swimming pools. Read about it and watch the video. And check out the photo album on Facebook.
Cool Girls has a new art director, Cindy Noel, and she is helping the club explore the concept of Building a Better World. Making art each week, the students discover how to get drinking water from the sea, and use fuel yet protect the environment, how to build structures, how machines work, and how to create cooperative societies. Our projects complement what the girls study in their classrooms, and those who want to are encouraged to give presentations to their classrooms. We build our own "worlds" using small animal and human characters, vehicles, trees and other objects.
To Infinity, and Beyond!
On Tuesday, Cool Girls did one of their favorite activities: explosions! And learned more about chemistry and air pressure as we made film canister rockets. First, we experimented by measuring and mixing possible propellants such as vinegar and baking soda, Coca-Cola and salt, and Alka-Seltzer and water, and recording the amounts in our journals for comparisons and selection as fuel for our rockets. (Note to parents--please help the girls remember to bring their journals so they will have a record of their work for future use.) We decorated our rockets with paper cylinders, cones and fins and observed the effect of this added weight on various rockets. We pretended we were rockets and learned through our bodies what it feels like to resist gravity and get into the air, even for a very short time.
We practiced the names of the planets, and discussed which are composed primarily of rock or gas. We talked about the composition of air and the symbiotic relationship between animals and plants as they exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen. We also touched upon minimizing the amount of carbon dioxide we release into the air as we use fuel for propulsion, and shared our concerns about preservinging the rain forests and the ozone layer that protects us from too much solar radiation. We talked about the lack of oxygen in space, what equipment we would need to travel there, and that Earth is the only planet in our solar system with an atmosphere that will support life as we know it. Each girl took home materials and instructions to continue experimenting at home.
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Care about Girls and STEM? Then here's an opportunity you won't want to miss. Cool Girls Science and Art Club is the official convening organization of the new Colorado Collaborative for Girls in STEM, a part of the National Girls Collaborative Project, the aim of which is to bring more women and girls into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by providing professional development and mini-grants to groups that share this goal. This effort is supported by funding from the National Science Foundation.  The first Information Meeting will be held Tuesday, March 6, 12:30-2:30 pm, at Skyline High School, 600 E. Mountain View Avenue, Longmont. Mark your calendars! If you are involved in anything related to this worthy cause, please consider participating and encourage other programs, nonprofits, businesses, schools, etc. to join us. The NGCP national leadership will participate and we hope to get representatives from about 50 organizations around the state to join us. Contact Cool Girls Director Mary Golden for more information at cocogirls.STEM@gmail.com.
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Cool Girls Board of Directors Retreat
Cool Girls Board of Directors will participate in a retreat this Saturday, Feb. 11, facilitated by Eric Hozempa, executive director of the Longmont Community Foundation. The emphasis will be on board development and fundraising. What a rich mix of talents we have to lead us this year!
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Latest News Reports on Girls and STEAM/STEM
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