GEMS Workshop Registration

Since 2001, a group of dedicated professionals have hosted GEMS at the University of South Alabama to provide middle-school girls with exciting, hands-on experiences in a wide variety of STEM professions. GEMS is a half-day program that includes two hands-on workshops designed to help students experience the fun and excitement that can be found in STEM careers.

GEMS Tentative Schedule

8:00am-8:30am Registration

8:30am-9:30am Opening Session

9:50am-10:50am Workshop Session 1

11:10am-12:10pm Workshop Session 2

12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch & Closing Ceremony

Workshop Structure

We need volunteers to conduct a fun, one-hour workshop during each session. Each workshop will have 10 students. Workshops last 60 minutes and typically look like this:

Greeting and opening introduction about your field or job: 5 minutes
Question and answer session to get the girls started: 5 minutes
Hands-on exercise or experiment: 45 minutes
Closing questions and answers: 5 minutes

Have a great workshop that can be conducted in less than an hour? No problem! We can assign multiple workshop teams to the same session so the girls can spend their time participating in various activities.

Ideally the girls will leave the workshop with a creation or related trinket or tool to remember their experience. We encourage you to provide handouts and take-home information so the girls can continue to consider your field as a future career option. Remember, this is an opportunity to promote your profession, your company, and your career!

What do I do?

Select a fun, hands-on workshop that engages the students in a STEM-related activity.
Select fun, engaging assistants to help you run your workshop. Or, let us know how many volunteers you will need to help you run it.
Register your workshop by September 15, 2017.