October Blog post

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Total volunteering: 8 hours

Girls in STEM volunteering

On Saturday, October 29th, I volunteered for Girls in STEM at Tulane University in the Boggs Center for Energy and Biotechnology. I started the day by leading a group of middle school girls in a fun science scavenger hunt, where they went through rooms and were introduced to scientific topics in engaging ways. One of the activities was understanding the RNA codons for translation to amino acids. They were given the table with the correspondence of RNA nucleotides to the one-letter amino acid codes. Then, I led a large group of 10 girls who were in the red stars group, to do more science activities with Tulane science professors. 

The first activity involved learning about plant cells and analyzing them under a microscope, as well as looking at buccal cells. 

The next activity was learning about primates with a professor and Ph.D. students who work at the Tulane primate center. They taught through interactive activities involving getting the girls to pretend to be monkeys, and having to find nuts and open them up to fill up a cup, ensuring that all monkeys in their group had food. 

The last activity involved learning about optical physics using lenses. 

The Girls in STEM program brought together young middle school girls from various schools all over the New Orleans area from various socio-economic backgrounds and allowed all young students to learn about students from Tulane faculty and students during this day of fun activities. 

I engaged with the young girls and taught them about science throughout the day. This was a greatly enriching experience that allowed me to understand the importance of making science accessible to young girls for them to have strong scientific foundations to build upon in their future careers. I am passionate about science as enriching the learning experience of young students, to help them thrive in their education, as I have done this in the past through my work experience as a summer camp counselor. This volunteering opportunity showed me how important impacting young girls at a young age is when it comes to introducing them to science. 

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