March 6th
6:30-7:30 pm

Everyone welcome!

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Dripping Springs Elementary School
29400 Ranch Road 12
Dripping Springs, TX

myFOXaustin featured a story on our work with girls in STEM education.  Check it out!

The Statue of Liberty consists of approximately 179,000 pounds of copper. Copper is a reddish-brown metal, but the Statue of Liberty is green. How is this possible?

A chemical change through the process of oxidation the answer. Oxidation is a form of corrosion that occurs when oxygen and moisture in the air attach to certain metals. There's plenty of both oxygen and moisture near the Statue of Liberty, which is made out of copper. Oxidation causes copper and copper alloys to develop a green covering called patina. The patina on copper can help slow down further oxidation or corrosion. The Statue of Liberty's rich green coloring is a trademark for the statue.

Activity:
Create a green patina on a penny (pennies are a copper alloy).

We're unveiling some cool Girlstart t-shirts (in response to the JCPenny tshirt controversy "I'm too pretty to do my homework so my brother does it for me"), and one of them has a little sparkle!!

Order your Girlstart t-shirt and show your support for STEM education! Download the order form HERE.

Thank you for supporting STEM education for girls!