Have you ever wanted to make your own mini volcano? Grab some vegetable oil, salt, and water and check out this experiment!

Space Day Texas 2013 is just around the corner! NASA will take over the Texas Capitol on March 19, 2013, for Space Day at the Capitol, a space exploration celebration. This year’s theme is “Human Exploration: the Journey Continues.” The day will include space exhibits, demonstrations and hands-on activities for students, legislative proclamations and an astronaut appearance. Visitors also have the chance to experience NASA’s mobile space exhibit, “Driven to Explore,” which includes a chance to touch an almost 4-billion-year-old moon rock.

Visitors can view exhibits in the Capitol rotunda and along Colorado Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. An astronaut autograph session at the Capitol is scheduled for 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.

Come by Girlstart's booth to design your very own asteriod lander!

For more information on Space Week Texas 2013, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/events/sed.html.

Name:  Charmaine San Jose Hinahon

Company: Life Technologies

Title: Scientist III in Research & Development

April 17, 2010, just a few minutes prior to us beginning our first workshop for the day.  Shown (left to right) are: Angela Burrell, Lesslie Beauchamp, Diana Batten, Charmaine San Jose Hinahon, Anita Banh, and Angie Cheng.

Girlstart’s environmental scientists were on the job this week! The girls created a model of an oil spill and observed the effects it could have on birds by dipping a single feather into the spill. They tried to clean the feather with Dawn dish soap and talked about the difficulties that environmental scientists face during large oil spills in the wild. Then, they experimented with three different cleaning methods for the water as well. The girls used spoons to try and skim the oil out off the water, cotton balls to absorb the oil, and Dawn dish soap to disperse the oil. After their attempts, the girls discussed what worked best to remove the oil from the water.