Launching March 8, International Women’s Day The Sustainable Fashion Global Innovation Challenge tasks young leaders to propose an innovative solution that supports and encourages Sustainable Fashion. The Sustainable Fashion Global Innovation Challenge is an Open Challenge. Teams can include mixed ages, moms and daughters, schools, clubs, friends. What do we mean by Sustainable Fashion? Sustainable […]
5 Keys to Girls’ STEM Success
Build STEM Confidence Building Students’ Confidence for Success in STEM Programs and Careers. We have all read the statistics. Women make up half of the total U.S. college educated workforce today but hold only one quarter of the science and engineering jobs. How do we build confidence? Get girls involved in hands on STEM activities. These […]
4 Steps to Practice Sustainable Fashion
If Women Ruled the World What Would They Wear? Sustainable Fashion is eco-fashion, ethical fashion, fair trade fashion and green fashion. Sustainable Fashion is responsible fashion for all parts of the fashion lifecycle including you and me. The demand for cheap clothing has led to what has been coined Fast Fashion and it is killing […]
Developing Teen Leaders
Want your teens to be more successful adults? Get them involved in civic engagement activities like volunteering, activism and voting. Civic engagement is defined as: Working to make a difference in the civic life of your community and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the […]
6 Tips To Take Hold of Your Digital Life in 2020
With New Year’s resolutions on our minds we have 6 Tips To Take Hold of your Digital Life in 2020. Here’s our Top 6 Tips for 2020 Digital Check-Up Manage Your Passwords Clean up your Inbox Manage Subscriptions Scan and/Or Organize Photos Clean Up Your Smartphone Clean Up Your Desktop Okay, let’s go! Manage Your Passwords […]
Host an Hour of Code
What is the Hour of Code? A Few Need to Knows: Hour of Code is a global movement. Anyone can organize an Hour of Code. Activities are available year round, though it is celebrated each year during Computer Science Education Week in December. Hour of Code activities and tutorials are available in 45 languages […]
Get Involved in Citizen Science
What does it mean to be a Citizen Scientist? The definition of Citizen Science is scientific research conducted in whole or in part by amateur scientists. Who are amateur scientists? You and I can fit the bill. Citizen science, sometimes described as public participation in scientific research, can be community driven research or global investigation. […]
What is a STEM Career?
Do STEM Careers Include the Arts? STEM is so important to our future and the future of our children. STEM Careers are careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, the careers that will be in demand in the future, and grow the economy of tomorrow. When you think STEM careers, you might think of jobs […]
Can You Draw a Leader?
Are leaders born or made? Kids have many traits associated with being a good leader. Kids are perceptive, honest in what they observe, and endlessly curious. Research says kids’ brains haven’t been wired yet with the bias and assumptions that can cloud their vision of a leader. So what would your daughter draw when asked […]
The Power of Creativity in STEM
Is creativity the secret sauce of STEM, science technology engineering math? Creativity is labeled the global success skill of 2030 and beyond. There will be challenges that require creative problem solving so let’s be creative! STEM & Design are natural partners. After all you can’t build anything without design. Apple stands out as a company […]
Why STEM Innovation Entrepreneurship?
At Girls Take the Lead our mission is to challenge the leaders of tomorrow to apply STEM + Entrepreneurial thinking to develop innovative solutions to real world problems. Girls Take the Lead incorporates people centered innovation challenges and experiential learning to prepare girls to thrive in a globally connected world. We believe that Global problems […]
Girls Have a Superpower in STEM Innovation
Close the STEM Gender Gap: Girls Have a Superpower! Girls have a superpower that can launch STEM careers….Empathy. Empathy is critical to Design Thinking and human centered design. Empathy is the ability to see the world through other people’s eyes, to see what they see, feel what they feel, and experience things as they do. […]