Roll on up for the best International Women’s Day event in town
Get excited… The Girls Day Out in STEM Digital Country Fair Quest is running from March 5-12 and every entry is sponsored for girls aged 10-14 years!
So what exactly is a Digital Country Fair Quest? Well, it’s all the fun of a traditional country fair but with a digital twist. Think…
- Coding line dancing
- Ms Country Scent – a Google lesson in AI/ML
- Best in Show face recognition of your furry or feathered friends
- Drones
- AgTech
- Ferris Wheel prizes
- STEM show stalls – tap into the top jobs that are becoming more efficient and effective using innovative technology
- And more!
The event also ends with a bang – you’ll be able to enjoy a super cool firework display and an awesome playlist to celebrate your journey and achievements throughout the week.
Get your tickets
Thanks to Girls Day Out in STEM, tickets to the Digital Country Fair Quest for girls aged 10-14 are sponsored. That means you can head along for free!
Want your school to be involved? Just ask your teacher to register your class or club. Too easy. Who knows, you might even win Best in Show or be crowned the best line dancing coder this side of town!
What’s it all about?
This International Women’s Day event links up with the UN Women’s theme for 2023: DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality, which highlights ‘bold transformative ideas, inclusive technologies and accessible education combating discrimination and the marginalisation of women globally.’
From March 5 to 12, you’ll be able to take part in innovative challenges through the Girls Day Out in STEM Digital Country Fair Quest that focus on the need for innovation to consider ethical, inclusive or responsible use of technology. All the challenges use digital technology – in a very unique country way – to discover the transformative power of inclusive innovation.
And guess what? Each challenge has its own set of prizes to be won!
How does it work?
- If you’re a girl aged 10-14 years, register here for your FREE ticket. Want your school to be involved? Ask your teacher to register your class or club.
- Then, head on over the Girls Day Out in STEM Digital Country Fair Quest home page to discover all the activities they have planned via the event map.
- Save time for STEMinutes: a one-hour live streamed Q&A session on Sunday March 12th at 1pm AEST (QLD time) where you get to meet an expert panellist of professional STEM women. You can even send us your questions ahead of time for them to be answered by the STEM experts!
- From March 5 to 12, get exploring! Take part in challenges and head along to STEM information show stalls.
The purpose
Petriea Skitek, Girls Day Out in STEM event coordinator and managing director, says, “Our purpose story is to continue to delight our repeater STEM girl fans and newbies with a fun and impressive STEM experience that Girls Day Out in STEM has become known for! We have repeaters that have been with us for over three years who keep on coming back for more and each year we offer something fresh and innovative.
“This March we aim to create a space that is inclusive, where everyone belongs. We believe that our experiences offer a dynamic progressive space in which to better learn and act upon the world women and girls live in.”
Girls Day Out In STEM Digital Country Fair runs from Sunday, March 5 to Sunday 12, 2023. To find out more and to register, click the button below.
See y’all there!
This article was created in partnership with Girls Day Out in STEM.
