Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is coming up in February. Get ready by discovering the best ways for parents and teachers to get girls involved. You can even check out some free ways to participate.

According to the latest STEM statistics, 27% of all STEM workers identify as women. And in some STEM sectors, such as life sciences and math, women represent 47% and 46% of all workers in that sector. Improving STEM’s gender diversity continues to be very important.

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What Is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day?

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is a holiday when organizations, partners, and teachers show girls how to get involved with engineering. Role models from diverse backgrounds encourage girls to learn engineering skills and show the eclectic variety of career paths they can choose. Many girls have a role model or mentor that helped them get started in engineering.

When Is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day?

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is February 27, 2025. It is part of Engineers Week, which goes from Feb 24 - 28. This is an annual event that first began in 2001.

Why Do We Celebrate Engineers Week?

We celebrate Engineers Week to foster the next generation of engineers. Educators and organizations come together to provide resources for school age students. A theme of the week is to increase interest in engineering subjects, promote amazing engineering feats in our society, and encourage students to consider engineering careers

Why Is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Important?

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is important to make sure girls feel supported as they explore different engineering fields. Back in 1970, astonishingly only 8% of all STEM workers were women. Nowadays that has increased to 27% of all STEM workers. In some STEM sectors, such as life sciences and math, women represent 47% and 46% of all workers in that sector, equaling the percentage of all workers who are female at 47%. But that means not even half of all STEM jobs are filled my women. In addition, as of 2023, just 31% of students who take foundational CS in school are female. This special day can help girls see themselves in all sorts of different STEM roles.

Fun Ways to Celebrate Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

Let's explore games, challenges, and more ways to celebrate!

1. Take a free online coding class

Award-winning computer science education platform Create & Learn offers many free introduction classes for kids. Checkout our free Scratch Ninja class where your student will build a cool project while learning essential coding concepts. Or in our free Python class for middle and high schoolers, your child will learn a real-world programming language. Check out all of our free coding classes.

2. Enjoy a free kids' computer science event

Enroll your girls in free tech events by experts from Intel, Pixar, and more. They'll learn how to apply their coding power to escape Dr. Breakowski’s mysterious mansion by dawn; explore AI - one of the fast growing areas in technology; and even be able to build electronic circuits with Snap Circuits.

3. Try a beginner-friendly Scratch tutorial

Begin learning engineering with a fun step-by-step tutorial using the kids' coding platform most parents prefer: Scratch coding. First, try these Scratch exercises. Then, move on to beginner challenges. After that, explore these games to make:

  • How to Make Pacman: This tutorial shows you how to create the classic Pacman game. It walks you through each step, including creating your own maze and sprites.
  • How to Make Flappy Bird: Follow this tutorial to create your own Flappy Bird game. You’ll learn how to code the spacebar to move the bird through the pillars.
  • How to Make a Memory Matching Game: This article teaches you how to create a memory card matching game, and emphasizes code organization through the use of blocks.
  • How to Make Tic Tac Toe: Learn how to make a two player Tic Tac Toe game on Scratch. At the end, you can find challenges to add to your project.
  • How to Make a Jumping Game: In this game, you’ll learn how to create a jumping game where a user needs to use the arrow keys to control a hedge hog.

Check out even more Scratch projects.

Enjoy Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

Now you know all about Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, and many ways you can get your child involved and celebrating! Next, learn all about famous women in computer science.

Written by Sophie Andrews, a Create & Learn instructor. Sophie Andrews is a student at Stanford University studying Math and Computational Sciences. She loves teaching and is a teaching assistant for Stanford's introductory computer science classes. Her work focuses on data science. Last year she built the online National Vote Trackers for The Cook Political Report, and she currently leads the Data Team at The Stanford Daily. She's also interned with the FCC and the National Renewable Energy Lab.