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Girlguiding South West England X Stemettes – Stemettes Challenge

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Stemettes Challenge 2025 - Digital Edition

Are you ready to be creative, level up your tech skills, and solve real-world problems? The ultimate STEAM challenge has arrived, and this is your opportunity to shine! Download the digital edition with clickable links and start your adventure today.

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Stemettes Challenge 2025 - Printer-Friendly Edition

Take your challenge pack anywhere with the printer-friendly edition. Perfect for offline problem-solving and adding notes and sketches. Download the printer-friendly edition with no screens needed—just creativity and convenience anytime, anywhere!

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Come Along to Our Bristol Panel

Join us on Saturday 29 March from 10:15–13:45 for this panel event focusing on using Artificial Intelligence in STEAM! If you can’t attend in person, we warmly invite you to join us virtually to network, ask questions, and engage with our panel of experts.

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What’s Included in the Stemettes Challenge?

The Stemettes Challenge is an inspiring challenge pack filled with
activities focusing on 10 inspiring women in STEAM. Each activity sheet is set up like a menu for you to work through at your own pace. Each one contains:

  • A Starter – where you will meet the role model and understand more about them and their job.
  • A Main – where you will get the option of 2 hands-on activities to take part in, you can either do 1 activity for a 30-minute session, or both activities for a 60-minute session.
  • A Dessert – where you can reflect on what you’ve learnt and made in the session.

Check out Girlguiding South West England on their website.

Sara Berkai - Founder

Sara has a degree in child development and is the founder of Ambessa Play, a social enterprise that creates toy kits. Sara has worked in various jobs in technology and charity.

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Diksha Moolchandani - Scientist

Diksha is a Senior Research Scientist in Computer Architecture & Hardware Design. She is helping make the technology of our phones, computers and other devices better for the environment.

Kay-Tee Khaw - Physician

Kay-Tee is a Singaporean-British physician and academic. She is a professor of Gerontology at the University of Cambridge.

Lisa Kudrow - Biologist & Actor

Lisa is more than just an actor; she also holds a degree in biology. Biologists are nature explorers; they study living organisms, including plants and animals, to learn about their growth and life processes.

Katherine Johnson - Mathematician

Katherine was a NASA Mathematician who had a deep fascination with numbers and mathematics, and her skills enabled others to reach for the stars.

Dr Nita Patel - Vaccinologist

Did you know an amazing woman helped fight COVID-19? Nita led the team that created the Novavax vaccine! She’s a scientist and a leader in making life-saving vaccines.

Ahana Baneree - Founder

When Ahana was a student, she had a hard time with acne. It wasn’t easy, but instead of letting it get her down, she founded Clear App to allow people to track their skincare routines.

Titi Oliyide - Engineer

Meet Titi, a senior process safety engineer at Supercritical Solutions, who ensures the safety of the process of making hydrogen energy.

Chelsea Tucker - Scientist & Artist

Meet Chelsea, a data scientist who uses technology like Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to make things smarter and faster.

Maryam Mirzakhani - Mathematician

Meet Professor Maryam - born in 1977, Maryam won two gold medals in the International Mathematical Olympiad as a teenager.