By Brendan Rees
From robots to interactive toys, six-year-old Eva-Jane was in a world of fun with her dad at the Super Daughter Day at Swinburne University.
The event at the Hawthorn campus girls saw girls aged 5 to 12 years descend on Swinburne University of Technology to explore the exciting world of STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths) with their parents.
Narre Warren resident Tim Comport said his daughter Eva-Jane had a ball.
“It went really well, she had fun. One of the activities was chemistry where they mixed up their own colourful slime,” Mr Comport said.
Mr Comport is a software engineer and is keen for his daughter to learn more about technology.
“We did it last year, heard about it on Twitter. Pretty rare we get to go out her and I. I’ve got a younger son too.”
“I was surprised when we walked the friendliness of other younger girls there,” he added. “They immediately ran up like they were long-time friends but they had never met before.”
Wade Angelo, volunteer of SuperDaughter Day and father, said: “There is no other platform I am aware of that is pushing women towards pursuing a career in STEM.”
“Super Daughter Day is a way to embrace this changing culture and shift in movement towards encouraging women their abilities are limitless,” he said.
