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The 5 W s of GEMS

Girls Excelling in Math and Science (and technology). The 5 W s of GEMS. Your daughters Your sisters Your nieces Your friends Yourself. Who?. Encourage girls to: Explore Engage Experience Emulate. What?. Now Two years ago Everyday Forever ASAP. When?.

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The 5 W s of GEMS

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  1. Girls Excelling in Math and Science (and technology) The 5 Ws of GEMS

  2. Your daughters Your sisters Your nieces Your friends Yourself Who?

  3. Encourage girls to: • Explore • Engage • Experience • Emulate What?

  4. Now Two years ago Everyday Forever ASAP When?

  5. School—know what goes on in the classroom Home—buy different gifts Work—let them see women Play—girls are different Where?

  6. Economic • Loss of ideas • Push against stereotypes • Catalogs • TV • Heroes Why?

  7. Listen to and change your message • How do you talk about math, science and technology? • What is valued in your life—who is valued? • Talk about this with your daughter/students—who is praised for good grades? Who gets the computer? • Who is expected to go to college and get a good job? How?

  8. Monitor classes in high school and middle school • Push for 5 years of math, 5 years of science, and at least 2 years of technology • Push for AP classes • The more math and science she takes in HS, the more options she will have in college

  9. Build a Growth Mindset—teach girls that skills can be acquired—that they are not born learning something • Boys—success is due to hard work Girls—success is due to luck

  10. Work on spatial skills—it is never too late • Lack of experience with spatial rotation keeps girls out of engineering, or stops their progress • Work on 2D to 3D to 2D • Play with rotation • Legos, puzzles, Tetris

  11. Plan for Career Days • Career days • Ask other women • Take Your Daughter to Work Day • Mentoring • Volunteering

  12. Let her take risks • Don’t speak for her • Give her safe freedom • Practice helping her speak up

  13. Scratch http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Video_Tutorials Alice http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/alice09/videos.php Google Earth http://www.google.com/earth/learn/beginner.html# Google SketchUphttp://www.sketchup.com/learn/videos?playlist=58 Lego Digital Designer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6koGKQ5xEwo PhotoStoryhttp://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=75267 Design Squad http://pbskids.org/designsquad/ GEMS Clubhttp://www.gemsclub.org Show and Tell

  14. Risk-free environment Same gender support Critical mass Less competition Opportunity to share later in mixed classes Cool and non-cool kids together More role models Why clubs matter

  15. Cool Careers Sally Ride Science Games Roller Coasters Building Toys Games and books

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