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Sciences are… also for girls

Sciences are… also for girls. NCCR- Advancement of Women 23 May 2006 Bern. Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand. Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert. Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand. Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert. Before university. Scientific camps « Sciences are… also for girls ». Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand.

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Sciences are… also for girls

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  1. Sciences are… also for girls NCCR- Advancement of Women 23 May 2006 Bern Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  2. Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  3. Before university Scientific camps « Sciences are… also for girls » Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  4. We would like to … • Show that Sciences are interesting and funny • Show Women can also become scientists • Give an occasion to do experiments by themselves • Outline what is a scientific reflexion • Create a pleasant affective experiment relied to sciences Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  5. Receipt for a good camp… 20 girls between 11 and 13 3 scientists (1 responsible, 2 student assistants) 2 children assistants 1 scientific guest/ day 1 seminar room at EPFL kitchen tools, aliments, etc… for experiments Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  6. How the scientific week is organized… Each day has a theme (water, air, earth, light, electricity, chemistry etc…) Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  7. How the scientific week is organized… In the morning: Children do experiments and each phenomenon is discussed in group. Children propose spontaneously other experiments and try them. Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  8. How the scientific week is organized… At midday: lunch is taken together After lunch: children work out a scientific group project (in groups of 4) which is presented at the end of the week. The best project receives an award. Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  9. How the scientific week is organized… In the afternoon: 1 scientific guest speaks about the domain in which he/she works. Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  10. How the scientific week is organized… The day ends with games… Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  11. Echo by parents and by children Parents are very concerned about scientific education and try to register their daughters, even if some of them aren’t interested to join before the camp. Often, they request a similar event for boys… Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  12. Echo by parents and by children An evaluation is given by each girl at the end of the camp. Sample remarks: -I like sciences, and I love experiments. This camp was very funny. -It’s a pity that it lasts only one week… -I loved this camp but there were some vegetables at midday. Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  13. « Playing with maths » Logic and mathematical games « Maths en jeu » from january 2006 Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  14. Two groups of 20 children between 11 and 13. -1 time a week -Most of them continue until the end of the semester -Break misconceptions about mathematics Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  15. We try to tackle different subjects in a funny way. Examples: logic games, geometric games, prime numbers, divisibility, combinatory, probability, etc… Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  16. -Different levels between children -Next year we want also to start with an advanced group -Children show a lot of enthusiasm… Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  17. In the media… "La science c'est ... aussi pour les filles", Article de F. Moser, Journal Flash du 1.11.2005 "Les filles ne sont pas nulles en maths", Article de Pascal Vermot, Journal Flash EPFL no 2 du 31.1.2006 A report was done by TVRL (the regional television of Lausanne) in april 2006 http://stream.tvrl.ch/2006_4_18_21069_H.ram "L'EPFL drague les filles avec internet pour les attirer sur la voie scientifique", article de Pauline Renaud, 24Heures du lundi 3 avril 2006 Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  18. Conclusions… At the end of camps, and during « maths en jeu » more and more girls told me that they wanted to become engineers or scientists. Some of them, after the camp, are ready to choose math-physics option. A very early experiment may decide a choice of career… Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

  19. Thank you for your attention! Advancement of Women in Sciences Dr. Farnaz Moser-Boroumand Dr. Andrea Fabian Montabert

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