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Educator Mingle. Find TWO people you do not know and share the following: Name What you want to learn One thing you already know about engaging girls in STEM. What we do…. Why we do it…. Grade Point Average in High School Mathematics & Science (Combined),
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Educator Mingle • Find TWO people you do not know and share the following: • Name • What you want to learn • One thing you already know • about engaging girls in STEM
Why we do it… Grade Point Average in High School Mathematics & Science (Combined), by Gender, 1990-2005 (AAUW Report) Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007, The Nation's Report Card: America's high school graduates: Results from the 2005 NAEP High School Transcript Study, by C. Shettle et al. (NCES 2007-467) (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office).
Why we do it… Bachelor’s Degrees Earned by Women in Selected Fields, 1996-2006 AAUW Report Source: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, 2008, Science and engineering degrees: 1966–2006 (Detailed Statistical Tables) (NSF 08-321) (Arlington, VA), Table 11, Author's analysis of Tables 34, 35, 38, & 39.
Agree to Disagree Ways you currently engage girls in STEM
Engaging Meaningful & Relevant Source: PBS Program & Interactive Website – SciGirls 7
Collaboration Cultivating Teamwork Source: PBS Program & Interactive Website – SciGirls 7
Empowering Through Positive, Specific Feedback Source: American Association of University Women – Why So Few?
Showcase • Creative & • Ownership Source: National Academy of Engineering: Changing the Conversation
Hands-on & FUN Learning through PLAY
Engineering the Earth • Exploring Wind Energy • On Girlstart’s ‘For Educators’ site
Additional Resources Girlstart ‘For Educators’: www.girlstart.org Texas Girls Collaborative Project: www.txgcp.org SciGirls: http://pbskids.org/scigirls Engineer Your Life:http://www.engineeryourlife.org/ Engineer Girl: http://www.engineergirl.org/ Engineering, Go For It: http://egfi-k12.org/ Design Squad: http://pbskids.org/designsquad/ Dot Diva: http://dotdiva.org How to Smile: http://howtosmile.org NCWIT: http://www.ncwit.org
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