Posted on March 8th, 2010 by ASEE
Boise State University is hosting two summer engineering camps, for students grades 8 and 9, June 6-8, and for girls grades 9 – 10, June 11-12. Students who will use hands-on activities and projects involving self discovery, cooperative learning, critical thinking, and problem solving. Application deadline: May 1.
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by ASEE
Fifth grade girls at the North Belmont Elementary School in North Carolina are getting a chance to hone their math and science skills with the help of some very special tutors. Each girl is matched with a woman STEM major from nearby Belmont Abbey College, who will act as her mentor.
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Posted on March 1st, 2010 by ASEE
The Nerd Girls Website offers “a place where girls and women can celebrate their inner nerd and their femininity,” supporting “a growing, global movement which celebrates smart-girl individuality that’s revolutionizing our future.” NerdGirls.com supports a blog and community forum and offers profiles of the current nerd girls team and their projects.
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Posted on March 1st, 2010 by ASEE
SciGirl is a new TV show and interactive website aiming to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers with an engaging combination of actual girls exploring real-world science and math alongside successful female mentors in the field – plus an online destination unlike any other where young viewers can share their own exciting ideas and projects.
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Posted on March 1st, 2010 by ASEE
Girl Power. Reach for the Sky: Career Opportunities for the Women of Tomorrow, held at Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD., Sunday, March 14, 2010, 3 – 5pm, will promote career opportunities for young women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Attendees will be given the opportunity to talk with professional women with STEM careers.
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Posted on March 1st, 2010 by ASEE
STEMming Out to Change the World. March 10, 2010, 5 – 8:15 pm at Mercy High School, Baltimore, MD. Hosted by the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland and sponsored by the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center, this event gives girls and women the opportunity to talk with professionals in the fields of science and technology. Cost is $5 per person or two food items for the Girl Scouts’ Harvest for the Hungry Campaign. Reservations are required.
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Posted on March 1st, 2010 by ASEE
The National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) aims to bring together organizations throughout the United States that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The NGCP Website information about regional NGCP organizations, mini-grants, webcasts, teaching resources, and Web links.
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Posted on March 1st, 2010 by ASEE
“Piercings, Not Pocket Protectors,” an article from the April 2007 issue of Prism magazine, describes how a team of fun, hip “nerd girls” are seeking to change the stereotype of female engineers.
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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by ASEE
The SWE Weekend of Engineering is a fun weekend of exploration for high school women held each fall and spring semester and sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers. The program, which begins on a Saturday morning and ends on a Sunday afternoon, is an opportunity to learn about engineering as well as get a taste for college life KU Style. The 2010 Spring program will be held March 6-7. Application deadline: Feb. 22
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