Educator Mingle
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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),
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…
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.
Bachelor’s Degrees Earned by Women in Selected Fields, 1996-2006AAUW Report
Agree to Disagree
Ways you currently engage girls in STEM
Engaging
Source: PBS Program & Interactive Website – SciGirls 7
Meaningful &
Relevant
Collaboration
Source: PBS Program & Interactive Website – SciGirls 7
Cultivating Teamwork
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
Exploring Wind Energy
On Girlstart’s ‘For Educators’ site
Engineering the Earth
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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