The 5 W s of GEMS
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THE 5 WS OF GEMS Girls Excelling in Math and Science (and technology)
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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?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE 5 WS OF GEMSGirls Excelling in Math and Science (and technology)
WHO?
Your daughters Your sisters Your nieces Your friends Yourself
WHAT?
Encourage girls to: Explore Engage Experience Emulate
WHEN?
Now Two years ago Everyday Forever ASAP
WHERE?
School—know what goes on in the classroom
Home—buy different gifts Work—let them see women Play—girls are different
WHY?
Economic Loss of ideas Push against stereotypes
Catalogs TV Heroes
HOW? 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?
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
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
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
Plan for Career Days
Career days Ask other women Take Your Daughter to Work Day Mentoring Volunteering
Let her take risks Don’t speak for her Give her safe freedom Practice helping her speak up
SHOW AND TELL 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 SketchUp http://www.sketchup.com/learn/videos?playlist=58
Lego Digital Designer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6koGKQ5xEwo
PhotoStory http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=75267
Design Squad http://pbskids.org/designsquad/
GEMS Club http://www.gemsclub.org
WHY CLUBS MATTER 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
GAMES AND BOOKS
Cool Careers Sally Ride Science Games Roller Coasters Building Toys
