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

?Q & A