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Girls in Math & Science > Sparking Curiosity > See How It Works
In this brochure, a junior high school student describes the job of environmental engineers, the tasks involved and education required. She also highlights the benefits of the job and the appeal of...
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In this brochure, a junior high school student explores the profession of robotic engineering. Using this brochure, the student leads a presentation about the types of work robots could...
In this brochure, a junior high school student explores being a psychologist. In addition to basic facts such as educational requirements, she provides some interesting trivia to pique her...
In this lab class, students manipulate carts to learn about types of collisions and conservation of momentum. Related Files: Science in Motion (Video) Hillcrest High School Description
Girls in Math & Science > Female Role Models > See How It Works
Here is a series of motivational posters introducing former students of Dallas Independent School District who have been successful in their higher education and career paths. Related...
This lesson plan includes drawing a complete floor plan of the store and aims to promote visual and spatial thinking skills, as well as classification skills, as students imagine the store they...
This sample material contains classroom activities and extra credit work about all steps of scientific inquiry. To spark students' curiosity, all activities focus on common myths and urban...
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > See How It Works
Download this list of strategies for classroom organization, feedback processes, and checking for students’ understanding integrated by Ms. Anderson into her regular math classes. Related...
See how an elementary school math teacher provides feedback on students’ work and effort using the number line to solve math problems. Related Media and Files: Encouraging Effort Through...
Look at five winning essays from the 2007 essay competition “I Want to Be Like Her.” Middle and high school students read biographies of female scientists and engineers and write an essay...
Girls in Math & Science > Ability is Expandable > See How It Works
This classroom reading used at Green Valley Elementary School summarizes the research evidence supporting the claim that the brain can develop and change throughout life. Related Files: Green...
Nigel Holmes designed this diagram, based on the research of Carol Dweck, to describe how students with growth and fixed mindsets may respond to challenges, successes, failure, and criticism in...
