Careers
The Technologista Series
One of my passions, lately, has been to find ways to encourage more girls to explore the S.T.E.M. fields. Toward that end, I recently posted some Engineering Resources for Girls. I almost included another link in that post, but decided it would fit better into a post on Technology rather than Engineering – though the … Read more
Engineering for Girls Resources
I’ve spent my time on more than a few posts bemoaning the low numbers of females in the math, science, and engineering sectors – including programming. But I’ve been heartened, recently, by a few things that I’ve seen during my internet browsing. These are some great products and websites that are designed to encourage girls … Read more
Your Child – the Future Headliner of “Hypothesizing with the Stars”
Many attempts to encourage girls to pursue scientific careers through toys seem to follow a line of thinking that suggests that merely producing playthings in pastel purples and pinks will make them more appealing to the female gender. I have addressed the questionable nature of this hypothesis in a couple of other posts. (See Goldiblox, … Read more
Arrr Ye Ready to Make This a Great Year, Matey?
You might think this is a post to remind you about Talk Like a Pirate Day, which is scheduled for September 19th. But that would be a frivolous use of this blog space, right? I mean, what does that have to do with education? So, I am not going to try to convince you to … Read more
Scientist Paper Dolls
For this week’s Fun Friday post, I thought you might like these links to Scientist Paper Dolls, offered by Mad Art Lab. All are free to print out, color, and “re-mix” at home 🙂 Albert Einstein Jane Goodall Ada Lovelace Nikola Tesla I think it would be neat for the kids to be assigned one … Read more