3 Ways to Tell Girls How Cool Science Is | Care2 Causes
There are several companies that are attempting to appeal to girls (and yes, they do sometimes use the stereotypes to get the girls going). Lego has already been discussed here.
Goldie Blox™
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GoldieBlox is a toy company founded in 2012 by Debbie Sterling, a Stanford engineer. Our mission is to inspire girls the way Legos and Erector Sets have inspired boys, for over 100 years, to develop an early interest and skill set in engineering. Goldie is the role model our girls have been waiting for to open their minds beyond the pink aisle at the toy store.
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https://piazza.com/witson
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WitsOn (Women in Technology Sharing Online) is a pilot program sponsored by Piazza and Harvey Mudd College that will run for six weeks starting October 1. It will connect undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees with female mentors from industry and academia who can speak from personal experience about issues of particular concern to young women.
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Wikipedia expanding entries about women scientists
In a few weeks, the UK’s Royal Society will be holding a large-scale “edit-a-thon” to add to the information in a much-neglected area.
Professor Uta Frith, a neuroscientist at University College London, is leading the project and notes that “a perceived under-representation of women on the [Wikipedia] site is emblematic of a wider ignorance of the contributions of women to science.” She and fourteen other editors aim to change this.
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