- "It's like we planted a seed when we invited the girls to participate in Techbridge. Suddenly they believe they have what it takes to be a leader." - Techbridge teacher
News and Events
Techbridge Summer Training
Institute 2008
Techbridge will host its Summer Training Institute(August 4-6, 2008). The institute is intended for individuals or schools interested in starting their own technology, science, or engineering-program for girls.
Role Model Trainings
Would you like to share your passion and experience working with technology, science, and engineering with girls? As a role model you really can make a difference in a girl's future. We provide a 2-hour training along with follow-up support and resources to help role models develop an interactive lesson that is educational and meaningful to girls. To reserve a space in the next role model training (November 2, 2008), please contact us at techbridge@chabotspace.org or 510.777.9170. Ext. 304
In the News:
Academy Inspires Girls in Science, Technology. The Montclarion. July 6, 2007
Green Role Models Make an Impact. Swinerton Quarterly. Spring 2007, page 36.
Girls Enter Door to Engineering Through Green Doll Houses. Bay Area Business Woman. August 2006.
Welcome to the Green Dollhouse: Techbridge engineers a new future for girls. Oakland Tribune. June 22, 2006.
Girls At Work. The East Bay Monthly. May 2006.
Middle-school Girls Explore Careers in Transportation Engineering, Thanks to Techbridge and CEE team. Berkeley Engineering News. Spring 2006.
Girls Learn That They Can Be Engineers, Too. Program Designed to Offer Inside Look at the Profession. San Francisco Chronicle. February 24, 2006.
Transforming the Role of Women and Girls in Science and Engineering Techbridge Oakland. The Best of Our Knowledge #804. WAMC/Northeast Public Radio. February 2006.
Blind Students Study Cow's Eyeball Hands-on.
San Francisco Chronicle. January 6, 2006.
Blind Kids Tackle Science Hands-on. Oakland Tribune. January 6, 2006.
Girls Show Off Technical Skills. Oakland Tribune. December 16, 2005.
Teaching Tech to Girls Can Open Doors. Bay Area BusinessWoman October 2005.
Girls Get Boost in Tech, Science. The Montclarion. May 31, 2005.
A Bridge to Technology: Designing a Program that Attracts Girls. ASTC Dimensions May/June 2005.
Program Offers Girls Equation for Success in Science. Oakland Tribune. April 5, 2005.
ESTEEM After School Program. The Center for Women & Information Technology.
Black & Veatch Foundation Newsletter. May 2004 and January 2003.
Building a Bridge to Science and Technology. Edutopia, September 3, 2003.
Newsletters
Press Releases:
Chabot Space & Science Center's Techbridge Program Awarded NSF Grant to Expand Mentoring Program for Girls. October 4, 2007.
Media Advisory: Girls "Save the Bay" at Techbridge Summer Academy. June 18, 2007.
Girls Build Green Dollhouses in Techbridge Summer Academy. June 15, 2006.
Media Advisory: Girls Build Green Dollhouses in Techbridge Summer Academy. June 15, 2006.
Chabot Space & Science Center Receives Grant to Support Techbridge Program at the California School for the Blind. September 15, 2005.
Chabot Space & Science Center Tackles the Gender Gap in Technology and Science (PDF). March 31, 2005.
Techbridge Celebrates National Engineers Week at Oakland Technical High School. February 2005.
Chabot Space & Science Center Receives Grant to Encourage Girls in Science, Technology and Engineering (PDF). June 8, 2004.
Chabot Space & Science Center in Partnership with the University of Maryland Baltimore County to Encourage Girls in Technology. December 5, 2004.
Techbridge Hosts "Just for Girls" Summer Academy. June 10, 2003.
'Women Working in Mars' Joint Webcast Chabot Space & Science Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. February 19, 2003.
Chabot Space & Science Center Encourages Girls in Technology with Techbridge Program. March 20, 2001.
