Links to Other Resources
The Ada Project. This web site, named in honor of Ada Lovelace, offers resources relating to women (and girls) in computing. Learn about funding opportunities, conferences, and projects to engage your club in technology.
http://women.cs.cmu.edu/ada/
ASEE EngineeringK12 Center
The ASEE EngineeringK12 Center promotes engineering and technology as academic and career pathways for tomorrow’s workforce. Check out everything the K12 Center has to offer at www.engineeringk12.org.
Expanding Your Horizons offers a day of hands-on fun to encourage girls in middle school and high school in science, technology, and engineering. Sponsored by the Math/Science Network, the workshops are led by role models. There are also workshops for parents and educators. http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/
Gender Diversities and Technology is a clearinghouse that offers resources and professional development to promote technology skills, economic self-sufficiency, and healthy gender development.
Education Development Center, http://www2.edc.org/GDI/
Girls FIRST: A Guide to Starting Science Clubs for Girls is a resource guide for anyone interested in encouraging girls in science. Topics include step-by-step directions for hosting a science club, resources and ideas to encourage girls in science, and ideas for role models and field trips. http://www.techbridgegirls.org/documents/Girls_FIRST.pdf
Girls for a Change empowers girls to create social change. http://www.girlsforachange.org/
GirlsGoTech is a program of the Girl Scouts which promotes girls' interests in science, technology, and math. http://www.girlsgotech.org/
Girls Inc. is a national youth organization that offers educational programs to girls, particularly those in high-risk, underserved areas. Its major programs include math and science education and media literacy. http://www.girlsinc.org/
Girlstart: Based in Austin, TX, Girlstart empower girls to excel in math, science, and technology through after-school programs, summer camps and Saturday camps. http://www.girlstart.org
Imaginary Lines, founded by former astronaut Sally Ride, encourages girls in technology, science, and mathematics. The program offers a variety of resources, including camps and community festivals. http://www.imaginarylinesinc.com/
Institute for Women in Trades, Technology, and Science (IWITTS) provides training and resources to recruit and retain girls and women in the trades, technology, and science careers. http://www.iwitts.com
Intel Innovation in Education provides educational resources for K-12 students, with online resources and free classroom kits.
http://www97.intel.com/education/index.asp?iid=sr+teach&
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day occurs each year during National Engineers Week. Thousands of women engineers – with support from their male counterparts – mentor and share firsthand experiences of engineering to more than one million girls and young women each year.
http://www.eweek.org/site/News/Eweek/girlsday.shtml
MentorNet: an e-mentoring network that addresses retention and success of those in engineering, science, and math at the university level, particularly for women and underrepresented minorities. http://mentornet.net
National Women’s History Project. If you are looking for posters, videos, or books that "write women back into history," this is the resource center for you. They offer a wide selection of technology and science resources.
http://www.nwhp.org
New Formulas for America’s Workforce 2. Girls in Science and Engineering. This book has descriptions of a decade’s projects to promote gender diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, which were funded by the National Science Foundation. You can retrieve this publication at http://www.nsf.gov/publications/ods and type in the publication number NSF 06-60
Plugged In! Looking for projects and a web site to improve girls' skills and confidence in technology? Check out this model program developed for Girl Scouts of the USA. http://www.plugged-in.org
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work, sponsored by the Ms. Foundation on the fourth Thursday in April, helps girls and boys explore career opportunities. http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org
Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age. This reference by the American Association of University Women takes a thoughtful look at girls' participation in technology and raises legitimate concerns about the computer culture. American Association of University Women, http://www.aauw.org
Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing. Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher. Well researched and a good read, this book examines the many influences that contribute to the gender gap in technology. The book is based on interviews with computer science students at Carnegie Mellon University. MIT Press.
Women of NASA. This web site offers students a chance to meet women who work at NASA as astronauts, engineers, and technicians. It includes on-line chats, journal entries from Women of NASA, and lesson plans for teachers. http://questdb.arc.nasa.gov/content_search_women.htm
EngineerYourLife.org, introduces high school girls to young women engineers who emphasized how varied and creative engineering can be and what a difference engineers make in the lives of others. http://www.engineeryourlife.org
