Girls
Braincake is a program of science-oriented activities, contests, games, and experiments from The Girls Math & Science Partnership, which is part of the Carnegie Science Center, one of the four Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh. The goal of the program is to help girls succeed in Math and Science. Braincake is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, The Heinz Endowments, and the Jewish Women's Foundation, among others.
EngineerYourLife.org features ten great reasons to become an engineer, streaming video of inspiring women engineers, descriptions of dream engineering jobs, and advice for parents, educators, and engineers on how to talk to high school girls about engineering. EngineeringYourLife was developed by WGBH Boston, the National Academy of Engineering and a coalition of engineering organizations.
Expanding Your Horizons network is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage young women to pursue science, technology, engineering or mathematics careers. The organization holds conferences at colleges and universities around the country. These conferences feature hands-on math, science and engineering activities. Expanding Your Horizons is sponsored by the American Institute of Mathematics, NASA - Ames Research Center, and the National Science Foundation.
GirlsGoTech, produced by the Girl Scouts, is a website dedicated to helping girls become more interested in math, science, and technology. There are games on the site where girls can learn things like how the brain works, how to make digital music, and cryptography. The site also includes a downloadable booklet with tips for parents on how to guide girls through a number of math and science activities. Some of GirlsGoTech’s well-known affiliates include NASA, PBS, and the Smithsonian Institution.
STEM Stories is a collection of short videos and personal stories that showcase women's careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). The site, aimed at girls in grades 4-8, challenges stereotypes about women in STEM and provides role models for young girls interested in perusing a career in STEM. This site is based on work supported by the NSF National Science Digital Library program.
Teens for Planet Earth teaches teens about the environment and conservation and helps them turn their ideas into service-learning projects. The organization has an awards program that recognizes teens who show their commitment to the environment. The winner of the Gold Award gets a Certificate of Excellence from the Wildlife Conservation Society, a page on the Teens for Planet Earth website, a profile in the Service Awards Report, and $1000 to further enhance their project or education. This site was developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is based at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.
The Adventures of Josie True is a web-based adventure game for girls. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the game targets girls ages 9-11. Both technical and multicultural, the game provides true and fictional heroes and role models while teaching about science and women's history.
Founded by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), EngineeringGirl.org is part of an NAA project to bring national attention to the opportunity that engineering represents for all people at any age, but particularly to women and girls. EngineerGirl features contests, an interactive gallery of women currently working in engineering, a question-and-answer forum for website visitors, and lots of other resources that allow middle-school girls to explore and find interest in the field of engineering.
Zoey’s Room (ZR), sponsored by the umbrella nonprofit organization, Platform Shoes Forum, is an online community for middle-school girls that encourages creativity through science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Through ZR girls can explore tech gadgets, girl friendly links, participate in safe and friendly chat rooms, and earn points redeemable for prizes with Tec-Treks, girl-friendly challenges in STEM. ZR is subscription-based and a yearly subscription is $20.