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General
4000 Years of Women in Science
Provides biographies, references, and photographs of women scientist, mathematicians and engineering. Includes an interactive quiz, crossword puzzle, and learning links.
Achieving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms
A document compiled by women science students, faculty, and staff at New England Consortium for Undergraduate Science Education. Although geared towards undergraduate education, the suggestions offered can be applied to any classroom situation.
The Adventures of Josie True
(A free, NSF-sponsored adventure game for girls, created by Mary Flanagan. The game's hero is a Chinese-American girl named Josie True, who becomes involved in intrigue across time and space as she tries to find her inventor-turned-teacher, Ms. Trombone. The electronically sophisticated game is probably best enjoyed on a very fast Internet connection. The site also includes articles about girls and computer games and an account of updates to the game.)
American Association of University Women
The American Association of University Women is a national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls. See website for information on resources and joining.
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
Assessing Women in Engineering Project
AWE, the NSF-funded Assessing Women in Engineering Project, offers exportable assessment instruments, literature resources and capacity building tools for Women in Engineering and similar programs including surveys, data collection templates, capacity building tools and national benchmarking.
AWIS
AWIS, The Association of Women in Science, is an organization dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. Check out their website for information about becoming a member, as well as local and national activities.
Barriers to Women in Academic Science and Engineering
This paper focuses on the experiences of women in Ph.D. Programs and as faculty members. The authors investigated the conditions under which women are at a disadvanatge during their doctoral training and early stages of their academic careers.
Braincake
(Aimed at middle school girls, this web site promotes math and science by creating an online community where girls can interact with their peers about current science topics, solve science mysteries, and discuss careers with young women scientists and engineers. The site offers chat rooms, games, contests with cash prizes, mentoring programs, scholarship resources, and more.)
Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.
Campbell-Kibler Associates has been doing research and evaluation to increase gender and race equity in math, science and technology education. Results of the work can be found in the following on this site.
Design Your Future: Math, Science, and Technology for Girls
(A very appealing site created by the design software company Autodesk, whose female founder and CEO Carol Bartz has a strong commitment to encouraging more girls to enjoy science, math, and technology. The site includes interactive games, a computer animation demo, a comic strip, an HTML tutorial for web building, and information about mentoring, internships, and job shadowing, as well as links to related sites. Female interns age 14-19 work together with the women of Autodesk to develop and maintain the site.)
Doing Gender
(Alison Phipps has created a site that provides annotated links to science and technology initiatives for girls and women, with separate sections for initiatives in Canada, in Europe, and in the United States. She also provides a brief summary of and a questionnaire for her Ph.D. research project entitled "Gender, Science, Technology and Empowerment: Educating Girls and Women for Globalising Economies.")
Donna Woodka's WWW Home Page
(Much of the site covers the same ground as Woodka's not yet published book, The Internet for Girls: Connecting Girls With Math, Science and Technology. Online topics/resources include encouraging girls in math and science; teaching and parenting with the Internet; online mentors and peer groups; connecting girls around the world; the Internet for girrrls themselves; Internet safety and netiquette; WWW resources; an annotated equity in education bibliography; and more.)
Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science, and Engineering
(Extensive program designed to encourage pre-college and college women to study math, science, and engineering.)
Education Reform Networks
(Portals designed to provide educators and others with high-quality information on effective practices and resources in educational reform. Among the portals are "Equity" [with sections devoted to "gender and sex" and to"race/multicultural"], "Digital Equity," and "Mathematics Education.")
Effect of Computers on the Gender Gap in Education
(This site, created by several Stanford University undergraduates, explores three related topics: "the current state of gender differences in education, the current state of gender differences in computing, and the effect of computers in the classroom," as well as how these issues interrelate.)
EGEMS: Electronic Games for Education in Math and Science
(Canadian project to make math and science fun for young people age 9-14. Though not aimed only at girls, the project gives considerable attention to gender, and includes some games, such as Phoenix Quest, of particular appeal to girls. Though the project is now inactive, the site offers more than two dozen technical reports, papers, and other documents.)
Engineer Girl from the National Academy of Engineering
Engineers Week - Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Expanding Your Horizons
(Conferences "designed to nurture girls' interest in science and math courses and to encourage them to consider science and math based career options." The site lists conferences by state, providing links when possible. The site also includes a timeline of some accomplished women in science, role models, movies, and chat. )
Expect the Best from a Girl: That's What You'll Get
(This site from the Women's College Coalition features suggestions for parents, information about women and education and work, and resources to help girls fulfill their potential. Includes extensive information about summer programs for girls.)
Explore Career Pathways
(A Canadian site designed to help girls 8-18 explore careers in science and technology. Created by a student, the site profiles six women.)
Exploring Gender and Technology
("This site presents current research, perspectives, and innovative approaches to the gender gap in technology collected from secondary research." It offers statistics, case studies, a video, online discussion, an annotated bibliography, and annotated links for educators and for girls.)
Eyes to the Future: Middle School Girls Envisioning Science
(Information about a project that involves e-mentoring between middle school girls and high school girls who have stayed in science and technology, as well as with women who are professionals in science and technology. The middle school girls also create an online magazine to tell their peers about science and technology.)
FeMiNa: Girls
(Femina is a search engine for women-related sites. This link is to a section devoted to sites of particular interest to girls.)
FIRST: Female Involvement in Real Science & Technology
(This site offers highlights of FIRST, an afterschool science program for girls in elementary and middle schools that was hosted by Chabot Space & Science Center and funded by the National Science Foundation. See also Techbridge, below.)
GEMS: Girls Excelling in Math and Science
(The GEMS club has been in existence since 1994 to expose 5th and 6th grade girls to the fun and wonder of math, science, and technology. The web site offers information about the club's activities and history, instructions for starting a similar club, tips for adults, and links to related sites for girls.)
Gender Equity in Education
(Martha C. Phelps-Borrowman has created a useful site that focuses primarily on gender equity in science and mathematics. It includes lessons to interest girls in science and math and to acquaint students with the accomplishments of women in these fields, along with links to related sites.)
Gender Equity Resources
(Experienced author and gender equity project director Jo Sanders has put together an impressive set of online gender equity resources, including articles she has written, an interactive tutorial entitled Equity in the IT Classroom, and links to relevant web sites. The web links are arranged in six categories: General Education; Math, Science, and Technology; Gender Equity, General; Gender Equity in Math & Science; Gender Equity in Technology; and Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status.)
Girls and Women in Science
(Beloit College program to encourage girls' interest in science; includes a bibliography and links to related sites.)
GirlsCanDo.com
(This site, whose aim is "helping girls discover their life's passions," is designed both for girls 8-18 and for adults who wish to work with girls. It is divided into seven sections: Outdoor Adventures, Sports, My Body, The Arts, Sci-Tech, Change the World, and Learn, Earn, Intern. Each section offers interviews with women in related fields, links to summer camps and other programs, recommendations for related books, films, music, and gifts, and more. The site arose from a book about girls' resources by Charlotte Milholland.)
GirlsGoTech
(Sponsored by the Girl Scouts, this site is designed to encourage girls' interest in science, math, and technology. It includes interactive information about careers, biographies of accomplished women in science, math, and technology, brief information about HTML and web design, and some online games.)
Girlstart.com: Smart from the Start
(The web site title bar describes the site as "Math, Science, Games, and More for Girls Only!" One appealing section offers career information and advice, including profiles of young women role models. Though the site emphasizes science and math, many of the sections include other fields as well. This page is now apparently part of the larger Girlstart organization, which offers after-school programs, Saturday camps, and Summer camps to encourage girls to excel in math, science, and technology .)
Girls Tech: Girls, Science, and Technology
(Web site helps teachers, parents, and youth group leaders evaluate electronic resources such as web sites, CD-ROMs, software, and games that will encourage and increase young women's interest and participation in the sciences and technology. The site provides evaluation criteria with citations, an explanation of the theory underlying the research, sample sites, and a bibliography.)
Girls to the Fourth Power Algebra Program
(Imaginative ways to make algebra more appealing to girls. Don't miss the terrific tongue-in-cheek page, "California-style Algebra Problems." The site grew out of a pilot algebra tutoring program in 1996 and for the most part has not been updated, but girls continue to post their thoughts on the "Algebra Attitude Page." The site seems designed to appeal both to girls and to parents and teachers.)
GirlTECH: Getting Girls Interested in Computers
(Cynthia Lanius of Rice University has put together a valuable collection of resources concerned with spurring girls' interest in mathematics and computer science. This page includes an introduction to the issue, ten tips, and a large collection of links to related sites.)
GREAT: The Effect of Computers on the Gender Gap in Education
(This "special issue" of GREAT: Gender Relations in Educational Applications of Technology was created by Stanford University students in early 1998. It offers a series of articles addressing gender inequality in the classroom, gender disparity in computer-related fields, and the introduction of computers into the classroom, as well as case studies, personal stories, and software reviews.)
A Handbook of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Activities for 8-12 Year Olds
(A very useful 270-page handbook developed jointly by the University of Arizona and the Sahuaro Girl Scouts, with funding from the National Science Foundation. It includes advice about doing science, technology, math, and engineering with 8-12 year olds, specific discussion of girls' involvement, and extensive descriptions of specific activities. The activities are divided into the following categories: Chemical Engineering, Flight/Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Simple Machines, Solar Energy, Structures, Technology, and Properties of Water. Another section identifies some related science sites on the Internet. The handbook is in pdf format, which requires the use of a free Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
Imaginary Lines
(Founded by former astronaut Sally Ride, Imaginary Lines is an organization whose mission is "to increase the number of girls who are technically literate and who have the foundation they need to go on in science, math, or engineering." The web site provides information about why such efforts are needed and projects designed to achieve this mission: The Sally Ride Science Club, Community Science Festivals, and Space Camp® Adventures.)
MentorNet
MentorNet is The E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science. MentorNet's One-on-One programs pair students in engineering or science who are attending participating universities or members of affiliated professional societies, with professional scientists and engineers working in industry, government, and higher education, and support them through e-mail based mentoring relationships.
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
The site highlights the achievements of women engineers and provides information on education, careers, and mentoring.
The National Women's Hall of Fame
No Girls Allowed!
(Melissa Koch's 1994 article in Technos Quarterly describes factors that may cause some girls to turn away from technology.)
Pair Programming Research at UC Santa Cruz
(Pair programming has been identified as a way to make computer programming more attractive to women and girls. This site includes more than a dozen articles, including some that directly address gender issues, such as "Pair Programming Strategies for Middle School Girls," "Female Computer Science Students Who Pair-Program Persist," and "Retaining Women in Computer Science: The Impact of Pair Programming Project Update.")
PDK Poster Project: Using Visual Means to Challenge Stereotypes
(The PDK Project has two major goals: to promote "awareness and appreciation of science and technology by humanizing the image of research science and scientists" and to support women and girls who choose to pursue careers related to the physical sciences and mathematics. The site's resources include 36 visually stunning posters; study guides to accompany each poster; videos, interviews, and biographies of the poster participants; links to related sites; and more.)
Preparing Women and Minorities for Science and Engineering: Resources for Educators, Parents, and the Community
(This annotated listing by Eileen L. Collins includes a number of excellent resources, though, to my dismay, it fails to mention the highly acclaimed web site of the Center for Women and Information Technology. Still, it offers much of value. Its listings are arranged in seven categories: Women in STEM, Minorities in STEM, Education Resources, STEM Education Resources, Planning Education and Career Paths, Technology in Education, and Ensuring Kids' Safety on the Internet. Available in pdf format.)
Science, Gender, and Afterschool
(A web site for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, parents, and others interested in strengthening the role of afterschool education in increasing girls' participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics [STEM] education and careers. The site includes documents such as "What We Know About Girls, Stem, and Afterschool Programs" and "Research-Action Agenda," as well as information about issues involved in afterschool programs, details about a Science, Gender, and Afterschool email forum, and links to related sites and resources.)
Shiny Shiny
(Describing itself as "a girl's guide to gadgets," London-based Shiny Shiny aims to appeal to women and girls who find most geek sites oriented overwhelmingly toward males. Categories include accessories, cameras, celeb gadgets, gadgets, games, grooming, music on the move, phones, product reviews, soft 'ahem' furnishings, telly stuff, and things to do online.)
SmartGirl
(Where girls find what's hot and what's not. Reviews by girls of computer games, movies, books, music, magazines, and websites. Chat space. Advice about love. Discussion of issues.)
Techbridge: Encouraging Girls in Technology, Science, and Engineering
(Techbridge is an NSF-funded program to encourage more girls to become interested in technology, science, and engineering. Its web site offers a description of the program and a variety of useful, well-annotated resources to accomplish Techbridge's mission.)
Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age
(Summary of a report issued in 2000 by the American Association of University Women about many girls' lack of enthusiasm for computer science and for technical careers, some of the possible explanations for this, and what can be done to change the situation--and why. The full report is available for sale, but the summary itself is informative.)
Tech Savvy Girls
(The 2002 video "Tech Savvy Girls" discusses girls' under-representation in information technology (IT) classes and careers, and makes recommendations for combatting the IT gender gap. The site includes a description of the video and an order form. A free Resource Guide is also available in pdf format, for which you'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, available for download at no cost.. The "Tech Savvy Girls" video was produced in conjunction with the Fairfax (VA) Public Schools and the American Association of University Women.)
TeleMentoring Young Women in Science, Engineering, & Computing
(An NSF-funded project to build on-line communities of support among female high school students, professional women in technical fields, parents, and teachers.)
Testing 1, 2, 3; Technology to Girls: Hello?
(Useful 1998 SF Gate article by Corey Hitchcock about girls' often unenthusiastic attitude toward technology. Includes some footnotes and related links.)
Through the Glass Wall: Computer Games for Mathematical Empowerment
(This site focuses on using computer games for gender equity and mathematical empowerment. It includes an extensive list of computer games, indexed by age and content, along with reviews of many of the games. In addition, there is a bibliography of gender-sensitive research on computer games and mathematics.)
Under the Microscope: A Decade of Gender Equity Projects in the Sciences
(This 2004 report from the American Association of University Women [AAUW] looks at hundreds of gender equity projects in the sciences funded over the past decade by the AAUW and the National Science Foundation and addresses the following questions: 1) what can we learn from a decade of gender equity efforts in the sciences? 2) what types of gender equity projects in the sciences have been supported and promoted? 3) which STEM disciplines and project approaches have been favored and which have been overlooked? The report is available at no cost as a downloadable pdf file for which you need the free Adobe Acrobat reader.)
Videos / Films on Equity in Math, Science, & Technology
(Brief but well annotated listing of films and videos whose aim is to encourage more women and girls to study math, science, & technology. Compiled by Dr. Anand Pardhanani of the U. of Texas at Austin.)
What you can do to help GRRLS get into technology
(Part of Educational CyberPlayground, this page offers annotated links to resources, mentoring programs, and projects to help girls use science, math, and technology.)
Why Janie Can't Engineer: Raising Girls to Succeed
(This article by freelance writer Pat McNees appeared in 2004 in the Washington Post. In addition to the article, which offers useful insights into the under-representation of girls in science, engineering, and technology, the web site provides links to related resources, including a link to the 2003 book McNees wrote for the National Science Foundation, New Formulas for America's Workforce: Girls in Science and Engineering.)
Whyville
(Whyville is an imaginative web site that aims to help elementary, middle, and high school students understand and enjoy science. It differs dramatically from most science education sites in its use of avatars, games, computer simulation and modelling, a Whyville newspaper, and interactivity among Whyville participants. Though Whyville is not designed specifically for girls, girls make up more than 60% of its users, an exceptionally high percentage for a science-and-technology-focused site.)
Women and Girls in Technology
(This very useful site, co-sponsored by the Women's Bureau and the University of Washington Women's Center, is a national clearinghouse for information about activities, events, organizations, etc. that support the participation of women and girls in science, math, engineering, and technology. You can search for information on the local, state, regional, or national level.)
Women in Engineering Organization
(Created by Tufts University's School of Engineering, this site seeks to encourage more women and girls to become engineers. It provides valuable resources to further that aim. These include discussions of "What is engineering?" and "Why choose engineering?" and separate sections of resources designed for Girls, Parents, K-12 Teachers, Guidance Counselors, College Women, College Faculty, Industry, and Project Directors.)
Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ON THE AIR!
(This site describes itself as "an audio resource for young girls, young women, parents, middle and high school teachers, college professors, guidance counselors, . . . and anyone interested in learning more about the past, present, and future role of women in science and technology education, fields, and careers." Included are brief audio profiles of great women in the history of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; full-length audio accounts of what today's women are doing to encourage the next generation achieve success in these fields; interviews between teen girls and successful women in these fields; and more. The site also offers ideas for using these audio resources.)
Women of NASA
The women of NASA interactive project showcases outstanding women who are enjoying successful careers in math, science, and technology. Teaching guides are provided to supplement this material into classroom curriculums.
WOW/EM (Women on the Web/ElectronMedia)
(Kristine Burns' web site is "devoted to young women in high school and college who are interested in music and art . . . and who also like math, science, and computers." The site provides abundant information about electronic art, artists, hardware and software, career advice, where to seek training, women-focused music and art resources, links to relevant organizations, magazines, and email lists, and a lot more.)
Zoey's Room - A Tech Know Community for Girls
("Zoey's room is an online community for girls ages 10-14, a place where girls can go to explore math, science and technology in a fun, safe and creative environment." Zoey's room offers an online collaborative community, a chance to communicate with Zoey in her chat room, Fab Female role model online chats, a place to showcase girls' creative work, and hands-on challenges that lead to big prizes such as digital cameras.)
Math
Math Cats
(Teacher/mother Wendy Petti has created a wonderfully engaging and visually striking site that brings mathematics to life through math-related art, crafts, games, facts, and more. Math Cats will probably appeal most to elementary and middle school students, though some of its offerings will intrigue people of any age. "Older Cats" (parents and teachers) will find a useful idea bank of math activities and resources, as well as a newsletter. Though Math Cats is not designed specifically for girls, many girls are among its most enthusiastic audience.)
Women in Mathematics: Resources and Other Useful Stuff
(Sponsored by CAMEL, the Canadian Mathematical Society, this site contains information and excellent links of interest to women in mathematics and to those contemplating careers in mathematics. Separate sections devoted to Educational Issues for Girls and Women; Biographies; Organizations; Books, Articles, Speeches, and Bibliographies; and Miscellaneous Mathematical Links.)
Women Mathematicians
A web page for biographies of women in mathematics, prepared by students at Agnes Scott College.
Association for Women in Mathematics
This non-profit organization is dedicated to encouraging women and girls in the mathematical sciences. This site includes information about a mentor network.
Computer Science and Technology
Changing Girls' Attitudes Toward Computers
(Karen Ellis's rich resource, Educational CyberPlayGround, has devoted a special section to resources designed to get girls excited about computers and information technology. Here you'll find information about women who were/are computer pioneers; projects aimed at interesting girls in technology; links to sites dealing with the gender divide and the digital divide; gender equity resources; and links to "best online resources for women and minorities in science and tech.")
Computers and the Internet: Listening to Girls' Voices
(Dorothy Ellen Wilcox's master's paper at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, deals with the experience of 15 sixth grade girls who worked on Internet projects in 1995. Wilcox concludes that "instead of socializing adolescent girls toward docility, non-hierarchical technology like the Internet may provide a discourse for development of higher-level cognitive skills and the ability to unmask inequities in power and politics.")
Cybergrrl.com
(This site, founded by Aliza "Cybergrrl" Sherman but no longer run by her, is informative and entertaining. Articles, advice, and links to sites on many women-related topics. Will probably appeal to teens and young women, as well as older women.)
CyberSisters
(An Oregon telementoring project that pairs middle school girls one-on-one with university women to engage more girls in math, science, and computer technology.)
Purdue University Computer Science Women's Network
This website is about the Computer Science Women's Network at Purdue University. This group was resurrected in the Spring of 1997 by three undergraduates in CS. This website contains information about the leadership team, the planned activities, and the women in CS.
"Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists"
This is a published paper on the web. Here is the Abstract: Women pursue education and careers in computer science far less frequently than men do. In 1990, only 13% of PhDs in computer science went to women, and only 7.8% of computer science professors were female. Additionally, the percentage of female computer science students appears to be increasing at only a slow rate or even decreasing. Apart from ethical concerns at women's lack of participation in computer science, the demographics of the country are such that the United States will not have enough engineers and scientists unless underrepresented groups increase their participation. This report examines the influences against a woman's pursuing a career in a technical field, particularly computer science. Such factors include the different ways in which boys and girls are raised, the stereotypes of female engineers, subtle biases that females face, problems resulting from working in predominantly male environments, and sexual biases in language. Finally, I discuss effective and ineffective ways to encourage women. A theme of the report is that women's underrepresentation is not primarily due to direct discrimination but to subconscious behavior that tends to perpetuate the status quo.
WICS at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Women in Computer Sciences (WICS), at University of Wisconsin-Madison, is an informal group of all female members of the Computer Sciences Department. This includes students (both graduate and undergraduate), faculty, and research/teaching staff. This website contains additional links to resources for women in Computer Science
Women in Computer Science
(An online brochure from the Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research. The brochure is designed to encourage women to consider careers in computer science. It includes an Introduction that describes the field and who might like it, Biographies of a number of female computer scientists, and assorted other Resources. The site seems intended both for high school girls and for women making career choices or changes.)
Women in Technology
(A multi-faceted project from Vermont Technical College designed to encourage young women in middle school and high school to study math, science, and technology and to explore careers in these fields. Programs include a summer camp, telementoring, and more.)
Women in Technology
(A Hawaii-based organization that seeks to improve the "economic quality of life for women by encouraging them into higher-paying technology occupations." Women in Technology has developed a number of initiatives to achieve this goal, some aimed at middle- and high-school students, others at college students and women in the workforce. The web site includes information about all the initiatives, along with resource articles, scholarship information, a calendar of events, and extensive links to related sites.)
Women in Technology International
Women in Technology International, is a rapidly growing association of more than 6,000 members, 95% of whom are professional women working in technology organizations. The organization is dedicated to increasing the number of women in executive roles, helping women become more financially independent and technology-literate, and encouraging young women to choose careers in science and technology. The website contains becoming a member information, available resources to members, information about future conferences.
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