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K-12 Sites of Academic Interest
Grade School
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Girls Only - Website with awesome links for girls interested in science, math, and technology
Middle
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Sally Ride Club - On - line club initiated by Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut, for middle school girls interested in science
- Exploring Math and Science - Why do girls say they enjoy math in earlier grades, but tend to shy away in adolescence?
- Cyber Sisters - encourages middle school girls to engage their minds, their curiosity, and their imaginations in mathematics, science, and computer technology by matching a middle school girl with a university woman mentor.
- Brain Cake - If I could change the world I would never stop dreaming and life would get better everyday! A website for girls to dream big.
Junior High Through High School
- Engineer Girl! - this web site is designed to help girls and young women turn their imagination into reality with a future in engineering.
- Girl Start - A non-profit organization founded in Austin, Texas which encourages and empowers girls in mathematics, science, technology and engineering.
- Expect the Best From a Girl - profiles a number of mental skills and characteristics that girls and boys can share with similar coaching and provides helpful information for parents to help their daughters excel.
- Cyber Girl - A web site featuring an excellent list of national and regional links to technology programs designed just for girls.
- Figure This! - This website targets junior high school girls by presenting math challenges for families by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education.
- Girl Tech
- Voices of Girls - Junior high projects, helps girls with science, math and technology
- Microscopy Primer- Info about Microscopes and exp.'s of what you can do with them-- junior high and up
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