Girls’ Health and Science Day 2012 – Shelby Reports!
Below, high school sophomore, and GHSD veteran, Shelby tells us about GHSD from a her point of view. Enjoy! – Elsa
On the 22nd of March, Project Exploration held its 12th annual Girls’ Health and Science Day. Project Exploration’s Girls’ Health and Science Day is an amazing experience for girls of many ages to take a day and learn more about themselves. This day was set apart to show and encourage young girls like myself how to defend, protect, and take care of our bodies.
The day started off… Continue reading
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Brothers and Sisters4Science Discover the Universe with KICP Scientists!
Project Exploration’s amazing Brothers4Science and Sisters4Science have been busy this year discovering and working alongside scientists! Driven by their curiosity, the programs have provided students with opportunities to delve into bullfrog dissections, cricket behavior, computer technology, forensic science, and lots of other interesting subjects! One topic of interest to both the young women and men was astronomy and cosmology. So we turned to University of Chicago’s KICP scientists who attended a training on educational outreach with Project Exploration.
In Brothers4Science, students worked with two KICP graduate students –… Continue reading
Baxter and AWIS Scientists Participate in an Outreach Workshop with Project Exploration!
On Friday, March 16, Project Exploration presented an exciting daylong workshop on educational outreach at Baxter Healthcare in Deerfield, Illinois. The workshop emerged from a partnership with the Chicago chapter of the Association for the Women in Science (AWIS) and was generously funded by the Pearson Foundation.
It was a beautiful, sunny day for 21 scientists from Baxter and AWIS to come together around the topic of educational outreach. The workshop kicked off with a meaningful welcome from Dr. Sarah Prichard, Vice President of Global Medical Affairs… Continue reading
Dinner with a Dinosaur XII
What do Bubba the Alligator, Pleo the animatronic dinosaur, and CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard have in common? They all showed up for a great time at our twelfth annual Dinner with a Dinosaur! Continue reading
Project Exploration launches Brothers4Science!
Building off of our successful services for girls programs (Sisters4Science, All Girls Expedition, and Girl’s Health and Science Day), Project Exploration is excited to introduce its newest program—Brothers4Science! With the support of the University of Chicago’s Neighborhood Schools Program, this exciting new program is being piloted in three south side schools—Ariel Academy, Mollison Elementary, and Till Elementary. Brothers4Science is a year-round after-school program for middle-school boys that combines science exploration with leadership development. At first glance, you may think Brothers4Science is just like… Continue reading
GENERATION STEM – The Girl Scouts Are Letting Us Hear From Girls
February 18, 2012
The new Girl Scouts report, Generation STEM, does a great job at letting us hear from girls!
In short: Girls like and believe they can do STEM – but they want and need more opportunities to get involved and know what’s out there.
Project Exploration’s suite of girls-only programming (Sisters4Science, All Girls Expedition, our Girls Health and Science Day), as well as all our co-ed programs, have given us a listening line for years into what matters to girls.
We’ve found that having a chance… Continue reading
Outdoor Leadership Adventure – 2012!
On Friday, February 3rd a group of Sisters4Science ladies embarked on an adventure to push their comfort zones, meet new people, and develop leadership skills. The Annual Outdoor Leadership Retreat left the city en route to Wisconsin with ten young women from Reavis Elementary and Perspectives Charter School – Rodney D. Joslin. At first, the Sisters saw each other as strangers, but the bus ride back home after the weekend was one of a united group, laughing and making sure to keep in touch.
This year’s retreat took place… Continue reading
Project Exploration Presents at National Conference on Girls’ Education!
I just returned from the first National Conference on Girls’ Education in Washington DC, hosted by the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools. The conference was an opportunity for organizations—particularly public charter and private schools—to share practices and raise issues that are relevant to educating and nurturing young women today. Engaging girls in STEM pursuits and building leadership skills were among the main themes of the conference.
Project Exploration’s presence at the conference was important as one of the voices for effective science education for girls from communities that have… Continue reading
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