April 1st, 2008 | EVALUATION
SciGirls is a national outreach program of DragonflyTV supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Program for Gender Equity. SciGirls empowers PBS outreach professionals and science museum educators, often partnering with local youth organizations, educators and parents, to deliver hands-on science encouragement and career guidance to girls in their communities. SciGirls is based on existing standards-based DragonflyTV outreach resources, which teach scientific inquiry.
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Team Members
Valerie Knight-Williams, Evaluator, Knight-Williams Research CommunicationsDivan Williams, Evaluator, Knight-Williams Research Communications
Twin Cities Public Television, Contributor
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: GSE
Award Number: 0631765
Funding Amount: 250036
Related URLs
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/parentsteachers/scigirls.html
GSE/DIS: SciGirls Museum Adventures from DragonflyTV
Tags
Access and Inclusion: Women and Girls
Audience: Educators | Teachers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Evaluators | General Public | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Parents | Caregivers
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM | Nature of science
Resource Type: Evaluation Reports | Summative
Environment Type: Broadcast Media | Community Outreach Programs | Media and Technology | Museum and Science Center Programs | Public Programs