Lesson Plan: Girl coders crack glass ceiling | STEM Student Reporting Labs
Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students will learn about the engineering design process and use it to address the gender gap in STEM. Continue reading
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Lesson plan: Bot or not? How fake social media accounts could influence voting
Lesson Plan
Social media is an important tool for learning about current events and practicing active and informed citizenship. However, fake Twitter accounts called ‘bots’ have been used to try to influence public opinion—and not always for the better. Continue reading
Lesson plan: Invent an app that helps your community
Lesson Plan
Several young entrepreneurs in California’s rural Salinas Valley are inventing new apps to boost the economy and bring about new jobs. In this PBS NewsHour lesson, students will also have the opportunity to design their own app that helps their community. Continue reading
Code Like a Girl puts more girls in the game
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Young female gamers are leveling the playing field in the video-gaming world with girls-only computer coding camps. Continue reading
Gaps in code aren’t OK and neither is the gender gap in tech
Student Voice
“It didn’t surprise me when I walked into a computer coding class and I was one of only three girls in a crowd of boys.” Continue reading