{"id":531,"date":"2006-08-24T14:31:22","date_gmt":"2006-08-24T14:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2006\/08\/24\/science-for-girls\/"},"modified":"2006-08-24T14:31:22","modified_gmt":"2006-08-24T14:31:22","slug":"science-for-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2006\/08\/24\/science-for-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Science for Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing in the science blogosphere about the low numbers of women in science, and I’ve contributed my share of comments. On the theory that you shouldn’t curse the darkness when you could be fumbling for a book of matches, I’ll pass along this call for proposals from the Feminist Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Feminist Press, as part of our National Science Foundation Women Working: Thinking, Creating, Making Science project, is exploring new ways to get girls and young women interested in science. While there are many library resources featuring biographies of women scientists that are suitable for school reports, these are rarely the books that girls seek out themselves to read for pleasure. What would a book, or series of books, about science that girls really want to read look like? That is the question we want to answer. <\/p>\n

You’ll find several requests for specific proposals below. One calls for scientific detective stories based on the life, research, and discoveries of real women scientists. Another calls for stories featuring real young women–aspiring gymnasts, ice skaters, actors, dancers–using a knowledge of science to help them become really good at what they do. A third recognizes how popular Manga and graphic novels are with girls, and asks for imaginative new collaborations between Manga writers and artists to create adventures about girls who use real science to accomplish their goals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Via Cocktail Party Physics<\/a>)<\/p>\n

If you’ve got a good idea for a book along those lines, or some other creative project that would serve the same purpose, send them your idea. If they like it, they’ll publish it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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