SciGirls
In each SciGirls video, female mentors offer girls a glimpse of exciting STEM career possibilities.
The series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, model videos of women who are passionate about their work in STEM.
Supporting educational materials provide gender-equitable teaching strategies and hands-on inquiries based on the concepts modelled in SciGirls’ videos.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6, 7-8 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Educational video |
| Format | Video |
| Keywords | STEM, Careers, Girls in Tech, Engineering, Software Engineer |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Mathematics, Design and Technologies, Science, STEM, Girls in Tech |
| Organisation | PBS Learning Media |
| Copyright | 2016 PBS; WGBH Educational Foundation. May be subject to Copyright Act statutory licence. |
Related resources
-
Teaching robotics with Rita Trovato
Rita Trovato, principal at Asquith Public School explains how robotics is used in a context for learning throughout the primary school.
-
(CYBER)BULLYING: How do I challenge online hate?
This video talks about how we can shut down the gross, nasty or straight up hateful stuff that happens online. Hopefully this will give your students a couple of tricks n tips and at least start the conversation to come up with further ideas.
-
Scott Hanselman’s best demo! IoT, Azure, Machine Learning & more
In this video Scott Hanselman delivers one of the best and personal demos, he'll show you how a combined solution using technologies such as IoT devices, cloud platforms, Machine Learning and Office API's can come together to solve even the most complex problems (published November 2015).
-
micro:bit Tutorial Series Part 1: Getting Started
In this episode, we examine the micro:bit and program it to scroll the phrase "Hello!" across the LED display.
-
What is Machine Learning?
A brief video that concisely defines AI, then defines machine learning through a simple example.
-
Tech Girls Project
Watch this video featuring five female students from Gymea Bay Public School that participated in the Tech Girls are Superheroes competition and came second in their state. The group used MIT app inventor to complete their project.
-
Denver's drink dispenser
Check out Denver, the young entrepreneur from Queens Beach State School Denver, and his home-made drink dispenser!
-
Computational thinking in the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies
This youtube video provides examples of computational thinking related to relevant contexts for a range of year bands.