Web Sites

Women of NASA
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/

Women In Science
http://hyperion.advanced.org/20117/

Design Your Future
http://www.autodesk.com/compinfo/dyf/index.htm

Tap Junior (information relating to K-12 girls and computing) http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/tap-junior.html

4000 years of Women in science (biographies) http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html

Teacher Resources
Web Sites

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (resource database searchable by keyword and grade)
http://www.enc.org

NASA women teaching tips:
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/teachingtips.html

Excellence in Curriculum Integration through Teaching Epidemiology (EXCITE)
http://www.cdc.gov/excite/

TWIST (Tomorrow's Women in Science and Technology)
http://www.sig.net/~scicomp/twist/twist.html

The Hypatia Institute (Book references search)
http://www.geocities.com/~pandoracvi/books.html

University of Manitoba Women and Science (resource links)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/academic_support/libraries/units/science/oldfiles/wo men.html

Women in Science and technology (resource links)
http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_sci.html

Women in Science (book references)
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/chem/guides/srs117.html

Through the Glass Wall:
http://www.terc.edu/mathequity/gw/html/gwhome.html

Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html

Girls and Women in Science project (at Beloit College)
http://www.beloit.edu/~gwsci/gws.html

The Ada Project: Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science
http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/tap/tap.html

Organizations

Girls Incorporated: Operation SMART

Operation SMART is a program established by Girls Inc. in 1985 to encourage girls to persist in math and science--and stay on the track towards good jobs and satisfying lives. Operation SMART is based on research, developed in consultation with the experts in the field, and rigorously evaluated. This program provides girls with hands-on experiences and introduces them to careers in science, math and technology. For more information about Girls Incorporated and Operation SMART, call (212) 689-3700.

Women's Action Alliance

The Women's Action Alliance is a national organization working through community based organizations that has an ongoing commitment to gender equity in education. The Women's Action Alliance attempts to provide resources that work to increase girls interest in math and science. Its most recent project is a three-tiered mentor project entitled, "Buddies Exploring Science Together (BEST)." For more information, call (212) 532-8330.

The Math/Science Network

The Math/Science Network is a non-profit membership organization of educators, scientists, mathematicians, parents, community leaders, and government and corporate representatives whose mission is to promote the continuing development in mathematics and science of all people, with the particular emphasis on the needs of women and girls. The Math/Science Network is the founding organization and national coordinators for Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics Conferences (EYH) for girls in middle and high school. For more information, call (510) 430-2222.

Publications

Middle School

Braving the Frozen Frontier: Women Working in Antarctica; Rebecca L. Johnson, 1996

Explorers (Women in Profile Series)
Carlotta Hacker, 1998

Extraordinary Explorers: Scientific Explorers, Women of the World, Accidental Explorers; Rebecca Stefoff, 1993

On Top of the World : Five Women Explorers in Tibet; Luree Miller, 1985

Polar Dream: The Heroic Saga of the First Solo Journey by a Woman and Her Dog to the Pole; Helen Thayer, 1995

Woman in the Bush
Jeanne Connolly Harbottle, Fern Grice Credeur, 1966

Women Explorers in Africa: Christina Dodwell, Delia Akeley, Mary Kingsley, Florence Von Sass-Baker, Alexandrine Tinne , (Capstone Short Biographies); Margo McLoone, 1997

Women Explorers in Asia : Susie Carson Rijnhart, Alexandra David-Neel, Lucy Atkinson,
Freya Stark, Dervla Murphy
Margo McLoone-Basta, 1997

Women Explorers in North and South America: Nellie Cashman, Annie Peck, Ynes Mexia, Blair Niles, Violet Cressy Marcks Margo McLoone-Basta, 1997

Women Explorers in Polar Regions: Louise Arner Boyd, Kate Marsden, Ida Pfeiffer,
Helen Thayer, Agnes Deans Cameron
Margo McLoone-Basta, 1997

The New Explorers, Women in Antarctica
Barbara Land, 1986

Off the beaten track: women adventurers and mountaineers in western Canada
Cyndi Smith

Seven Women Explorers
Rittenhouse M, 1964

Spinsters Abroad: Victorian Lady Explorers
Dea Birkett, 1989

Warren, Rebeca and Mary H. Thompson, eds. "Dr. Aslihan Yener - Turkey - Archaeology: Digging Up History," in WOMEN IN SCIENCE FROM SEVEN CONTINENTS, Vol 2 in THE SCIENTIST WITHIN YOU series. Eugene, Oregon: ACI Publishing, 1995

Lady with a Spear
by Eugenie Clark. Out of print, but can be found in libraries.

"Eco-Women: Protectors of the Earth"
Willow Ann Sirch, 1996 Fulcrom Publishing

"Celebrating Women in Mathematics and Science"
Edited by Miriam P. Cooney, csc, 1996 National Council of Teachers and Mathematics

The Scientist Within You
Rebecca Lowe Warren & Mary H. Thompson (published by ACI Publishing; ISBN 1-884414-11-7)

High School

Women in the Field
Marcia Myers Bonita, Texas A&M Univ. Press, 1991 Biographies of 25 American women naturalists from the late 18th century on.

Feminine Ingenuity
Anne L. Macdonald, Balletine Books, 1992 A history of women and invention in America.

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