MPWG: Women in Astronomy: Planetarium Show and Video from the Chabot Observatory and Science Center Young Astronomers After-School Program

9553488 Heber这项在Chabot天文台和科学中心进行的试点课外计划旨在通过与天文相关的活动，包括她们自己的研究和制作一个关于女性对该领域贡献的新的天文馆计划，让青少年女孩参与并激发她们对科学的兴趣。传播将包括分发天文馆展示产品，与其他教育组织分享关于项目过程的信息，以及促进在其他地方复制的教师培训计划。这个项目的概念来自于在天文学方面有专长的科学教师。他们看到了一个机会，可以将现有的但规模不大的志愿者计划与更广泛的服务社区的努力结合起来。该项目以初中和高中女生为对象，在她们的学校阶段，对科学和相关职业的兴趣最容易受到负面影响。它让她们参与一个创新和创造性的项目，表彰女性在科学领域的贡献，并揭示促进这些贡献的技能，同时让参与者发展能够影响自己职业机会的技能。在这个项目中，无论是产品--天文馆表演和视频，还是过程--技能发展作为最终产品的一种手段，都同样重要和受到鼓励。完成后，直接培训的40名女孩和两名教师将为数以千计的其他人提供一个模式，这些人可以利用主动学习来讲述自己的科学成就故事。***

9553488 Heber This pilot after-school program at Chabot Observatory & Science Center seeks to involve and excite adolescent girls about science, through astronomy-related activities, including their own research and production of a new planetarium program about women's contributions to the field. Dissemination is to include distribution of the planetarium show product, sharing information about the project process with other education organizations, and a teacher enhancement program to foster replication elsewhere. The concept for this project came from teachers of science who have expertise in astronomy. They saw an opportunity to combine an existing, but modest, volunteer program with a broader effort serving the community. This project targets middle and high school girls at the point in their schooling where an interest in science and related careers is most vulnerable to negative influences. It involves them in an innovative and creative project, honoring the contributions of women in science, and shedding light on the skills which fostered those contributions, while developing in participants the very skills which can influence their own career opportunities. In this project, both the product--the planetarium show and video, and the process--skill development as a means to the end product, are equally important and encouraged. After completion, the 40 girls and two teachers directly trained will offer a model to thousands of others who can use active learning to tell their own stories of scientific achievement. ***