MPWG: Girls Rise (Raising Interest in Science and Engineering)

Girls RISE（提高对科学和工程的兴趣）是一个示范项目，它将展示一个非正式的、非竞争性的学习环境，包括实际操作的、基于工程原理的应用和团队合作，如何建立自信，并鼓励女孩培养对科学、工程、数学和相关职业的兴趣。项目目标是：(1)培养有能力、自信、热情的学习者，并具备一系列先进的计算机和技术技能；(2)通过与科学和工程相关领域的职业女性互动，让女孩接触到各种工程职业；(3)提高女孩在传统上以男性为主导的技术和工程领域的表现能力的信心，同时提高她们解决问题和处理信息的能力；(4)促进对工程相关研究的持续参与，减少女孩从初中到高中阶段的流失率。该项目建立在迈阿密科学博物馆与代表性不足的青年开展的工作的基础上，并包括在相关项目中已被证明成功的几个关键组成部分。这包括：掌握先进的计算机技能；聘请校级导师担任指导教师；在工作场所与专业人士互动；以项目为基础，主动学习；还有带薪实习。

Girls RISE (Raising Interest in Science & Engineering) is a model program that will showcase how an informal, non-competitive learning environment that includes hands-on, reality-based applications of engineering principles and teamwork, can build confidence and encourage girls to develop an interest in science, engineering and mathematics and related careers. Project objectives are: (1) to build competent, confident, enthusiastic learners equipped with an array of advanced computer and technology skills; (2) to expose girls to a variety of engineering careers through interaction with professional women employed in science and engineering related fields; (3) to increase girls confidence in their ability to perform in traditionally male dominated technical and engineering arenas while improving their problem solving and information processing skills; (4) to foster sustained participation in engineering-related studies, reducing the attrition that occurs as girls move from the middle school to the high school level. The project builds upon the work the Miami Museum of Science conducted with under-represented youth, and includes several key components that have proven successful in related projects. These include: the acquisition of advanced computer skills; the use of college level mentors as instructors; interaction with professionals in their workplace; project based, active learning; and paid internships.