Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (PGE): (DEM) Bringing Up Girls in Science

培养科学女孩(BUGS)是北德克萨斯大学(UNT)技术与认知系的一个示范项目。这个项目的目标是为四年级和五年级的女孩提供户外学习实验室的教育经验，这将增加女孩在环境科学方面的兴趣、参与、自我概念、知识和成就。在第一年，34名4年级和5年级的女孩(虫子参与者)将参加德克萨斯州丹顿市丹顿独立学区山姆·休斯顿小学的课后户外科学实验室。该项目的参与者将从全区招募。BUGS参与者将由德克萨斯数学与科学学院(TAMS)注册的女高中生指导。Bugs参与者和导师将在项目的第二年和第三年加入，通过使用双向视听桌面会议工具、项目网站、聊天室和计算机“笔友”，在远程地点由特殊人群的女孩进行培训。在第二年和第三年，加入该项目的特殊人群将包括：(1)有情绪和行为问题的学生在德克萨斯州威奇托福尔斯的玫瑰街日计划和治疗学校学习；(2)在新墨西哥州伯纳利洛为大量拉美裔和美洲原住民学生提供服务的学区；以及(3)德克萨斯州迪凯特市农村学区的学生。在远距离地点的虫子参与者将能够使用从第一年录制的活动中开发的“电子实地考察”，以增加他们参与“户外科学实验室体验”的机会。家庭参与将贯穿整个项目。当地一家公共图书馆将为虫子参与者的父母存放更多关注和教育机会的材料。每年将举行三次家长会议，以“展示”学生的工作，并提供教育和职业信息。

Bringing Up Girls in Science (BUGS) is a demonstration project in the Department of Technology and Cognition at the University of North Texas (UNT). The goal of this project is to provide educational experiences in an outdoor learning lab for girls in grades four and five that willincrease girls' interest, participation, self-concept, knowledge, and achievement in the environmental sciences. During Year One, thirty 4 th and 5 th grade girls (BUGS participants) will participate in an after school outdoor science lab at Sam Houston Elementary in the Denton Independent School District in Denton, TX. Participants for the project will be recruited from across the district. BUGS participants will be mentored by female high students enrolled in the Texas Academy for Mathematics and Science (TAMS). BUGS participants and mentors will be joined the second and third year of the projectby girls in special populations at distance sites through the use of two-way audio-visual desktop conferencing tools, a project WEB site, chat rooms, and computer ``pen-pals''. For the second and third year special populations joining the project will include: (1) students with emotional and behavioral problems attending Rose Street Day Program and Therapeutic School in Wichita Falls, TX; (2) a school district which serves large numbers of Hispanic and Native American students in Bernalillo, New Mexico; and(3) students from a rural school district in Decatur, Texas. BUGS participants at distance sites will be able to use ``electronic field trips'' developed from activities that were videotaped during Year One to increase their opportunities to participate in the ``outdoorscience lab experience.'' Family involvement will be ongoing throughout the project.Career awareness and educational opportunities materials will be housed by a localpublic library for the parents of BUGS participants. Three parent meetings per year will be provided to ``showcase'' student work and provide educational and career information.