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

9553488 Heber这个在Chabot天文台科学中心的课后试点项目，旨在通过与天文学相关的活动，包括她们自己的研究和制作一个关于妇女对该领域贡献的新天文馆项目，让青春期女孩参与并激发她们对科学的兴趣。传播包括天文馆展示产品的分发，与其他教育组织分享项目过程的信息，以及教师提升计划以促进其他地方的复制。这个项目的概念来自具有天文学专业知识的科学教师。他们看到了一个机会，将一个现有的、但规模不大的志愿者项目与更广泛的社区服务结合起来。该项目针对的是初高中女生，她们在上学期间对科学和相关职业的兴趣最容易受到负面影响。它使妇女参与一个创新和创造性的项目，表彰妇女在科学方面的贡献，并阐明促进这些贡献的技能，同时使参与者发展能够影响其自身职业机会的技能。在这个项目中，产品——天文馆的展示和视频，以及过程——技能发展作为最终产品的手段，都是同样重要和鼓励的。完成后，直接接受培训的40名女孩和两名教师将为成千上万的其他人提供一个榜样，他们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. ***