IDP: SAGE-VA: Science & Gender Equity Program of Western Virginia

科学与性别平等项目（SAGE-VA）建立在其他开发和测试女性友好型实践科学模块的人的成就之上。这个为期24个月的项目针对的是来自弗吉尼亚州西部偏远地区农村和经济萧条县的中学女生以及科学和数学教师。该项目将巩固弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学（VA-Tech）的科学家和科学教育工作者以及这些偏远地区的课堂教师之间的合作。该项目的主要目标是在农村学校的教师、教授、社区组织和女中学生之间建立一个合作网络。支持这一目标的活动包括建立上述网络；为中学女生和教师举办的夏令营；协作和教学的远程学习活动；星期六学院。该项目将：提高教师对科学教育中性别平等问题的认识，作为鼓励女孩从事科学事业的导师计划；将计算机技术纳入所有参与者的使用，并鼓励参与者将这些技术作为高效、强大的学习和交流工具。

The Science and Gender Equity Program (SAGE-VA) builds upon the achievements of others who have developed and tested female friendly, hands-on science modules. This 24 month project targets middles school girls as well as science and mathematics teachers from the rural and economically depressed counties of far western Virginia. The project will solidify a collaboration between scientists and science educators at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA-Tech) and classroom teachers in these isolated areas. The main goal of the project is to establish a collaborative network among teachers, professors, community organizations and middle school girls in rural schools. The activities that will support this goal include establishing the above network; a summer camp for middle school girls and teachers; distant learning activities for collaboration and instruction; and, Saturday Academies. This project will: increase teacher awareness of gender equity issues in science education, act as a mentor program to encourage girls to pursue science careers; incorporate the use of computer-based technologies for all participants and encourage participants to use these technologies as efficient, powerful learning and communication tools.