SciGirls - A New National TV Series

由双城公共电视台制作的SciGirls是一部新的公共广播公司13集半小时电视连续剧，伴随着针对8-13岁女孩的网络和外联活动。其预期影响是：1)在8至13岁的女孩及其父母中培养对STEM的更大兴趣，来自不同社区的女孩是最优先的；2)使女孩与所在社区现有的高质量STEM教育机会联系起来；以及3)促进不断增长的研究机构，以加深对让女孩参与STEM活动并鼓励她们从事STEM职业的最有效方式的了解。项目？S两个战略合作伙伴是西雅图的国家女童合作项目和费城的富兰克林研究所。NGCP将把SciGirls TV与其500个以社区为基础的女孩科学节目网络联系起来，富兰克林研究所将帮助形成一个附属的科学博物馆网络，以实施SciGirls TV推广活动。除了在PBS Plus上播出外，这些视频还将通过在线流媒体和DVD·S以及可下载到便携式视频播放器的版本进行传播。最重要的网络组成部分将是一个社交网络功能，它将允许对科学感兴趣的女孩与全国各地的其他人联系。多媒体研究的芭芭拉·弗拉格将对第一次粗略的削减进行形成性评估，并随后对完成的项目和社交网络网站进行总结性评估。

SciGirls, produced by Twin Cities Public Television, is a new PBS 13-part half-hour television series with accompanying Web and outreach activities targeted to girls ages 8 - 13-year olds. The intended impacts are to 1) to foster a greater interest in STEM among girls ages 8 to 13 and their parents, with girls from diverse communities the highest priority; 2) connect girls to existing, quality STEM education opportunities in their communities; and 3) contribute to the growing body of research to deepen understanding of the most effective ways to engage girls in STEM activities and encourage them to pursue STEM careers. The project?s two strategic partners are the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) in Seattle, and The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The NGCP will link SciGirls TV with its network of 500 community-based science programs for girls, and The Franklin Institute will help form an affiliate network of science museums to implement SciGirls TV outreach activities. In addition to the broadcasts on PBS Plus, the videos will be distributed via online streaming and DVD?s, as well as via versions that can be downloaded to portable video players. The most significant web component will be a social networking feature that will allow girls interested in science to connect with others across the nation. Barbara Flagg of Multimedia Research will conduct formative evaluation of the first rough cuts, and a subsequent summative evaluation of the completed programs and of the social networking web site.