The TechBridge [1] program is alive and well at the Chabot Space & Science Center [2], in Oakland, California. Selected in 2005 by the National Science Foundation [3] as a model program, TechBridge is an out-of-school program that engages girls in science, technology, and engineering activities. Since its inception, TechBridge has served more than 1,500 girls in five school districts through after-school and summer programs.
Each summer, educators interested in starting a similar program in their communities are invited to come and learn how to establish and run a successful science and technology program for girls. Participants will learn about best practices and will receive a binder and a CD-ROM with a year’s worth of lesson plans for hands-on activities. For more information about that opportunity, visit the Web site for the TechBridge Summer Institute [7].
For more information about this program, read "Give Girls a Chance: Building a Bridge to Science and Technology [8]."
Please feel free to post announcements here about other teacher summer institutes happening around the country this summer.
Links:
[1] http://www.techbridgegirls.org
[2] http://www.chabotspace.org
[3] http://www.nsf.gov
[4] http://www.edutopia.org/deborah-lowe-vandell
[5] http://www.edutopia.org/learning-one-one
[6] http://www.edutopia.org/new-day-for-learning
[7] http://www.techbridgegirls.org/programs_institute.asp
[8] http://www.edutopia.org/techbridge-science-technology-girls