3 Essentials to Turn Girls Onto STEM
Stephanie Espy, author of STEM Gems, talks about several ways to interest girls in STEM at an early age.The benefits of early exposure to foreign languages, music, travel, and sports on a child’s developing brain are well studied. The early years become the...
The Hardest Lesson I’ve Ever Taught
Matt McKee, Microsoft engineer and volunteer technology teacher, talks about how he thinks about and handles gender issues in the classroom. “Haha, you need help from a girl!”He’s a 5th grader in the robotics club I help run. He’s 10, maybe 11, years...
How a Mother’s Love of Cookies and Chemistry Made STEM a Core Piece of My Life
Stephanie Espy is the author of STEM Gems. A chemical engineer and graduate of MIT, UC Berkeley and Emory University, she tells the stories of 44 inspiring women in STEM to show girls and young women around the world a new set of women heroes to look up to. My mother...