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This 5-page paper, provided by the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science, discusses a computer game that uses techniques such as gender-neutral characters and storytelling to help get female and male students interested in higher-level mathematical and strategic...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the conceptualization of size for younger students. Based on the book What’s Smaller Than A Pygmy Shrew? by Robert E. Wells, students start by thinking about the size of the pygmy shrew and its functionality on a...

This page from the U.S. Department of Energy's WINDExchange Program provides curricula and teaching materials about wind energy for elementary, middle, and high school students. Some featured links include the 4-H Group's Wind Curriculum, which includes a youth guide, a facilitators guide, and...

In this 6-page document, Chris Hancock and Scot Osterweil explain a computer game, the Logical Journey of the Zoombinis. The intent of this computer game is to make math fun for girls and young women, while introducing concepts such as logical relationships, graphing and algebra. This paper may be...