I am so glad that the new administration has finally placed science as a priority.  Even at the state level science education has taken a front page in the news.  I teach elementary science education to pre-service teachers and they are even getting more science teaching time in the classroom.

As we rediscover science in the elementary classroom have we left some students behind? I think we have.  I believe that girls and those students who come from a low socioeconomic home have been left behind in science education.  I have created a program to encourage girls from low socioeconomic homes to participate and perhaps even major in science.  I am targeting fifth grade girls for my program called Girls Leading Girls in Science.

It is a collaboration between our college, Belmont Abbey College, and a local elementary school.  We are so excited to host a day where the elementary students come to our campus paired with a college female STEM major and experience a college day.  We hope to encourage the fifth grade girls to attend college through our mentoring.

Science is for all students but sometimes we need to encourage groups who have and are still underrepresented.  Please contact me if you are interested in starting a Girls Leading Girls in Science at your college or local science

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