This upbeat, very useful resource guide will give young women everything they need to start exploring and planning a career in science, math, or technology. Part I introduces readers to the many exciting career opportunities available in the sciences and provides specific strategies for planning for a future career in these areas. Part II recounts true stories of girls and young women in the sciences, detailing how they got involved and what they have accomplished. Part III offers timelines of extraordinary women throughout history, inspiring quotations, a list of Web sites specifically geared toward women in the sciences, suggestions for science-oriented computer software, and many other recommended resources. If you have an interest in science, this excellent guide, full of useful information, will start you on the path toward realising your career dreams.
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"...an excellent reference for encouraging middle and high school girls to consider and pursue careers in these fields." -- NSTA Recommends
"Librarians and career counselors in middle and high schools need copies of this book to share with young women students." -- Kliatt, November 2002
"This upbeat resource guide will give young women everything they need to start exploring and planning a career..." -- Adolescence, Winter 2002
"highly recommended as a valuable resource for all middle and high school mathematics and science educators and counselors." -- Mathematics Teacher, February 2003
"Librarians and career counselors in middle and high schools need copies of this book to share with young women students." -- Kliatt, November 2002
"This upbeat resource guide will give young women everything they need to start exploring and planning a career..." -- Adolescence, Winter 2002
"highly recommended as a valuable resource for all middle and high school mathematics and science educators and counselors." -- Mathematics Teacher, February 2003
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FRANCES A. KARNES, Ph.D., is the director of the Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
KRISTEN R. STEPHENS, Ph.D., is the support services coordinator for the Duke University Talent Identification Program, Durham, North Carolina.
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It has been predicted that by the year 2010 the need for qualified personnel in careers associated with science, mathematics, and technology will increase dramatically. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
atomic oxygen erosion, native mussels, reactive particles, female mathematicians, zebra mussels, first female president Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mathematician First, Ninth Grader, Nobel Prize, Equity Institute, Marie Curie, Hathaway Brown School, Chelsea House, Eighth Grader, United States, African American, Elizabeth Blackwell, Rachel Carson, Cascade Pass, Culver City, Case Western Reserve University, Children's Press, Florence Nightingale, North Carolina, Mississippi River, American Mathematical Society, International Space Station, Judith Love Cohen, Los Alamos, The University of Southern Mississippi New!
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It has been predicted that by the year 2010 the need for qualified personnel in careers associated with science, mathematics, and technology will increase dramatically. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
atomic oxygen erosion, native mussels, reactive particles, female mathematicians, zebra mussels, first female president Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mathematician First, Ninth Grader, Nobel Prize, Equity Institute, Marie Curie, Hathaway Brown School, Chelsea House, Eighth Grader, United States, African American, Elizabeth Blackwell, Rachel Carson, Cascade Pass, Culver City, Case Western Reserve University, Children's Press, Florence Nightingale, North Carolina, Mississippi River, American Mathematical Society, International Space Station, Judith Love Cohen, Los Alamos, The University of Southern Mississippi New!
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- Florence Nightingale (Great Women) by Ladybird Books on page 236, page 237, and page 239
- Marie Curie by Louis Sabin in Front Matter, and page 238
- Competitions: Maximizing Your Abilities by Ph.D. Frances A. Karnes on page 233, and Back Matter
- Elizabeth Blackwell: First Woman Doctor (Rookie Biographies) by Carol Greene on page 237
- Space Shuttle (Picture Library) by N. S. Barrett on page 240
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