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Academic Vocabulary Instruction within Inquiry Science: The Blended/Tiered Approach.
David T. Crowther, Erin Tibbs, Rebecca Wallstrum, Elisa Storke, and Bernadette Leonis. AccELLerate! The quarterly review of the National Clearninghouse for English language acquisition. STEM for English Learners. Summer 2011, 3:4. www.ncela.gwu.edu
Girls in STEM: 2013 Mentorship Resources and Updates.
Huffington Post. Opportunity for girls to sign up as mentees is currently closed, but they are still accepting applications for mentors. Check back for openings.
FabFems.
New website for girls and women seeking role models in STEM! Responding to national data concerning the lack of women in science and engineering, the National Girls Collaborative Project
is leveraging their collaborative network, industry partners, professional organizations, and institutions of higher education to implement the FabFems Project. The first phase of our website will serve exclusively as a directory of women in STEM fields, highlighting personal stories and career pathways. http://www.fabfems.org/about
Northern Nevada MESA Program
Contact: College of Engineering, UNR
4 Ways to Recruit Girls to Try Computer Science
Code.org
Girls in Tech Las Vegas, a nonprofit organization
Black Girls Code. Imagine. Build. Create
Las Vegas has a group
Hilts, Alexis. Roadmap to Closing the Gender Gap. Paper by Alexis Hilts, UNLV student, 2014.
Purcell, Karen. Unlocking Your Brilliance: Smart Strategies for Women to Thrive in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Greenleaf Book Group Press: Austin, TX, 2012.