Bringing programming -- and social change -- to girls

Bringing programming -- and social change -- to girls 06/08/2016 02:59 AM EDT Survey after survey has shown a lack of women engaged in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. It's an utterly human problem, but one group of eighth-grade girls recently experimented with a way to address at least one aspect of it -- with robots. The students, participating in a program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) called ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=138790&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News and Discoveries item. This e-mail update was generated automatically based on your subscription to the category listed above. Some updates may belong to more than one category, resulting in duplicate messages.   Subscriber Services: Manage Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Help  |  Contact NSF   Follow NSF:    This email was sent to mantiskhiralla@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111