Multimedia Science Kits: A Museum Project on Women Scientists and Their Research

Abstract

ABSTRACT The University of Nebraska State Museum (UNSM) is creating multimedia outreach kits on the research of women scientists. The collaborative effort has included Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, curricula developers, biographers, graphic designers, and evaluators. The goal of the project is to increase the number of girls interested in pursuing careers in science, and to this end, women scientists are presented as role models. Wonderwise kits target students in grades four through six through student‐centered, inquiry‐based activities, specimens and tools, videos of the scientists working in the field, resource‐based CD‐ROMs, and short biographies of the scientists. This project presents a model of how museums can collaborate with schools to improve science education on a statewide basis.

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