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Your students will love DragonflyTV's SciGirls, Science for girls, by girls! These DVDs feature a group of hip, racially diverse girls from around the country having fun with science and getting down and dirty — whether it’s digging in the bogs, playing taiko drums, building a doghouse, snorkeling, or playing sports. The girls are engaging — they make science colorful and fun, while explaining and demonstrating science concepts and serving as role models for your female students.

You as the teacher (or parent) will appreciate the activity guides and over four hours of videos featuring the middle- and high school-aged girls performing science activities ranging from building hovercrafts to experimenting with a twirling rope to making invisible ink. There’s even a 15-minute teacher-training case study video that shows how one program used SciGirls to teach science inquiry to girls. It will help guide you as you and your students (or children) carry out the activities.

SciGirls DVDs are in 2 volumes (2 hours each) with accompanying full-color activity guides (74 and 83 pages, see samples below) on a variety of science topics that will take your female students through the full science inquiry process, from questioning and planning the experiment to interpreting and communicating their results. You’ll be able to recreate the fun and exciting science experiments in each video with your students in the classroom!

Preview Minerologist (Requires Windows Media Player)

Also included in the each volume’s DVD is a set of 9 scientist profiles (see preview video clips below) featuring smart, energetic female scientists that showcase different science careers, such as mechanical engineering and behavioral science. Girls love to see other strong girls and women in powerful roles, and this positive modeling often encourages them to pursue their own occupational goals. Play any of the profiles as an inspirational stand-alone piece of video, or use the accompanying “Scientist Profile” worksheet to spark group discussion.

SciGirls will empower your girls to ask questions, communicate, and encourage one another. These bundles support collaborative, tactile learning that sets girls on the “science fast track” toward improved critical thinking skills, enhanced problem solving abilities, and ultimately, career success. Read below for a step-by-step guide to using the SciGirls bundles!

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Preview Video Clips of SciGirls Experiments and Scientist Profiles:

“Bogs” with Maya and Amy
(Requires Windows Media Player )

“Ridin’ on Air” with Sara and Rachel
(Requires Windows Media Player )

Carol Reiss, Marine Geologist
(Requires Windows Media Player )

“Microgravity” with Sammy and Thianna
(Requires Windows Media Player )

“Rollin’ Robots” with Sasha, Claire, and Emily
(Requires Windows Media Player )

Karin Block, Volcano Scientist
(Requires Windows Media Player )

Each of the 14 activities feature two parts:

Sample Icebreaker (PDF)

Sample Inquiry (PDF)

1. The first is an icebreaker activity. This is a quick and simple hands-on experiment to engage and entertain your girls (click the sample on the right).
2. The second part of each activity is a description of either a replication or an extension of a full science inquiry featured on the video library accompanying the activity guide (click the sample on the right). The full inquiry is something you may wish to do with your students, or it can serve as a model for a related experiment you and your girls develop. The video segments are clearly numbered in the activity description, so you can easily find them on the accompanying DVD menu. Each video segment runs a maximum of seven minutes.

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Step-by-step approach to using the materials in the SciGirls bundles:

1. Conduct the Icebreaker activity.
2. Kick off a discussion by asking a question relating to the full inquiry activity. Gather answers, and invite the girls to think about designing (even in rough form) an investigation related this discussion.
3. Play the accompanying video for that investigation. It is suggested that you play part of the video, do the experiment with your students, then return to the end of the video afterwards to compare the results.
4. Walk the girls through the parts of a full inquiry (choosing, questioning, planning, predicting, experimenting, interpreting, communicating). Ask your group to recall how the girls in the video fulfilled each part of the inquiry. You may choose to have them fill out the “SciGirls Skills” worksheet as a guide.
5. With the video investigation as a model, let the girls decide what they want to do. They can do their own version of the video inquiry, or make up their own related investigation.

SciGirls Meet Educational Standards!

SciGirls is founded on existing standards-based outreach resources, which teach the 7-part process of full inquiry:

1. Choosing
2. Questioning
3. Planning
4. Predicting
5. Experimenting/observing
6. Interpreting
7. Communicating

15-Minute Best Practice Teacher-Training DVD (EDTK091)

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Find out how the Girls in Mathematics and Science (GEMS) program in the Minneapolis School District used SciGirls to teach science inquiry to girls in their classroom! This teacher-training video will show you how SciGirls can:

• Support Open Communication
• Create a Harassment-Free Zone
• Connect to the Real World
• Encourage Open-Ended Questions

Testimonials:

“SciGirls was one of the most effective outreach projects [we’ve] ever conducted. This project captured the attention, imagination, and support of everyone it touched, from the educators and parents to the media and community leaders. The SciGirls themselves LOVED it and begged for it to continue.” -WSIU Public Broadcasting, Carbondale, IL

“I like making robots—it was so much fun! My partner Robyn and I made our robot go around in a circle for 8 seconds. I’m glad I joined SciGirls or I wouldn’t have a chance to do this.” -Ciera, age 13

“All week the girls worked on building their own rockets, which they launched in front of LPB [Louisiana Public Broadcasting] studios. It was the culmination of all their hard work and the girls loved the thrill of lift off!”
-Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Baton Rouge, LA

“I love SciGirls! It’s a blast and we do so many awesome projects. My favorite SciGirls trip was to the engineering school at SIU [Southern Illinois University]. We got to build hovercrafts and see one in the lake. And we are doing robots, making them spin!”
-Meredith, age 12

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