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Title: Engineer Girl : why be an engineer
Url: http://www.engineergirl.org/CMS/WhyBeAnEngineer.aspx
Contributor: National Academy of Engineeering (NAE) Celebration of Women in Engineering Project (author)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) (publisher)
Southern Company (initiator)
Texas Utilities (initiator)
ATand T Foundation (initiator)
National Academy of Sciences (validator)
Description: This section of the Engineer Girl website provides reasons why a girl might want to become an engineer. Reasons include job security, the ability to work on a wide variety of projects, and the oppportunity to make a difference in the world. This resource is appropriate for all users, particularly for girls and women, because it targets girls or women, informs girls and women about engineering as a career, shows how engineering can provide colutions to real-world problems, and uses inclusive images of girls of a variety of ethnic groups.
Classification: Science -- Careers -- Career awareness (ENC)
Science -- Engineering (ENC)
Format: Text/Plain
Image/JPEG
Language: English
Copyright: Copyright 2001 The National Academy of Sciences. All Rights Reserved
Subject: Science
Date Record Checked: 2005-10-06 (W3C-DTF)
Date Last Modified: 2009-09-01 10:39:36 (W3C-DTF)
Interactivity Level: Very low
Interactivity Type: Expositive
Instructional Method: Lessons and activities
Ethnicity: Uses inclusive images of people of ethnic minorities
Gender: Uses inclusive images of girls or women
Cost for user: No
Copyright restrictions: Yes
Learning Context: Intermediate elementary
Middle school
High school
Intended End User: Learner