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Sensing the Real World

 Research now confirms what teachers have been observing since we started using computers in the science and mathematics classroom. In general, girls just aren't as interested in technology as boys are.

The American Association of American Women's (AAUW) recent study, Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children, documents a diminishing gender gap in achievement in mathematics and science, with one exception --technology.

The study concludes, "While girls have narrowed the gender gaps in math and science, technology has become the new 'boys' club.'"

Only 17% of the high school students who took the Advanced Placement Computer Science test in 1997
were females - the lowest percentage of all tests given. AB Calculus is up to 47%, Chemistry is 42%,
Biology is 56%, and Physics, although still dismal, is over 20%. Complete data was published by the
College Board.

We created this class for girls to work in teams together. They can be themselves and feel free to be creative.