Wise says the prompt at Sunday Scribblings. In the UK we have an organisation named WISE which aims to support educators and employers to inspire girls and women into the traditionally male dominated areas of Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering. The WISE website has loads of great resources to use in school and links to sites like ‘Nerdy Day Trips‘.
As a maths specialist I think it’s so important that young girls are encouraged to realise that they can be just as good at these subjects (if not better!) than the boys. I teach lots of girls who think that they either can’t compete with the boys or that they can’t be as good because they’re girls. Utter rubbish I always tell them! I go overboard to encourage them to try their best and try to change their belief that they can’t ever be any good at it.
The site is mainly aimed at secondary teachers but I’ve found some useful activities for primary school children, they just needed a little bit of adaptation.