Girls can do anything they set their minds to including starting their own small businesses like the girls in Brian Weisfeld and Nicole C. Kear’s The Startup Squad series!
Tamara Ireland Stone Spins One of the Year’s Best Middle Grade Tales With Her Coding-Focused, Tech-Savvy New Book “Click’d”
We’re giving away a copy of Click’d courtesy of our friends at Disney-Hyperion. Enter Here!!! Title: Click’d Author: Tamara Ireland Stone Release Date: September 7, 2017 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon Click’d is an amazing middle grade novel that reminds girls that they can do anything – including take on the tech […]
Required Reading for STEM Educators and Students – Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
Title: Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Author: Rachel Ignotofsky Release Date: July 26, 2016 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Genre(s): non-fiction Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon Did you know that a woman invented the calculator? How about that another woman discovered the sun’s chemical composition? And another conducted the famous “Doll Experiment” from Brown v Board […]
“Secret Coders” Has A Great Premise But Falls Short of Expectations
Secret Coders Author: Gene Luen Yang Artist: Mike Holmes Series: Secret Coders #1 Release Date: September 29, 2015 Publisher: First Second Genre(s): Middle Grade, Graphic Novel, Coding, STEAM Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I wanted to love Secret Coders. I really did. I love the idea of STEAM programming in general and when I was […]
Marvel’s Ant-Man Micro-Tech Challenge
Disney, Marvel Studios, Dolby Laboratories, Visa Signature and Raspberry Pi have teamed up to put together Marvel’s Ant-Man Micro-Tech Challenge! The contest is an awesome and innovative way to encourage young girls to get involved in Science, Technology, Engineering , and Mathematics (STEM) programs. Here are some details: The challenge invites girls […]