Goal:

To create a greater awareness of the contributions of women and minorities contributions in the sciences, math, computers, and technology. Too often, women and minorities are still not guided into what was formerly thought to be a "non-traditional" career such as engineering, physics, and computers, etc. When in reality, womenís and minorities contributions to and success in these fields are well documented. American Association of University Women and National Womenís History Project and other education resources will be utilized and shared.

Outcomes:

1) To help young women and minorities realize that they, too, should consider planning for one of these exciting specialized and well paying careers by taking the appropriate math and science courses in high school.

To help young women and minorities realize that they will gain valuable (and transferable job skills) for a variety of careers by seeking to study more math and science whatever their ultimate career choice.

3) To help studentsí teachers, advisors, and parents obtain useful resource information in also supporting goals 1 and 2.

I designed a bingo type quiz sheet for this game that asks questions about women and minorities contributions tied to a publication purchased from the National Womenís History Project that each participant is given. Participants work in groups to discover the answers, and in the process, read articles about women and minorities contributions and successes. There are page clues for each question to help guide them to the answers. Teamwork and collaboration are an important part of this fun activity.

After participants work together in teams on the quiz sheet for 15 ñ 20 minutes, the teams then compete against each other in a "lightening round" which has teams answering each question. Each team has a buzzer they must push before they give an answer. Each team with the right answer gets a point (even if they are not the first to signal their buzzer). Team point totals are tallied after all the questions have been answered and the winning team receives a special prize such as free registration to the EYH Conference for each person on the winning team. All participants may keep their quiz game resource materials purchased for them by the ISU Department of Physics. The studentsí host teachers also receive some resource materials for their classroom and school library. Students are then invited to review a sample exhibit of additional career resource materials brought as a display.

Grace Foote Johns Presenter Bio:

As the Assistant to the Chairperson, Illinois State University Physics Department, I developed this Women in Science and Math HERstory Quiz Game workshop for presentation to 5th ñ 10th girls in response to the need for more inclusive mentoring for pre-college young people. For the Physics Department, I developed an extensive career and multicultural resource collection which I drew upon to create this workshop. As a 13 year Board Member of the Expanding Your Horizons Through Science and Mathematics Conference, I help to organize EYH Conferences and other related events throughout the year. I was honored to be recognized for my contributions to the EYH Conference at its 14^th Annual EYH Conference held Saturday, March 20, 2004. I hold a bachelors and masters in communication from ISU. I will complete a Graduate Certificate in Womenís Studies in August 2004. I am also a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations with a focus on career mentoring equity and diversity of underrepresented groups in science careers.

This workshop has been presented to the following organizations and I am now opening it up to more schools for presentation at their school for no charge (courtesy of the ISU Department of Physics):

The Expanding Your Horizons Conference ñ March 2001, March 2002, March 2003, and March 2004

The Baby Fold Festival of Trees Kidís Activities ñ November 2000 and November 2001

Hudson Elementary School -- 2002

Related exhibits were installed for these organizations:

Expanding Your Horizons Conference ñ Each March 1992 through 2002

Normal Public Library ñ Womenís History Month Exhibits each March from 1993 through 2004

(The 2004 exhibit involved a pen pals exchange between Delavan High School students and

women professionals and was featured in the March 12, 2004 Pantagraph under the headline

Illinois State University Founders Day Eventñ 2000

Bloomington Sesquicentennial History Exhibits ñ July 2000

And various other ISU Physics Department open houses