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科學創造力：密蘇里西南部的科學教育傳統
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雖然著名的科學家居禮夫人是位女性，但女孩子很少被鼓勵學習科學及數學。然而情況已漸漸改變。
密蘇里西南部所舉辦的「開拓您的科學及數學視野」(Expanding
Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics)是一個數學／科學網路會議節目。這項會議是用來鼓勵女孩子培養科學及數學方面的興趣，並激勵她們將來從事工程、資訊科學及生物學方面的工作。出席這個會議的女孩子約為200至500人。其中包括各式由女性科學家、數學家及工程師所主持的研討會。
研討會的活動內容也包含了讓學生邊做實驗邊學習的課程，如：學習光線、視覺及顏色的化學作用。另一個研討會則讓學生將玩具拆解開來，以便他們瞭解玩具的運作原理。而學生則可經由此項活動，瞭解應用在玩具上的磁性、電力及氣壓原理，而且他們也可將自製玩具帶回家。現場會透過摺紙術來傳授數學概念，因為學生在摺疊紙張時，會應用到各式原型及幾何圖案。另外，其他的研討會則教導學生如何製造機器人、如何拆組電腦及如何製作網頁。
Although the famous scientist Madame Curie was a woman, girls have not always been encouraged to study science and math. But that is changing.
Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics is a program of the Math/Science Network conference held in southwest Missouri. This conference helps to encourage girls' interest in science and math and urges them to consider careers in engineering, computer science, and biology. About 200 to 500 girls attend this conference. There are a variety of workshops led by women scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
Workshops include activities such as learning about light, vision, and the chemistry of colors while doing experiments. Another workshop teaches how toys work by allowing students to take some toys apart. They learn about magnets, electricity, and air pressure as they are used in toys, and they get to make their own toys to take home. Origami (the art of paper-folding) is used to teach math concepts as students fold paper into models and geometric designs. In other workshops, students learn how to make robots, how to take apart and put together computers, and how to make a Web page.
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