2008 Mini-Grant Awards

The Pacific Northwest Girls Collaborative Project (PNWGCP) is proud to announce the latest mini-grant awardees. Please check out the projects to learn more about the great work happening at these organizations. Mini-grant awardees will provide outcome information and presentations at the next PNWGCP event.

• Got Curiosity - AWSEM Symposium for Young Women
  Collaborating Organizations: AAUW-Ashland and AWSEM
  Girls Served: Grades 6-8
  
  AWSEM (Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics) Southern Oregon University's Symposium for Young Women introduced 100 southern Oregon middle school girls to professional women role models and hands-on workshops in science, math, engineering, and technology.
• Media Boot Camp
  Collaborating Organizations: Reel Grrls and King County Superior Court Juvenile Probation Department
  Girls Served: Ages 15-18
  
  This three-day intensive project allowed low-income, "at-risk" teen girls with little or no prior video production skills to learn how to conceive, write, shoot, edit, and animate a short video piece. The project was designed to help the girls overcome "technophobia" in an all-girl environment by learning video production skills.
• Hillsboro/Forest Grove High School Girls in STEM
  Collaborating Organizations: Pacific University and AAUW-Hillsboro/Forest Grove
  Girls Served: Grade 11
  
  This one-day event was held at Pacific University for high school junior girls who demonstrated ability in science, technology, or math. Women in STEM careers described their work and how they moved from high school to their present status. The girls also toured the science facility at Pacific University.
• Palouse Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair
  Collaborating Organizations: AAUW-Dayton, Palouse Discovery Science Center, and Graduate Women in Science - Psi Chapter (WA)
  Girls Served: Grade 5
  
  This grant sent 5th grade girls from Dayton, WA to the Washington State University (WSU) Neuroscience Fair to judge 24 science projects developed by WSU neurophysiology undergraduates. The program also helped the Dayton girls prepare their own science projects with AAUW mentors for their upcoming local science fair.
• Women in Neuroscience
  Collaborating Organizations: Graduate Women in Science - Psi Chapter (WA) and Palouse Discovery Science Center
  Girls Served: Ages 15-18
  
  High school girls in the Palouse region of eastern Washington and northern Idaho visited the newest exhibition, "Brain Power," at the Palouse Discovery Science Center and were recruited to become "Youth Explainers" at the science center. The girls learned about possible career choices in neuroscience and met with regional brain scientists.
• Girls and the Environment: Connection to Pre-Service Teacher Preparation
  Collaborating Organizations: WSU Spokane CityLab and the Woodland Park Zoo
  Girls Served: K-12 Science Teachers
  
  At the one-day "Girls and the Environment" (GATE) workshop at the Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle, WA), university science methods faculty members met with governmental agencies and informal science education representatives. The workshop emphasized ways to build confidence and competence of K-12 girls out-of-doors and in the study of environmental subject areas.
• TechREACH: Girls/Mentors Soaring Together
  Collaborating Organizations: Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology and the Museum of Flight
  Girls Served: Ages 11-14
  
  The Museum of Flight (Seattle, WA) partnered with TechREACH to provide an innovative and educational experience to create strong bonds between girl participants and their mentors. Activities included an interactive simulated space exploration mission, "a day in the life of a pilot," including a virtual flight, and a self-guided tour of the Museum galleries.