In South Carolina, Oakbrook Middle Media Specialist, Rebecca Webb and Technology coach Katie Edmunds are focused on bringing the underrepresented group into the world of tech and STEM careers. Webb said that she took notice of how many female students wanted to learn about science, technology, and engineering. As a result, Webb and Edmunds started the “Girls with Gears Club.”
Webb added about the club, “We wanted to focus on the girls in our school to try and encourage them to seek team opportunities in the world and think critically about the world around them,”
The club is primarily made up of thirty 4th through 8th grade girls that meet during lunchtime in the courtyard.
The club is still looking for 3-D pens so that students can create 3-D models and a Bristlebots kit to introduce the girls to robotics.
Webb added that, “This would give them an opportunity to let them be around like mined girls that they can relate to and thinking about their future. It builds that sense of community that we are trying to build in middle school,”
Anybody that wishes to help can do so by donating to this Donor’s Choose project and becoming a Classroom hero. All donations made to the club are also tax deductible. Donor’s Choose collects money from donations and then purchases the needed items and sends them to the teacher that needs said items.
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