Direct Action to Increase Women in Physics:
How You Can Help the Physics Community
This interactive workshop invites participants to join a national movement to increase the number of women in physics by reaching high school physics teachers and enlisting them to inspire more women to pursue physics as undergraduates.
While nearly half of the students taking physics in high school are women, only 20% of the students interested in physics majors in college are women. How can you help to change this pattern? Together with a team of high school physics teachers, physics education researchers have developed two high school physics class lessons and a guide for everyday actions that have been shown to increase the interest of high school women in physics careers. Join us to learn about this exciting program to help high school teachers encourage women to pursue physics careers and how you can help change the way high school students view their future in physics.
Learn more at stepup4women.org.