Curricula

Activities & Experiences

Resources for Activities & Experiences

• Some Noted Female Scientists
• Possible Careers List
• Gender Chip Film Discussion Questions
• Curriculum Formal Assessment Tool

Some Noted Female Scientists

(Sources: Infoplease and 4000 Years of Women in Science)

Maria Gaetena Agnesi- Italian mathematician

Mary Anning – British geologist

Elizabeth Blackwell-US physician

Mary E. Britton-African-American physician

Cornelia Clapp- US marine biologist

Sur Juana Inez de la Cruz, Mexican astronomer, musician, artist

Marie Curie-French chemist and physicist

Gertrude Belle Elion, US pharmacologist

Dian Fossey- US primatologist

Anna Freud- British psychoanalyst

Jane Goodall-British ethologist

Grace Hopper, US computer scientist and naval admiral

Hypatia-Greek mathematician

Mae C. Jemison-US astronaut and physicist

Elizabeth Kenny-Australian nurse

Sonya Kovalevsky- Russian mathematician

Mary Douglas Leakey, British archaeologists and paleontologist

Margaret Meade- US anthropologist

Maria Montessori-Italian physician and educator

Niebla Elvia US environmental scientist

Ellen Ochoa- Hispanic engineer and astronaut

Eliza Lucas Pickney- US horticulturalist

Sally K. Ride-US astrophysicist and astronaut

Ellen Churchill Semple-US geographer

Mary Edwards Walker-US surgeon and feminist

Rosalyn Sussman Yallow-US medical physicist

[The teacher or class may develop their own list, if they choose.]

Possible STEM Careers List

Agricultural extension agent

Soil or water chemist

Civil Engineer

Organic chemist

Computer software designer

Hospital laboratory analyst

Hurricane chaser (meteorologist)

Amusement park ride designer

Astronaut/physicist

Zoological Dietician

Astronomer

Middle school math teacher

Petrochemical engineer

Brain surgeon

Robot designer

Prosthetics designer

Veterinarian

[The teacher/mentor or class may develop their own list, if they choose.]

Additional Gender Chip Film Discussion Questions:

1. What did _____ do to prepare for her career?
2. What were the important career decisions she had to make?  What did she decide?
3. Given the same situation what decisions would you have made?  Why?
4. How did she reflect her strength and independence through her choices?
5. What about you observed suggests that she will be able to be successful in a career usually dominated by men?