Goals and objectives for participant learning at B-WISER’s science camp are as follows:
- Experience excitement, interest and motivation to learn about phenomena in the natural and physical world;
- Build confidence in the participant’s ability to generate and understand concepts in science;
- Participate in scientific activities and learning practices with others, using scientific language and tools;
- Broaden knowledge of science-related careers; and
- Plan to continue their scientific education.
Objectives for the B-WISER summer science camp are as follows:
- Provide hands-on laboratory experiments and demonstrations that are fun;
- Offer science classes in which girls are encouraged to draw conclusions from their data;
- Provide classes and activities in which the girls will use the process of scientific investigation; and
- Offer the opportunity for students to meet women who are successful in scientific fields.
Outcomes for the B-WISER summer science camp participants are as follows:
As a result of participating in B-WISER, girls will
- Increase self-confidence and interest in science;
- Enroll in science and mathematics classes in high school;
- Plan to go to college;
- Broaden knowledge of science-related careers; and
- Meet women who are successful in scientific fields.