SMART Girls Program at Penn College in Williamsport

Here is a link to a program for 7th and 8th grade girls interested in Science and Math.   http://www.pct.edu/smartgirls/  The program is on Saturday October 2nd.  The registration deadline is Monday September 27th.   Here is a description of the program:

Pennsylvania College of Technology developed Science and Math Applications in Real-World Technologies (SMART) Girls to counter an alarming academic and social trend: Girls tend to shy away from math and sciences as they enter adolescence and their important high school years.

SMART Girls provides young females, in grades 7 - 11, the opportunity to experience math and science as a foundation for careers in technology. Hands-on experiences will range from crushing concrete (working with compression strength) to cyber challenges (creating Web pages).

This project is funded, in part, by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-270), under the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Career and Technical Education, and in part by Pennsylvania College of Technology.