Our 7 and 8th grade students completed a unit on minorities, specifically women, in STEM. During the unit, students learned more about the West Computers, female African American mathematicians who worked at NASA from the 40’s through the Space Race. The essential questions being posed were: How have race and gender impacted education and career access? What implications do these factors play today?
The students researched those individuals, the era, and each student also selected another minority in STEM to research. As part of the unit, they will saw Hidden Figures, which is about the West Computers.
They went to Arclight Cinema to see the movie Hidden Figures. Thank you to FoSN and Arclight for helping to make the trip happen!
The students researched those individuals, the era, and each student also selected another minority in STEM to research. As part of the unit, they will saw Hidden Figures, which is about the West Computers.
They went to Arclight Cinema to see the movie Hidden Figures. Thank you to FoSN and Arclight for helping to make the trip happen!
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