{"id":19182,"date":"2018-03-12T12:40:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=19182"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:49:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T17:49:22","slug":"girls-becoming-future-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/how-girls-are-the-future-of-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"How Girls are becoming the Future of STEAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid the rising chorus<\/span> of women\u2019s voices demanding workplace equality in the U.S. and around the world, two fearless female-led STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) student clubs in Washington State and New Jersey are proving that girls and women are the future of the STEAM workforce, and the Samsung has helped them discover their own path with STEAM along the way.<\/p>\n

\"Cassie<\/a>

Cassie Mann, Gracie Britt and Cara Longman gather afterschool to create engineering solutions as part of Lakewood High School\u2019s Girls in STEAM Club.<\/p><\/div>\n

Every year, Samsung\u2019s Solve for Tomorrow Contest aims to bridge the skills and gender gap in these fields by challenging students to solve a problem in their local community through hands-on STEAM learning. At Lakewood High School, in Lakewood, Washington, the Girls in STEAM Club earned a Solve for Tomorrow state finalist slot in the 2016-17 contest<\/a> for developing a solution for protecting non-invasive species in local lakes. Lakewood\u2019s 9th<\/sup>-grade science teacher, Dani Leach, was thrilled to support the club as it took on the challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sciences are typically male-dominated fields, which can be intimidating and deter female students from participating,\u201d Leach said.<\/strong> \u201cThe idea of the Solve for Tomorrow Contest is incredibly exciting, because it allows students the ability to pursue their own interests and gives them a platform where they are encouraged \u2013 and praised \u2013 for doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Studies suggest that lack of encouragement and lack of female role models, as well as negative peer pressure, all combine to depress girls\u2019 participation rate in STEAM fields, but at P.S. 5 Middle School in Jersey City, NJ the school\u2019s five-member all-girls STEAM Club from 2016 has become role models for their peers.<\/p>\n

Albert Padilla, the school\u2019s 7th<\/sup>-grade science teacher, guided the STEAM Club throughout the Solve for Tomorrow contest in 2016 and the club went on to clinch one of the state finalist slots with their project to improve local air quality.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe realize that we have power, and we can do anything that boys can do,\u201d said Lailany M.<\/strong>, a student who worked on the winning P.S. 5 project. \u201cI think it\u2019s important that girls get more involved in STEAM.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since being named a 2016 Solve for Tomorrow national finalist<\/a>, P.S. 5\u2019s STEAM club membership has exploded and now boasts 30 girls as members, up from the original 5 members. Four of the club members who worked on the winning project now attend STEAM-focused high schools and have their sights set on careers in engineering.<\/p>\n

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\"Students<\/a>

Students of the female-led STEAM club at P.S. 5 School in New Jersey volunteer before and after school to cultivate their passion for STEAM fields by collaborating and developing projects with their peers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Padilla said girls bring something extra to the STEAM conversation: Empathy and passion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Solve for Tomorrow Contest provided me the opportunity to incorporate problem-based learning into the classroom to get our students \u2013 and females specifically \u2013 involved in science and engaged in the local community so they can all be global citizens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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