Getting more girls into science

Jennifer Ouellette and her commenters discuss how: Geek grrls: the next generation

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Thanks for the link - I forwarded it to my daughter who is a ChemE major, and had a GREAT HS Chem teacher. Maybe she can help the Next Gen too.