RB Sunrise donates to TechTrek
Posted by James Dunny
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| left to right: Rod Weiss, Vocational Services Committee Chairman; Irene Dunny, RB AAUW TechTrek coordinator; and Nasrin Barbee, RB Sunrise President |
Tech Trek is somewhat analogous to Rotary's RYLA program. The goal of Tech Trek is to encourage interest in science careers among the middle school age group of girls with the intent of supporting their development as leaders in the various fields of science.
Tech Trek is a California AAUW project with camps at
Stanford, UCSB, Cal State Fresno, Mills College, UCI, Whittier, and
UCSD. Our southern area will host 126 girls
at the Thurgood Marshall Campus of UCSD.
The purpose of Tech Trek is to build on the girls' excitement at
discovering science, to encourage them to continue their studies, and to
pursue a career in science. To that aim,
the evening of their first day at camp is spent hearing from several
women scientists. In past years speakers
have presented a wide range of careers including optometry, civil
engineering, hazardous waste management, nuclear physics, animal behavior,
nutrition, and police investigation. This is a perfect introduction to a
week spent learning about the science involved in each career.
The daily schedule includes core classes in the morning, field trips in the afternoon and science based activities in the evening. Girls choose from core classes in physics, chemistry, biology, physiology, geology, and computer technology. Field trips may include visits to the Cove at La Jolla (where the girls learn to snorkel) Quail Botanical Gardens in Leucadia, Sea Camp in Mission Bay, and a tour of the UCSD campus led by the woman civil engineer who designed some of the buildings.
Each year the classes are planned and taught by classroom teachers. Two of the teachers are from Bernardo Heights Middle School.Several classes will produce special projects. The physics class will design, build and set off small rockets. Computer tech kids will produce public service ads for which they research information on the internet, write scripts, act, and film. Physiology class will learn dissection skills. The classes are very interactive and introduce the girls to complex scientific information.
AAUW was founded in 1898 with the goal of encouraging women to go to college and complete university degrees. Today the group also works toward equity in the workplace and encouraging girls and young women to pursue their studies and to enter nontraditional careers, particularly science.
The daily schedule includes core classes in the morning, field trips in the afternoon and science based activities in the evening. Girls choose from core classes in physics, chemistry, biology, physiology, geology, and computer technology. Field trips may include visits to the Cove at La Jolla (where the girls learn to snorkel) Quail Botanical Gardens in Leucadia, Sea Camp in Mission Bay, and a tour of the UCSD campus led by the woman civil engineer who designed some of the buildings.
Each year the classes are planned and taught by classroom teachers. Two of the teachers are from Bernardo Heights Middle School.Several classes will produce special projects. The physics class will design, build and set off small rockets. Computer tech kids will produce public service ads for which they research information on the internet, write scripts, act, and film. Physiology class will learn dissection skills. The classes are very interactive and introduce the girls to complex scientific information.
AAUW was founded in 1898 with the goal of encouraging women to go to college and complete university degrees. Today the group also works toward equity in the workplace and encouraging girls and young women to pursue their studies and to enter nontraditional careers, particularly science.