Biology Honors
Marymount High School
a journey into the living world!

Judith S. de Nuño

jdenuno@mhs-la.org

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Science at Marymount

Daily at Lunch in the

Science Patio

Cyber Office Hours

AIM: teachsci23

Title: Women in Science

Purpose:

• to determine conceptions about women in science
• to determine the relation of field of study, time period, socio~cultural factors, and number of women in science
• to practice organizing data
• to practice graphing data

Materials:

• Extraordinary Women Scientists by Darlene R. Stille
• Lab notebook
• Colored pens/pencils
• ruler

Procedure:

• Prepare a data chart with the following headings: name, dates, field of study, socio~cultural factors
• Fill in the chart with information from Extraordinary Women Scientists by Darlene R. Stille
• Prepare bar graphs representing the data:
  • Field of Study (x) vs Number of Women (y)
  • Time Period (x) vs Number of Women (y)
  • Other....you decide!!!

Results:

• Data charts and graphs
  

Discussion:

1. State your overall impression about the relation of field of study, time period, socio~cultural factors, and number of women in science.
   • Suppot this by answering the following questions
   • Which field has the most women
   • Which field has the least
   • Which time period has the most women represented
   • etc.....
   • How might the data be affected by the author of the book?
     
     

Conclusion:

• (A one sentence testable statement that follows from your results, what you did, what you observed)
• For this activity use the following format:

  The number of women in science is .............than in..............
  

Reflection:

• (A personal statement about the activity, whether it relates to "real life," whether you liked it, suggested improvements.....)