{"id":1453,"date":"2023-03-17T05:50:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T12:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2023-03-17T08:49:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:49:20","slug":"womens-history-month-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/womens-history-month-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My new Focus on STEM<\/em> column, Women’s History Month<\/a><\/em>, is in the March Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries<\/a><\/em> newsletter.<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> March is Women’s History Month. That’s a well-known fact. But did you know that March is also Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month? Item #3 on the “How to Observe Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month” list is “Share the stories of important women in the STEM field.” You can do that with these six picture book biographies for younger readers and three middle grade biographies for older readers.<\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2023 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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My new Focus on STEM column, Women’s History Month, is in the March Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter. Snippet: March is Women’s History Month. That’s a well-known fact. But did you know that March is also Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month? Item #3 on the “How to Observe Expanding Girls’ … <\/p>\n

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