| Formation | December 27, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Type | NGO |
| Website | www |
Science Cheerleader is an informal group of present and past professional cheerleaders employed in or studying STEM fields, that is, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It is organized around a web site. Objectives include inspiring interest in STEM among school girls, teaching basic science principles and involving ordinary people in scientific projects.
Goals
editScience Cheerleaders partners with the Pop Warner Little Scholars[1]
Criticism
editReferences
edit- ^ "Citizen Science Cheerleading Project". Pop Warner Little Scholars. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- Darlene Cavalier is founder and coordinator. Wikilink her page when this is complete (and any other members w/WP pages
- "Media coverage" at the official website gives lots of reliable sources
- lots of google hits... and quite a few members of the SciCL are notable and have WP articles
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/mar/HQ_M11-054_NASA_Women.html http://www.newsweek.com/meet-science-cheerleader-darlene-cavalier-fired-physics-and-biology-and-chemistry-222230 http://cs.astronomy.com/asy/b/daves-universe/archive/2015/06/01/greetings-from-the-world-science-festival-star-party.aspx http://thepenngazette.com/science-science-sis-boom-bah/ http://historiann.com/2010/11/27/science-cheerleaders-feminist-fail/ http://phys.org/news/2014-03-microbe-growth-international-space-station.html http://www.statepress.com/article/2015/02/asu-professor-science-cheerleaders-break-stereotypes-one-cheer-at-a-time/