11 Feb 2021 International Day of Women and Girls in Science

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Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science.  A useful acronym to know is STEM which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.  Why do you think that women are still underrepresented in the world of scientific research?  What needs to be done to tackle this issue?  Do you personally know a woman or girl who is interested in a STEM field?  Do you know of a famous woman in STEM?  Please feel free to comment below and share with us.  

Here are some videos about the topic.  Remember that you can always enable subtitles and adjust the speed of videos on YouTube to help you understand better.
Can you name any female inventors? https://youtu.be/anrxawJCFQs
https://youtu.be/W53Ks824GTA
https://youtu.be/iRZx4Dz3vkE
https://youtu.be/-uwtyEDWRDw
https://youtu.be/pUnF7UGcIhA
https://youtu.be/sulLvR0u-2Q
https://youtu.be/6-k6vzpF-SI

Movies/Films about women in STEM fields:
Hidden Figures about NASA mathematicians https://youtu.be/5wfrDhgUMGI
Radioactive about Marie Curie https://youtu.be/mU0oOUTo5zo
Agora about Hypatia of Alexandria https://youtu.be/uOXKF1mb9Hc