I'm wondering if hands-on STEM focused camps could help attract females to STEM?
POWER Camp (Preparing Outstanding Women for Engineering Roles) is a National Summer Camp hosted at IUPUI in Indianapolis. It is open to incoming 9th graders to graduating high school seniors, it costs $210 (they have scholarships) and the students have to find their own way to get to the camp (they will pick you up and drop you off at the airport).
They have had great success in getting girls interested in engineering careers and have had students from all over the US take part in the program.
As part of POWER Camp students also get to visit the Indiana Robotics Invitational (IRI) on Friday from 9:30am - 1:00pm.
They have 40 slots available and are starting to fill fast, I would love to see more FIRST students involved with the camp. PM me if you have more questions.
Information Page:
http://www.engr.iupui.edu/infofor/co...power-camp.php
Application:
http://www.engr.iupui.edu/infofor/co...0for%20web.pdf