Girls and Women in Science - February 11

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Today is  International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day, Get Out Your Guitar Day, Make a Friend Day, Inventor's Day, Peppermint Patty Day, Extraterrestrial Visitor Day, and White T-Shirt Day

Black History Month Resource of the Day: Mae Jemison

• The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers: Mae Jemison
• Mae Jemison: Starship
• Mae Jemison: The Cosmic Dance
• Mae Jemison: I Wanted to Go To Space
• Mae Jemison: On When a Scientist Visits Star Trek
• Mae Jemison: First African American Woman in Space
• Sesame Street: Play Astro Team Alpha with Mae Jemison

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Girls and Women in Science

ON THIS DATE

• 1812 - Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering." 
• 1945 - President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin sign the Yalta Agreement, laying out the governance of post-WWII Europe.
• 1990 - Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison in South Africa after 27 years.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1802 - Abolitionist and activist Lydia Maria Child
• 1847 - Inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison
• 1855 - Artist ad author Ellen Day Hale
• 1936 - Actor Burt Reynolds
• 1962 - Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow
• 1964 - Politician Sarah Palin
• 1969 - Actor Jennifer Aniston

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Sheryl Crow  - If It Makes You Happy - LISTEN

THEME:  Girls and Women in Science

• Grades K-2 - Arthur - Great Men and Women in Science (2:07) - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - GIRL Power! - Power up with Innovation! (3:28) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - SciGirls Collection (242 Videos)  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 - Fly Girls: Women in Aerospace (29:59) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Why Did I Become a Scientist? - Alice Muna, Fire Protection Engineer (1:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Why Did I Become a Scientist? - Vicki Chavez, Chemical Engineer (1:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Why Did I Become a Scientist? - Karen McDaniel, Mechanical Engineer (1:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl Collection (53 Videos)  - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - WPSU Women in Science Profiles (10 Videos) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Women in Science Profiles - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - WISE: Women In Science and Engineering (1:24:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS Video - Exploring NC - Women of Science (Rachel Carson inspires women scientists) (27:02) -  VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Why Are We Still Raising Girls to Avoid Science? (3:48) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339