Students collect, record, and organize data in the form of a report. Student handouts are posted on the site and may be copied by teachers. The site contains animated graphics and audio clips.
Collaboration is encouraged.
Our sites are hand-selected and updated daily. Students collect data and then share infomation via the internet and make predictions about why the data is diferent between the schools. The Project does this through numerous avenues, including the hosting of field trips to high tech industry offices, sponsorship of career day conferences, disseminating information to high schools, and coordinating interviews for Backyard Girls with industry role models. In addition, the Backyard Project sponsors a summer computer camp for girls interested in careers in the computer industry. The camp provides each girl with an environment where they can immerse themselves freely in the technology and meet women from the computer industry.