Throughout history women have made valuable contributions to these fields. Among these great women are a few of NASA's own, including Mae Jemison, Sally Ride, and Shannon Lucid. Provide a resource where teachers have access to information on gender equity in the classroom and materials that provide insight on reducing inequities especially in math and science. Participants in the project research the NASA women by reading profiles which chronicle the background, education, careers, and current work of the NASA women. They also have access to previous chats that have been archived The archived web chat dialogue also provides insightful information about the women.
Participants can then consult the chat calendar to register for desired chats.
All chats require preregistration which gives the ability to limit chats to a specific number of active participants ensuring a successful dialogue. Chats are always open for observing. Participants are comprised of students ranging in ages from middle school through college and adult education classes, educators, and parents. Students participating are usually logging in from a classroom or lab setting but do also include home schoolers, individual students in a classroom or resource center, after school clubs, special events or conferences, and specially arranged private chats. This is the first event of its kind in the world.