This project was especially designed for a third grade audience. The purpose of this exercise is to help children of younger ages, particularly third graders, understand what gender equity is, and how it is present in their classrooms, especially in their math and science lessons. Please take 5-10 minutes to draw a scientist.
Gender is the difference between boys and girls and how they act in the world.
Equity, sounds like the word equal which helps us understand that when things have equity they are equal. So, gender equity means that men and women are treated equally. Many scientific studies show that when boys and girls reach high school boys appear to be better in science and math. However, when looking at elementary school student's, studies show that girls are just as good as boys in reading, writing, and mathematics. In fact, elementary school girls tend to be better at computing things than boys.