National Science Foundation (NSF)

• NSF and the Girl Scouts of America have produced Girls Go Tech, an interactive website that provides activities that encourage girls to become interested in how things work. The website has information on role models and career ideas that can spark young women’s curiosity about science, math, and engineering. Located at http://www.girlsgotech.org, the site also offers resources for parents and teachers.

• NIH’s career database, called LifeWorks, enables students, parents, mentors, advisors, and guidance counselors to research more than 100 careers and learn what the jobs entail on a daily basis, what the salary is, and how much education is required. LifeWorks also provides suggestions for high school and college courses that can help someone achieve success in a particular career. The site is constantly being updated, so the numbers of listed careers will continue to grow. Students can also choose to take a short survey (Career Finder) to help them determine which careers they might be interested in pursuing. LifeWorks can be found at http://science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks.

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