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'''Project Lead: Sierra Bonn'''"Let's Go Full STEAM Ahead!" is an educational initiative to empower young women to see their potential within the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Of all the science, engineering, and tech workers in the United States, only 24% are women. To address this gender disparity, young women need to be encouraged to pursue their dreams. Starting with students at Colvin Elementary School, we have prototyped teaching methods to explore STEAM sith 2nd and 3rd-grade girls. At Girl Scout camp, we prototyped activities for their new Science and Engineering Exploration Badges. In Augusta Public Schools (elementary, middle, and high school), we will be prototyping short STEAM workshops that can be taught in 30 minutes-1 hour, that tie into what the students and teachers are already doing with their classrooms. == '''<span style="font-size:larger;">Strategy 14: Encouraging Students to Utilize Campus Resources</span>''' == === '''<span style="font-size:medium;">Tactic #1: Shocker Study Spaces</span>''' === '''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:small;">Project Lead: Maggie Brown</span></span>''' '''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span>'''<span style="font-size: small;">When interviewing students for session two, many of them made comments about only knowing to go to the Rhatigan Student Center, or RSC, when they have extra time but don't want to leave campus. There was also mention of not liking the RSC due to how loud and noisy it is. There are many places to go on campus that could be used by students as study spaces, but many students don't know where these places are located and don't want to seek them out. The purpose of Shocker Study Spaces is to make these locations known. The plan, as of now, is to get permission to mark the directories of buildings with stickers showing where these areas are, to put a vinyl wall decal that says "Shocker Study Space" in the locations, and to create maps of the buildings with the spaces marked. To start putting this plan into action, we will have to figure out with department, or department(s), we will need to work with to get permission to mark walls/directories, create the stickers, and the logo to go on the stickers. There is not yet a set date for this to be prototyped because there are still conversations that need to happen.</span>