New episode in time for #IWD where I get to talk to @astrokatross.bsky.social about the work of #IncludeHer - giving credit where credit is due for the science we're learning about today. australianhighlights.com.au/katross

Happy International Women's Day! We at #IncludeHer strive to ensure that #WomenInSTEM are visible in our high school curricula 💜 @astrokatross.bsky.social spoke with the amazing folks at Australian Highlights about our mission! Give it a listen here: australianhighlights.com.au/katross #IWD25

Check out this fantastic thread! 🧵💜

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧬🪐🧑‍🔬✨ A huge shout out to all the #WomenInSTEM for being amazing every day of the year 💪 Learn about some the incredible women scientists and their work at includeher.au/resources

"You learn a lot in hindsight, and while I didn’t realise it at the time, my high school physics teacher, a woman, had a huge impact on my motivation to pursue a career in physics." - @astronerdika.bsky.social, on how impactful role models are Read more: www.spaceaustralia.com/opinions/its...

@astronerdika.bsky.social is one of our incredible team members who has been with #IncludeHer since the start. She's written an incredible summary and opinion piece with @spaceausdotcom.bsky.social with everything you need to know about our paper 🔥

We're Behind The News! Thanks to ABC BTN for the amazing video of the impacts of our recent paper! Check out the fab interview below (including some surprise appearances from a couple of our authors!) www.abc.net.au/btn/classroo... #WomenInSTEM

Check out this paper! ✨ This research is outside my usual bubble, but is something I’m passionate about: #ScienceEducation and #WomenInSTEM We did a study and found a clear gender bias in senior high school science curricula across Australia 😱 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Out of 150 mentions of scientists in Australian STEM school curricula, only 1 is a woman. What century are we living in?? Check out the research article published today by the incredible group @includeher.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Research is truly collaborative, and our study was no different. Our team is from all around the country for various institutions and backgrounds. What we have in common? A passion for STEM and STEM education! 💜 #IncludeHer #WomenInSTEM

🚨Paper alert!🚨 Our IncludeHer paper is live 📝 #WomenInSTEM

This is really disappointing. Women in STEM rock and need more acknowledgment.

We studied high school STEM curricula to explore the representation of male & female scientists in these courses. We also checked if a name was mentioned because it's about the *person* (scientist) or if it's a law/idea *named after* the person (concept). The results vary dramatically!

Out of the 145 scientists mentioned in the high school curricula we studied, only 1 female scientist was named. Rosalind Franklin. This is a problem, and we are working with education depts. To fix this Learn about our mission at includeher.au

Let's break down our research across the states and territories. Only QLD and SA/NT curricula make any mentions of female scientists. 1 female scientist. Any guesses who?

We did some research on senior school science curricula across Australia. We looked at Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science 🧬🧪✨🪴 And what we found was both alarming and disappointing. Only 1 female scientist is mentioned across all courses 😱

Huge congrats to @astrokatross.bsky.social for starting the @includeher.bsky.social movement (trust me - go and follow!) with their research published in the Australian Journal of Education regarding the lack of women scientists in the Australian school curriculum and the plan to change this! 🔭🧪👩‍🔬

It's our research in the news!

Science is a *human* endeavour. And yet, we continue to teach students as if it were only a *male* endeavour. We're trying to change that. Welcome to #IncludeHer! We're a not-for-profit working to correct gender biases in science education, follow along to learn about our research!