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A program of Girls, Math & Science Partnership [GMSP]–Click! engages girls, ages 10–14, to solve mysteries and complete covert missions using important science concepts as agents-in-training. The program utilizes relatable narratives and cutting-edge technology, while encouraging tactile-based inquiry and real-world problem solving skills. Teen girls get a rare opportunity to explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and math through new media, hands-on experiments, and interactions with professional mentors from esteemed companies and universities.

The Click! Spy School summer camp has ran for several years onsite at Carnegie Science Center, sourcing surrounding neighborhood assets including a submarine, kayaking, Heinz Field, Delmonte Corporation, and the Mattress Factory art museum as locations woven into the program’s storyline. After receiving a MacArthur grant for the 2010 Digital Media Learning Competition, GMSP employed Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center to translate the Spy Camp into a web-based interactive program to address the gender gap in online gaming.Contact: braincake@carnegiesciencecenter[dot]org

A virtual Click! Spy School was established, outfitted with female senior agents who mentor and send mission-relevant messages to the agents- in-training. Click! programs commonly explore themes in biomedical science, environmental protection, and expressive technology. The Spy School’s first mission asks new recruits to support a senior agent in solving an environmental crisis in Africa. Additional activities may include water testing and conservation, circuitry, finger printing, DNA testing, GPS coordinates, simple java script commands, calculating carbon footprints, science trivia, and observation and investigation.

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nysciClick! Agent Training @NYSCI
for Design/Make/Play 1/13/12
Click! needs your help to stop an intelligence breach at the New York Hall of Science. We need you, our new recruits, to gather data on the in the Museum’s exhibition spaces. We’ll provide you with a brief training session, but remember, you’ll need to be resourceful and rely on your spy skills to help us protect one of America’s most important institutions. You’ll be in contact with three STEM professionals, close friends of The Agency, who will deliver your mission messages. Together, we can save the New York Hall of Science so that future generations of secret agents have a laboratory to hone their science skills.

Heather Mallak Emerging Technology Manager heather[dot]gmsp@gmail.com
Nina Barbuto Weekend Program Manager nina[dot]gmsp@gmail.com
Sandlin Seguin, PhD Scientist in Residence sandlin[dot]gmsp@gmail.com

Click! Spy School is a program of the Girls, Math & Science Partnership, an initiative of Carnegie Science Center Pittsburgh, PA