Exit this survey Are Students' Perceptions of Scientists Changing? NSTA Reports wants to know who students think can be scientists—do they think most scientists are white males or do they see potential scientists in everyone? Question Title 1. Do most of your students hold a stereotypical view that scientists are most likely to be white males? Yes No Question Title 2. How would you describe the prevalence of this stereotype compared to 10 years ago? About the same number of students believe scientists are most likely to be white males Fewer students believe that scientists can come from any demographic group than they did 10 years ago More students are aware that scientists can come from any demographic group More students are aware that science can be a diverse field, but do not connect those opportunities with their own demographic group Question Title 3. How does the number of minority and/or female students pursuing advanced or elective science courses in your school or district correlate to overall enrollment? Minority and/or female students are underrepresented compared to overall enrollment The percentage of minority and/or female students correlates to overall enrollment A higher percentage of minority and/or female students take advanced or elective science courses compared to overall enrollment Question Title 4. Does your school or district offer programs targeted toward increasing the diversity of the students in science programs? Yes No Question Title 5. If so, what are the programs? Question Title 6. In your classroom, do you incorporate lessons or use other teaching materials that encourage students of color and/or girls to study science and pursue science careers? Yes No Question Title 7. If yes, please describe briefly. If no, why not? Optional: It's helpful to us to know a little about you when we analyze the survey results. Question Title 8. What is your professional role? Educator Administrator Other Question Title 9. Level: Elementary Middle School High School Institution of Higher Learning Informal Education Setting Question Title 10. Location: State: -- select state -- AL AlabamaAK AlaskaAS American SamoaAZ ArizonaAR ArkansasCA CaliforniaCO ColoradoCT ConnecticutDE DelawareDC District of ColumbiaFM Federated States of MicronesiaFL FloridaGA GeorgiaGU GuamHI HawaiiID IdahoIL IllinoisIN IndianaIA IowaKS KansasKY KentuckyLA LouisianaME MaineMH Marshall IslandsMD MarylandMA MassachusettsMI MichiganMN MinnesotaMS MississippiMO MissouriMT MontanaNE NebraskaNV NevadaNH New HampshireNJ New JerseyNM New MexicoNY New YorkNC North CarolinaND North DakotaMP Northern Mariana IslandsOH OhioOK OklahomaOR OregonPW PalauPA PennsylvaniaPR Puerto RicoRI Rhode IslandSC South CarolinaSD South DakotaTN TennesseeTX TexasUT UtahVT VermontVI Virgin IslandsVA VirginiaWA WashingtonWV West VirginiaWI WisconsinWY Wyoming Other: Thanks for your time! Done