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6 (Antedote): Get them interested early, give them some confidence with it, & a few of the tools they'll need. many young women (20's): didn't know they were interested in Sci ("never exposed to it"). → Interest not sparked in elem. sch., & not encouraged to explore it later. So.. A pgm like this is critical to ↑ # of kids who go on in sci & eng & also to ↑ # of women & minorities who go into those professions. need pgms to spark interest, imag. & give them tools needed to go on.