This article covers a woman’s personal experience regarding her interest in engineering and explains why she chose an engineering degree. This article illustrates the steps to introduce a girl to engineering and proves that there is an engineer in every girl. Furthermore, the author presents ways to reinforce how important engineering is to youth and provides a questionnaire that helps find a connection to a career in engineering and shares engineering fields.
TYPE OF THE ACTIVITY:
Article
DURATION:
30min
TEACHING AID:
- Computers / telephones, time for preparing discussion questions, the article.
TEACHING PRACTICE (STEP BY STEP):
The article can be used to rise awareness of student by using it as:
- a material to read at home;
- a material to work on during the class with follow-up discussions and etc.
MATERIALS:
Download/print this plan of the activity (pdf).
SOURCES:
THE ARTICLE: https://click2sciencepd.org/resource/women-in-engineering-why-i-chose-an-engineering-degree/
