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A Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering

Hosted by National Engineers Week Foundation, March 2006

 

Topic:
Encouraging Girls in Engineering
Q&A

Questions:
Listeners call in questions

Answers:
Dr. Sally Ride, Dr. Karen Flammer, and Dr. Tam O'Shaughnessy
Sally Ride Science

 

Click on a link below to listen on iTunes podcast or to download an mp3.

 

Track Time  
[All] 25:46 podcast mp3   All tracks from below

[track 1] 1:27 podcast mp3   Introduction
(Sally Ride)

[track 2] 2:00 podcast mp3   Why are there so few girls in engineering?
(Sally Ride)

[track 3] 0:58 podcast mp3   Do you think girls are not as "smart" as boys in science and math?
(Karen Flammer)

[track 4] 3:36 podcast mp3   What are some ways to encourage girls to get involved in engineering?
(Tam O' Shaughnessy)

[track 5] 1:30 podcast mp3   What do you say to young girls to get them excited about engineering?
(Sally Ride)

[track 6] 2:07 podcast mp3   I have a 12-year-old daughter who loves math and science, but she is afraid of being considered "weird". What can I do?
(Karen Flammer)

[track 7] 1:49 podcast mp3   What courses should I take in high school to prepare to study engineering in college?
(Tam O' Shaughnessy)

[track 8] 5:24 podcast mp3   Who influenced you and who do you look up to today?
What programs does Sally Ride Science have to encourage girls' participation in engineering?

(Sally Ride)

[track 9] 1:55 podcast mp3   How many engineers are female?
(Karen Flammer)

[track 10] 3:00 podcast mp3   What's your response to the comments by Larry Summers?
(Sally Ride)

[track 11] 0:49 podcast mp3   Will there be jobs for girls in engineering in the future?
(Tam O' Shaughnessy)

[track 12] 1:03 podcast mp3   Closing remarks