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
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| [All] | 25:46 | podcast mp3 | All tracks from below | |
| [track 1] | 1:27 | podcast mp3 | Introduction (Sally Ride) |
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| [track 2] | 2:00 | podcast mp3 | Why are there so few girls in engineering? (Sally Ride) |
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| [track 3] | 0:58 | podcast mp3 | Do you think girls are not as "smart" as boys in science and math? (Karen Flammer) |
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| [track 4] | 3:36 | podcast mp3 | What are some ways to encourage girls to get involved in engineering? (Tam O' Shaughnessy) |
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| [track 5] | 1:30 | podcast mp3 | What do you say to young girls to get them excited about engineering? (Sally Ride) |
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| [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) |
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| [track 7] | 1:49 | podcast mp3 | What courses should I take in high school to prepare to study engineering in college? (Tam O' Shaughnessy) |
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| [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) |
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| [track 9] | 1:55 | podcast mp3 | How many engineers are female? (Karen Flammer) |
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| [track 10] | 3:00 | podcast mp3 | What's your response to the comments by Larry Summers? (Sally Ride) |
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| [track 11] | 0:49 | podcast mp3 | Will there be jobs for girls in engineering in the future? (Tam O' Shaughnessy) |
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| [track 12] | 1:03 | podcast mp3 | Closing remarks | |