As a Pathmaker, you may take advantage of the following resources as you prepare for your presentations.
Contacts
For those Pathmakers who feel they need some help preparing for a presentation or just some support before a presentation, here is someone who can help you:
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Dr. Monique Frize
Tel:
CU (613) 520-2600 ext. 8229
OU (613) 562-5800 ext. 6065
Email: mfrize@carleton.ca
Email: frize@site.uottawa.ca
Training for School Presentations
- Training Session (pdf)
Important Tips
- Make short, simple and specific statements. Look relaxed and confident. Use humour. Have concrete examples or demonstrations. Use visual aids. Make the presentation energetic.
- Speak clearly and loudly.
Possible Presentation Topics
- Factors that led to your decision to enter into your field of study. Qualities required to experience success in your career choice. Rewards and frustrations that you have encountered to date. Preparation and schooling required to become qualified in your career choice. Role of mathematics/science in your career choice. Job opportunities in your field. Starting salary in your career choice. Thing you like best/least about your selected field of study. Advice you can offer to young women considering the pursuit of a career in a non-traditional area.
- Many girls and women are very good at science and mathematics but need more self-confidence and self-appreciation.
Websites
- Ontario Science Curriculum - Gives you an idea of what students are learning in science class. YESMag - A site for students to ask various science questions and view an archive of fun projects.
- Actua - Contains fun science projects and links for young adults and a special site just for girls.