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:

Dr. Monique Frize
Tel:
CU (613) 520-2600 ext. 8229
OU (613) 562-5800 ext. 6065
Email: monique_frize@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.