K-12 Student Role Models/ Mentors
Find a woman with a successful science, technology, engineering, or mathematics related career.
My mother, the scientist
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,231816,00.html
The author of this article in Popular Science's online magazine describes what it was like to be the son of a pioneer female physicist. The author's mother, Joan Feynman, worked at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. and was a senior scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory when such positions were largely reserved for men. This resource is appropriate for all users, particularly.......
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Linde Looy
http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/scwist/explore/looy1.htm
As part of the larger Independence on the Pathway site, which explores career pathways, Linde Looy explains in great detail how she became an aquatic biologist, the challenges of her job, and what led her to start her own environmental company. This resource is appropriate for all users, particularly for girls and women, because it identifies a female role model in the biology field, acknowledges.......
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Nancy Paris-Seeley
http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/scwist/explore/paris1.htm
As part of a larger site about career choices, Nancy Paris-Seely describes her pathway to becoming a bio-medical engineer including the classes she took, where she works, and her future goals. This resource is appropriate for all users, particularly for girls and women, because it identifies a woman role model in a STEM field and shows the real-life applications of engineering........
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Catherine Roome
http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/scwist/explore/roome1.htm
As part of a larger site about career choices, Catherine Roome describes her pathway to becoming a fibre optics engineer including the classes she took, where she works, and her future goals. This resource is appropriate for all users, particularly for girls and women, because it identifies a woman role model in a STEM field and shows the real-life applications of engineering........
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Emily Roebling
http://www.engineergirl.org/nae/cwe/egmain.nsf/(weblinks)/KGRG-5382YX?opendocument
This section of the Engineer Girl website provides a synopsis of Emily Roeblings involvement in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. This resource is appropriate for all users, particularly for girls, because it identifies a female engineering role model, acknowledges women's contributions to STEM, and shows how engineering can be used to solve real-world problems........
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April Brown, Electrical Engineer
http://www.engineergirl.org/nae/cwe/egdir.nsf/Profiles+By+UNID+-
+GF/AB23873526ACF60285256A72004D6D1A?OpenDocument
April Brown describes her career and life as an electrical engineer in this section of the Engineer Girl website. Click on links to ask April a question via email or to read an explanation of the electrical engineer field. This resource is appropriate for all users, particularly for girls, because it identifies a female engineering role model, acknowledges women's contributions to STEM, and shows.......
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Engineer List
http://www.engineergirl.org/nae/cwe/egdir.nsf/ProfilesAlpha?OpenForm
As part of the Engineer Girl website, this resource provides an alphabetical list of female engineers. Read about each engineer's career, access definitions of different types of engineering, and contact engineers via email. This resource is appropriate for all users, particularly for girls, because it identifies women role models in the engineering field, acknowledges women's contributions to STEM,.......
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