Q: Initially posted October 16, 2004 FROM STUDENT
MEMBER JANIS L. IN IL
For my high school Women In Math and Science Club, I was wondering
what would be some good ideas to keep the club going? Currently
the meetings are boring, and all we do is talk about the events
that we would do. The club is only 3 years old and is progressing,
but we still need a lot of improvements. If anyone could share
some good ideas to make the club more fun, that would be awesome!
I have asked the members what to do, but I know many of them
are bored out of their minds. Any ideas? |
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October 20, 2004
A: FROM MENTOR BRENDA WOLFE
IN CO
Regarding your Math and Science Club - I have two suggestions:
Try to get some speakers to come and talk about what they
do. A local college might have suggestions on how to find
these people. Or get a professor to come and talk about Summer
programs that are available.
Another suggestion is to take a tour of local industry to
get a feel for research or eng requirements, or even Quality
issues. Contact the business's Human Resources person.
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A: FROM MENTOR ELEANORA ROBBINS
IN CA
Field trips are really fun for clubs. Ask each student to
identify a potential field(s) that interest her; then have
her research a company in your area that employs people in
that field. Call the company and ask if your club can have
a field trip to talk to several women in this field for one
hour.
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A: FROM MENTOR NATALIE GIVANS
IN VA
There are probably many ways to rejuvenate a club such as
this. One way
would be to work with the guidance counselor to see if they
have ideas
that have worked for other clubs in your school. another is
to check
with other schools that have strong clubs such as this and
find out what
they are doing. A third idea is to have the members each pick
a topic
to research and present at a future meeting so everyone learns
about key
topics of interest - you could pick the topics being debated
by
candidates at either national or local levels, or pick your
own of
interest, even on a global scale. A fourth idea is to find
a way to
link your interests to those of women who are both older and
younger -
for younger women, can you sponsor a hands-on activity for
either a
middle school or a girl scout troop? For networking with more
senior
women, as someone in a college or a women in a career (or
a man for that
matter) that is of interest and have them come and speak.
You could try
a panel session as well among multiple speakers on a single
topic. A
fifth idea might be a field trip to a local science center
to explore
and learn about what is going on in the world. A sixth idea,
that maybe
should be first, is to ask your members and also non-members,
what would
be more interesting to them and how would they like to spend
their
time. Good luck!
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