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Connect science activities to real life by inviting a scientist or engineer to visit, taking a field trip, and introducing careers.

Find Volunteer Scientists & Engineers
Invite a scientist or engineer to visit your group, help run activities, and introduce career options.

Take a Field Trip
See science and engineering happening around your community.

Introduce Science & Engineering Careers

"Meet an Engineer" Postings (PDF: 256K)
Post profiles of real engineers for kids to read.

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Web Sites

Career Trails and Tales: Careers for Women
jfg.girlscouts.org/How/Careers/careers.htm
Read about women who have careers in science and technology.

Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/index.cfm
Meet scientists who build robots, explore the frontiers of our solar system, and do other amazing things.

Books

Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Science
Reeves, Diane Lindsay. New York: Facts on File, 1998.
Learn about fifteen science-related jobs, including food scientist, landscape architect, and robotics technician.

Multicultural Women of Science
Berstein, Leonard, Alan Winkler, and Linda Zierdt-Warshaw. Maywood, NJ: The Peoples Publishing Group, Inc., 1996.
Meet women who have had successful scientific careers and try experiments on related scientific concepts.