You have 3 minutes to draw: an astrophysicist a geologist an AIDs researcher an astronaut

Did any of them look like this? Image from Audioboom RNIB Health and Science https://audioboom.com/posts/6946986-blind-astronomer-who-listens-to-the-stars Image property of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the estate of Marie Tharp, retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seeing-believing-how-marie-tharp-changed-geology-forever-180960192/ Did any of them look like this? Why do you think your picture is similar/different? Image from Natural Sciences - https://www.flickr.com/photos/127450990@N05/26111469285/ , CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48793934 Image from 100 Women: Seven trailblazing women in science, © NASA https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41861232

Write three questions about each woman. Wanda Diaz-Merced  Opening up astronomy to a generation of blind students. Marie Tharp  First scientist to map the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Write three questions about each woman. Quarraisha Abdool Karim Known for her many contributions to AIDs research Peggy Whitson First science officer aboard the International Space Station

Marie Tharp First scientist to map the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Wanda Diaz-Merced  Opening up astronomy to a generation of blind students. Marie Tharp  First scientist to map the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Find out the answers. Quarraisha Abdool Karim Known for her many contributions to AIDs research Peggy Whitson First science officer aboard the International Space Station

Match the numbers to the statistics. 5% 8-16% 17% 30% 80% 85.5% The percentage of female Wikipedia editors The percentage of Wikipedia biographies about women The percentage of registered engineers and technicians in the UK who are women The percentage of female science researchers in Myanmar The percentage of female science researchers around the world The percentage of male university vice chancellors in the UK  Statistics from: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-arent-there-more-women-in-science/ and https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41857192

Match the numbers to the statistics. 5% 8-16% 17% 30% 80% 85.5% 17% - The percentage of female Wikipedia editors 30% - The percentage of Wikipedia biographies about women 5% - The percentage of registered engineers and technicians in the UK who are women 85.5% - The percentage of female science researchers in Myanmar 30% - The percentage of female science researchers around the world 80% - The percentage of male university vice chancellors in the UK  Statistics from: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-arent-there-more-women-in-science/ and https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41857192

Why aren’t there more women in science? 5 minutes: how many reasons can you and your partner think of?

Why aren’t there more women in science? I got the highest grades, and there were a lot of boys in that class well below average. It never bothered them that their achievements and academic levels were below standard. It really bothered the girls. Girls underestimate themselves, so like-for-like ability, girls and boys will rate themselves at different levels from about the age of 10, and it goes down from there. Engineering has been a very sexist industry for a long time. I still meet women who […] got their physics or engineering degree, and when they applied for jobs, even though they did just as well as everyone else, the boys got more call backs. Students have historically looked at a physicist and seen middle-aged white men, and that’s the perception of what a physicist is.  Quotes from: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-arent-there-more-women-in-science/

Why is a lack of diversity in science a problem? Think of 3 reasons.

Why is a lack of diversity in science a problem? medical research mostly based on males incorrectly sized equipment = unsafe perpetuates lack of diversity limited range of experiences

How can we increase diversity? Brainstorm as many ideas as you can.

confidence-building schemes childcare provision science ambassadors, e.g. female teens going to primary schools to talk about science confidence-building schemes childcare provision more Wikipedia pages about female scientists female LEGO scientist figures representation at every level, e.g. professors department heads “positive discrimination” sharing stories e.g. BBC #100women publish studies on discrimination rewards for equality e.g. UK Athena Swan scheme flexible working schedules e.g. part-time, job share using more diverse images in media journalists ensuring male-female balance in citations diversity quotas Choose the 3 things that will make the most difference. Say why.

More information https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-arent-there-more-women-in- science/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41857192 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/how-implicit-bias-and-lack-of- diversity-undermine-science/?redirect=1 Cancelled all female spacewalk: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs- trending-47717937 https://sciencegrrl.co.uk/ https://www.iflscience.com/technology/lego-approves-production-female- scientist-set/