The
Engineer Your Life website is a guide to engineering for your girls. The site has done a number of studies to determine the interest young girls might have in engineering. Most you girls don't really know what engineers do but think it really hard and involve only math and science. Most of their teachers don't know what engineer do either. Parents are the other influencer's in girls lives but also don't know that engineers do unless they are involved in engineering in some way. The website indicates that girls are more interested in engineering if they understand that it is fun or enjoyable, is a good place to work, is relevant, pays well, and offers flexibility. Researcher Kito Robinson describes their findings in this
video. She also suggest a new approach to engaging young girls with engineering.