1Introduction

Introduce Yourself

First, introduce yourself personally. The students will be interested in who you are as a person separate from the educator role you are assuming when you deliver the program to them.

Besides sharing your name, here are some other ideas about things to share about yourself:

• Your educational and/or professional background.
• Your interest or role in science or sound related interests. Are you a musician? Do you like to listen to music or go to concerts or live music events. Are you part of a science/STEM club?
• Your role as a leader within your school or community?
• Your role in a project helping scientists learn about how to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
• For high school students, do you know what you want to do in the future in terms of college or job interests?
• A hobby, sport or interest that you have that connects the students to you personally.
• If you are already familiar to the students as their primary teacher, consider sharing something new about yourself that your students may not know, especially if it can connect you to the topics within Dangerous Decibels or your reasons for wanting to deliver the program to them.