Me at a Hazardous Materials Training back in the day. :)
Middle school is an especially important time to encourage girls to appreciate their successes in math and science. There is still quite a discrepancy between the numbers of men and women going into the field of engineering.
Today, my warm-up (bell ringer) is going to be to have students explore some links about engineering... both boys and girls.
10 Reasons to Love Engineering
Engineering Careers
But I do plan to especially make sure I have a little 1:1 moment with girls that I think would make great engineers!