If your targeted school is a high school, you may offer to be a guest speaker in an upper level math or a statistics class. Students will enjoy hearing you share your job experiences. AP Statistics classes are especially eager to learn about the statistics profession. Well before your first visit, meet with the teacher with whom you will be working. Plan your first activity very carefully with this information in mind.
First impressions are absolutely critical.
The activity should be stimulating and age-appropriate for your students. Bring enough material to more than fill the time you will have. Plan to make it fun and have lots of interaction with the students. Activities that have students using both their hands and their minds are preferable. A number of excellent resources are published by Dale Seymour under the trade mark of Cuisenaire.