Posted by Tessa
Last Thursday we had our Community Forum where every group presents their project to faculty and parents at Windward. It is basically the last step in our Challenge Based Learning Process. Our community forum presentation went very well, and people seemed to like our project. Many people came to hear our presentation and we presented to them in a few different ways. If there was only one person, we would switch off talking about different things. For example, one person would talk about how the microbeads get into the cosmetic products, then another person would talk about how they get into the ocean and then into the fish and finally into our bodies, then 2 people would talk about different parts of our solution, and finally someone would talk about our data.
If there was more than one person at out station, one person would talk about everything to someone visiting our station, or two people would switch off talking to one person or group of people visiting.
We had many things on our table at the community forum. The first thing was our poster, which had lots of information on it about our problem, solution, and data. We also had our final filter and the two 3D printed prototypes for the filter. Another thing we had was a bottle of face wash that did contain microbeads. We used this to test our filter in a container of water. We also had big containers of our face wash and scrub, and a smaller sample of our toothpaste. We let people put the wash and scrub on their hands and they liked it. We also let them smell our toothpaste. The last thing we had on out table was our pamphlet. We showed everyone who came to our station what it was and what it had on it. We prepared for our presentation by making a list of the key things that we need to talk about for each part of our presentation. For example, we wrote down some statistics to describe the underlying problem we chose to solve and we wrote down all the ways that microbeads get into the ocean. For the data we wrote down the exact percentages for our filter and our google form.
From this project, I grew a lot in terms of public speaking because I didn’t say umm or like often. I also felt more confident speaking to people that I didn’t know.
Last Thursday we had our Community Forum where every group presents their project to faculty and parents at Windward. It is basically the last step in our Challenge Based Learning Process. Our community forum presentation went very well, and people seemed to like our project. Many people came to hear our presentation and we presented to them in a few different ways. If there was only one person, we would switch off talking about different things. For example, one person would talk about how the microbeads get into the cosmetic products, then another person would talk about how they get into the ocean and then into the fish and finally into our bodies, then 2 people would talk about different parts of our solution, and finally someone would talk about our data.
If there was more than one person at out station, one person would talk about everything to someone visiting our station, or two people would switch off talking to one person or group of people visiting.
We had many things on our table at the community forum. The first thing was our poster, which had lots of information on it about our problem, solution, and data. We also had our final filter and the two 3D printed prototypes for the filter. Another thing we had was a bottle of face wash that did contain microbeads. We used this to test our filter in a container of water. We also had big containers of our face wash and scrub, and a smaller sample of our toothpaste. We let people put the wash and scrub on their hands and they liked it. We also let them smell our toothpaste. The last thing we had on out table was our pamphlet. We showed everyone who came to our station what it was and what it had on it. We prepared for our presentation by making a list of the key things that we need to talk about for each part of our presentation. For example, we wrote down some statistics to describe the underlying problem we chose to solve and we wrote down all the ways that microbeads get into the ocean. For the data we wrote down the exact percentages for our filter and our google form.
From this project, I grew a lot in terms of public speaking because I didn’t say umm or like often. I also felt more confident speaking to people that I didn’t know.