Science Presentations!

The students were wrapping up projects pertaining to ecology. They were pretending that they were interns with the Natural Resource Department and the residents of a town took out the red wolf from their environment because of a suspected rabies outbreak. Now, the residents gardens were being overwhelmed with deer and rabbits. The students were researching to figure out why; the red wolf extinction took out the predator of these animals. The students had many opportunities to work during the school day, with multiple computer lab rentals. Watching them develop into deep researchers and seeing the amount of questions decrease as they became better researchers was amazing.

The students were required to present their material in a creative format, either including technology or not. It was very interesting to see the different formats that the students used to present their material. I took multiple pictures of the students presenting their ideas:

Seeing their ideas was the most precious thing!! I had a smile on my face the entire time each student was presenting. I sat on the floor in front of the presenters and I believe that the students felt more comfortable to see someone smiling back at them! I believe the students have matured through this presentation because before, they did not want to get up in front of the class, but after, I could see how relieved they were.