Though I initially arrived late to the science festival, I’m so glad that I was able to attend the festival in the first place. It wasn’t at all as I thought it would be, and I was surprised by how diverse the different exhibits were. Aside from our own, my favorite was probably the ice cream stand, which, unsurprisingly, seemed to be the most popular and most favored by everybody else. The free samples, of course, seemed to play a large role in its popularity.
As for presenting our own project, I didn’t realize the difficulties that might arise. I’d assumed that we’d just stand behind the table and direct viewers to the movie that we created, but once they peered up at us expectedly, waiting for an explanation or something of that sort, I realized that it wasn’t just about displaying our project but engaging the audience in our discoveries. Luckily, I had created the scientific information portion of our video, so I was equipped with basic knowledge about epinephrine and able to share briefly what I knew. Never having really done scientific presentations, I was rusty, but I believe that with more experience, I’ll be able to clearly understand how much and what to share. Due to so much information there was about epinephrine and how short the attention spans of the audience were, I had to learn how to concisely but effectively present our neurotransmitter without boring or disengaging the audience. Overall however, I think our exhibition was a success and many children especially seemed captivated by our video! There was one little girl who had a video playing on her phone, but then she saw ours, so she didn’t know what to do because she wanted to watch both. She ended up watching both by alternating screens every few seconds. It was amusing, but an encouragement to know that our video attracted attention!