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Invite community for students to practice presentation

Preparation

Contact community and invite /coordinate with them for the time/day of the event.

Goals, messages & concepts

Specific goals

  • Explaining and selling an idea.
  • Understanding what the main message is, and what is secondary information.
  • Presenting information convincingly.

Specific messages

  • Storytelling can be used to aid the audience’s understanding of a product.

Main terms

  • structure
  • presentation
  • audience
  • storytelling

Practices & skills

STEM practices

  • Constructing explanations and designing solutions
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Soft skills

  • Teamwork and collaboration

Management skills

  • Planning
  • Use of resources

Course of activity

step 1

Students prepare a presentation for the client, including an explanation of concepts that underpin their ideas and how they have been worked into the final product, explaining the test results and identifying potential improvements to the product.

step 2

Group discussion (all students) about the contents of a presentation to the client. 

step 3

Making a list with an agreed presentation sequence.

step 4

Each group will test their presentation with the teacher and people from the community to receive feedback.