The Final Part
It has finally happened! While I may have mentioned that performing the experiment was the last phase of the Grand Experimental Challenge, I was wrong! The final part was the poster, and the presentation.
As in putting all of your data together, finishing up the calculations and presenting it.
My one fear is always presenting. I have this little thing of stage fright, or fear of public speaking. Let's just say I'm not good at it. I get butterflies with just the thought of having to give a presentation in front of a classroom full of students. Yes they are my piers, but having 25 pairs of eyes looking at me is not exactly something I enjoy. Sometimes my voice starts to get quiet (or quieter then usual) or I end up doing things that are frowned upon when making a presentation such as not making eye contact or mumbling. Presenting is not an easy thing to do for me.
My partner and I worked hard in putting together our poster board. We wanted our poster to have some color, to pop out but not be so boring that the entire poster looked like a blur of words. Trust me, it isn't a good thing. We ended up gluing it all together just hours before our presentation due to the fact we didn't want our poster to be just words, and at first look that is exactly what it was. We had to find and print the pictures we thought would help spruce up our poster a little.
Lucky for me, and anyone else who has a bit of stage fright, we weren't presenting in front of our entire class. We were in fact part of the Chemistry Poster Celebration! There were tables in the main lobby of the 3rd Floor of Naraghi Hall for those participating. During our time slot there was our General Chemistry 2 Grand Experiment as well as Physical Chemistry Experiments. There were snacks and refreshments to anyone who wanted some! *This is a note to all students who have to take general chemistry 2, a week before finals if you have time go see the Grand Experiments so that when this happens to you, you know what to do.
I was thrilled. There weren't 25 pairs of eyes looking at me as my partner and I explained what we did, and what we found there was usually just a single pair. It seemed like a rotation of professors. Every so often one would come by, ask us what we did and ask a few more questions after that. There were even a couple students looking at posters reading the different experiments and comparing. It was a nice thing, not as much stress, and hey actually relaxing. The only problem was that standing around for two hours in not the most comfortable shoes in the world isn't exactly fun. But with the stress of this project out of the way all I've got left are finals.
As in putting all of your data together, finishing up the calculations and presenting it.
My one fear is always presenting. I have this little thing of stage fright, or fear of public speaking. Let's just say I'm not good at it. I get butterflies with just the thought of having to give a presentation in front of a classroom full of students. Yes they are my piers, but having 25 pairs of eyes looking at me is not exactly something I enjoy. Sometimes my voice starts to get quiet (or quieter then usual) or I end up doing things that are frowned upon when making a presentation such as not making eye contact or mumbling. Presenting is not an easy thing to do for me.
My partner and I worked hard in putting together our poster board. We wanted our poster to have some color, to pop out but not be so boring that the entire poster looked like a blur of words. Trust me, it isn't a good thing. We ended up gluing it all together just hours before our presentation due to the fact we didn't want our poster to be just words, and at first look that is exactly what it was. We had to find and print the pictures we thought would help spruce up our poster a little.
Lucky for me, and anyone else who has a bit of stage fright, we weren't presenting in front of our entire class. We were in fact part of the Chemistry Poster Celebration! There were tables in the main lobby of the 3rd Floor of Naraghi Hall for those participating. During our time slot there was our General Chemistry 2 Grand Experiment as well as Physical Chemistry Experiments. There were snacks and refreshments to anyone who wanted some! *This is a note to all students who have to take general chemistry 2, a week before finals if you have time go see the Grand Experiments so that when this happens to you, you know what to do.
I was thrilled. There weren't 25 pairs of eyes looking at me as my partner and I explained what we did, and what we found there was usually just a single pair. It seemed like a rotation of professors. Every so often one would come by, ask us what we did and ask a few more questions after that. There were even a couple students looking at posters reading the different experiments and comparing. It was a nice thing, not as much stress, and hey actually relaxing. The only problem was that standing around for two hours in not the most comfortable shoes in the world isn't exactly fun. But with the stress of this project out of the way all I've got left are finals.
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