Vilonia MS

Friday morning Alyson, Kell, and I went to VMS to practice our research presentations a little more. I really enjoyed how intrigued all the kids were in what we were doing. They really seemed to like the Bill Nye video on wetlands, and I feel like that was a great way to give them some background knowledge before we just dove into our projects. The kids had a lot of questions for us after we were done, mostly scientific and a little about college life in general. We emphasized a lot that science isn't about getting the hypothesis RIGHT but getting your data as uniform and void of bias as possible. The teachers seemed to enjoy our presentation as well. We originally were only going to present to two classes, but due to a staff meeting taking too long, we took all four classes at once. They were very well behaved and I kind of understand why teachers find joy in teaching. Seeing all these kids so interested in our projects was heartwarming. Not to mention good practice for when we present to the steering committee!