Bring Something to the Table

What Do You Bring to the Table?

Overview:

What is your passion? How can your passion “bring something to the table”? The goal of this project is to share your passion as it relates to STEM and your possible future career goals with CDAT. In Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" he states, "Be good at something; it makes you valuable…. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome." We all need to get to know our talents and have a way to demonstrate them to others. This is what you are tasked to do with STEM. Think about your interests and abilities. How could you show them to a possible future boss, internship mentor or college admissions office? In essence make something awesome and share it with us!

Your task:

• Make a product that can be used to build your school portfolio and engage an audience with your final product

  • This can be a STEM activity station, video, invention, program, game etc. Something fun to share at MakerFest!

• Group Size: 1-4 students, no greater than four

• Remember this is about your passion and potential future internships, capstones or career goals so make sure your team members share your interests

• Some ideas for MakerFest booth categories include, but are not limited to:

  • Medicine/Research Science

  • Digital Tech/Programming

  • Engineering Design

  • Mathematics/Physics

• You will share your product with community members (of all ages) and professionals in the STEM field on April 18th at MakerFest in downtown Sugar Hill!

Calendar/Deadline Dates:

Thursday 3/12

• Create groups and set up a section of your notebook for this new project.

• Brainstorm project ideas independently

• Share out your brainstorm with your group members

Monday 3/16 (Investigate Phase)

• Project Proposal Due

• Give a brief summary of your project idea

Tuesday 3/18(Plan Phase)

• Google Form for materials list

Thursday 3/23 (Design Phase)

• Sketches / blueprints / etc.

• Work on pitch-deck / presentation

Tuesday 3/25 - Thursday 3/27 (Create Phase)

• Construct product

• Finalize pitch-deck / presentation / marketing

Spring Break: Communicate with your group members as needed!

Tuesday 4/7

• Presentations to teachers

  • Decide who will move on to formally present at MakerFest

April 18

• MAKERFEST!!!