Innovation Night

Innovation Night: 5:45, 23 of May 2023. In front of the dining hall. Sunny weather.

Preparing for Innovation Night

The class before Innovation Night, we made a poster board for it. Then as a class, we collected different photos from our past birding experiences and the projects we worked on. After that, we printed them and pasted them on the poster board. We also collected all of the previous birding materials like binoculars, guidebooks, and flashcards. While working on the poster board, we printed out the QR codes for each of our birds and pasted them on there, along with a picture of the coinciding birds. Our goals for Innovation Night was to educate the public about the birding trails and the signs littering the proctor campus. We also wanted to inform people on what birds they can find around Proctor Academy if they take the time to look.

What I learned

I learned that people cared about the signs, the trails, and the nest boxes even though we spent the most time birding and identifying birds. This is probably because those things are more applicable to them and what they can physically do. I also learned that it's important to have at least one fun tidbit of information to say about our project. For example, I talked about why we needed nesting boxes. I told people that hollow trees are getting cut down, and many birds are losing their natural nesting spots. But I also learned that it was hard to talk about important issues with birds because people are more interested in the things that apply to them than the nitty-gritty of bird conservation, and why things like ecological niches, biotic potential, population density, and exhaustible resources are so necessary. But it wasn't just the people's fault; it was also difficult because of the setting of Innovation Night; it is such a quick and loud environment that you have to give people the most important and fun details if you want them to pay attention.

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What Happened

Overall, Innovation Night went really well. I got to talk to many people, including Brian, Dan Mori, and Karine Dumont, as well as some students. Some people are more interested in birds than others. I ended up talking about conservation, types of bird species, and a few other things related to ornithology with some of them. I also brought up migration and certain bird species that needed special habitat provisions. But overall, I had a lot of fun. I like birds, and I've learned a lot about them, and it was nice to express all the new information I've learned. Other people enjoyed it, too, based on these videos and quotes I have. I also think that our group did really well together, with some of us presenting to different people and others presenting together to one person. We had a pretty good flow of people the entire night, and some people would go off to do other projects they had for different classes. Then we would take over for them. There were still enough of us where you could look at other people's tables, and I really enjoyed looking at other people's projects.

"Wow, I'll keep an eye out for signs next time I'm in the Proctor Woodland" - Karine Dumont.

EOTC

What I liked the most about the spring term was this birding project. I enjoy hobbies in general, so this birding project was basically us learning how to do a new hobby. We also learned how to do a little woodworking, and Rose and I did a great job with our nesting box. It was nice that we could get outside, but we weren't doing anything too intensive. None of us had to do a ton of hiking, which can be hard to do between classes, but it was nice just to take a slow walk around the woods and absorb the birds at Proctor.

The most real-life applicable things I learned from apes were agriculture practices, toxicology, and waste management. I learned that there are some excellent ways that agriculture practices can be done and some awful ones. For example, agricultural practices (animals and crops) can significantly contribute to global warming. In the toxicology section of the year, I realized how much toxic materials are in things that I never knew about before and how they can adversely affect us. I also learned how because they are invisible, they are often overlooked. Lastly, I learned more about waste, where it goes, and how recycling works. I also learned that certain things that I thought of as wrong are just part of managing our waste, like landfills, and it matters more how you go through the process than the actual waste management method you use.

My Beautiful Poem

Turkey vultures eat dead things

when they fly, you can see Vs

They are a death omen

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