Presentation Responses (Matthew and Angela) - Destiny

ANGELA- X-rays and light table

      I have facilitated this exhibit with many children. Usually I start when guests are already playing with the toys. This gives me a good starting point to talk about their parts. Then I can pull out the x-rays and make the connection.
     I usually ask questions like these:
           - Have you ever had an x-ray before?
           - Do you know what an x-ray is?
     Then I can direct the questions to be more about the toys. I agree with Angela that VTS facilitation works best. Asking visitors what they see and then asking them what makes them say that since  we can't see inside the toy.
      I maximize engagement at this exhibit by having the guest make the connection between the toys and the x-rays themselves since they are not so obvious to all. I optimize practice by really focusing on the x-rays and the observations they are making. They may see the shape of the toy but not realize there are batteries since you can not see the batteries on the toy itself. I would expand practices by having the guest construct explanations of how x-rays take pictures of insides of solid objects.


MATTHEW- sound machine

     The sound machine is very eye and ear catching which grabs guest's attention easily. This makes initiating facilitation easier.
      I start with questions like:
            -Have you watched the balls go on every parts of the tracks?
            -Have you figured how it changes tracks?
            -What would be different if we switched the balls to a different material/ weight?
    I can maximize engagement by having the guest watch a specific part of the track and make a prediction on how many balls will launch before it goes over that part of the track. I can optimize the practice that the guest is using by having them observe how long it takes in between each ball launch and how that affects or does not affect how they travel down the track. Lastly, I would expand their interaction with other practices by suggesting that they try to figure out how many different tracks or ways a ball can travel from beginning to end if they are already counting balls or observing the balls pathways.