Junior, Intermediate or Senior Example
This is a general example of how to prepare a demonstration.
Introduction:
Hi, my name is Sally Senior. I am 15 years old and in the 11th grade. This is my 5th year in 4-H and my 5th demonstration. The title of my demonstration is Happy Chicks, Happy Life. Today I will show you (or tell you) how to properly set up a chick brooder. (Think up something cute and catchy for a title and then explain what you are going to do and why it is important to learn about.)
Body:
- Start your demonstration here with an attention grabbing or funny sentence that pertains to your topic. You may also consider starting with a question to the audience.
- Show all the visual aids you may have. For example, if you were doing a demonstration on chick brooding you would show all the materials (brooder box, heat lamp, water dish, food & feeder, thermometer, shavings, etc.)
- Go into explaining the steps involved in how to do whatever you are giving your demonstration about. (in this example you would give step by step instructions on the order, how, and why you set up a brooder).
Conclusion:
Conclude with today I have shown you how to or today I have told you about your topic. Give a good closing sentence to explain why you think this is an important thing to learn and possibly what it has done for you.
- Example: Today I have shown you how to setup a chick brooder. Raising chicks can be a very fun project, but you must provide the proper nutrition, heat and safe environment in order to have happy, healthy chicks.
Share your sources with the audience. Stating I got my information from [insert information] and showing the book or papers to the audience is very impactful.
Thank the audience for their time and ask if there are any questions.
Questions:
Always repeat the question when someone asks a question, this allows the whole audience to hear the question and gives you a little time to think about your answer. You can simply say “The question was asked; can you use any kind of shavings for your chick brooder?”
If you don’t know the answer, repeat the question and state that you don’t the answer right now but can get back to them once you have a chance to research it.