[Red_Baron]

Originally Posted by flamesfever

Just spoke to my wife who taught grades 1 and 2 for 20 years.

- you need to find a way to keep their attention and focussed on what you are saying. Their attention span at that age is minimal.

- don't give them the rocks until the end of your talk, or that's all they will be thinking about.

- get the kids to form a semi-circle, around you at the front of the room, sitting on the floor. You should be at approximate eye level.

- use one or more simple diagrams that you can speak to eg. a cross-section of the mine, etc.

- keep it short and simple.

- you could ask them if they have any questions at the end of your talk.

- it would probably help if you gave them a cloth sample bag to put the rock in.

As a geologist, I used to take cubs to Drumheller to collect dinasaur bones back in the 70's. On one trip they filled up over 100 sample bags.

Hope this helps. Best of luck.

That is excellent!
Thank you Sir!