Getting Ready For KTU

On Staturday, Februrary 26, 2011, we participated in KTU, Kids' Tech University, on the campus of Virginia Tech. We arrived early to prepare a crowd that could have possibly accumulated up to 1,000 children. The "Sequence Stratigraphy Kit", created by the previous intern Ceseley Haynes, was displayed at our station as a hands on activity. I believe the visual and physical components of our booth attracted many children. Not only were they able to see what we were presenting, but they were also able to participate. Our team that was present at the event consisted of graduate research students and undergraduate interns assisting with the Po Plain Project. This allowed the interns an opportunity to gain more knowledge of the project by being placed into an environment where they had to learn about it. Also, the graduate students present served as an excellent source for information, providing in depth responses to questions that parents and others curious in the research project had.