Sleek Geeks Science Competition Reflection

The Story of Photosynthesis:

The stop motion video our group created to show the process of photosynthesis in a simpler way to appeal to a younger audience.

What was this project about?

The competition is about creating an entertaining video, the video must be entertaining, but also must be teaching some science. However, the video must be on a theme, this year’s theme was Change. The way the video would be assessed is in the image below.

Did we have any disagreements?

We didn’t have many disagreements in the project as all of us were happy to do whatever. We agreed upon choosing photosynthesis as we thought it would be the most interesting and best suited for this particular project. With the recording and storyboard, we didn’t disagree either. We were all happy to do stop motion so it was good since we were all good at different aspects of this film. However, sometimes we would have minor arguments about what scene to do in the stop motion or what to draw. We solved these problems by trying to combine everybody’s ideas as much as possible so everyone was contributing equally.

What roles did each person have?

Our group was organised by having assigned roles. This occurred especially during research as the members of our group were delegated a question(s) to research. Because of this strategy, we were all able to share our ideas as well as complete a relatively equal amount of work efficiently. Also, when making our video, we needed to have roles according to our skills and strengths. For example, those who were good at drawing would likely be given the role of illustrating for the stop motion video. To improve our work we could have balanced more work during the filming phase as people were left out due to the lack of work.

How well did we manage our time?

Our group was able to manage our time effectively despite the short amount of time we had to complete this video. At the start of the term, we all discussed what we wanted to do and what we wanted to finish in the remaining periods we were allocated. This meant we were able to set goals for ourselves to try and achieve them. The main reason I believe we were able to do so was because of our ability to stay focused on the task and not get distracted by other groups. Sometimes, people outside of your group can be a distraction due to their loud noise or interferences which can really hinder a groups progress.