Last week I went to one of these job fairs here at a local school. I thought that I would have a pretty good booth because I went in uniform with a lot of really cool tools (Air Force Meterologist), but all they cared about is what they could touch. I had some really cool videos and.avi clips hooked up via laptop and projector, but that was almost more trouble than it was worth.
You will have a hard time with the kids because here they let about 30 kids in the room at a time with very short attention spans. For your booth, it would seem that you should be one on one to really explain your job.
On another note, I found that the 3rd graders were interested for about 20 seconds and the 5th graders were too busy trying to impress each other. The 4th graders were the best group.
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Last week I went to one of these job fairs here at a local school. I thought that I would have a pretty good booth because I went in uniform with a lot of really cool tools (Air Force Meterologist), but all they cared about is what they could touch. I had some really cool videos and .avi clips hooked up via laptop and projector, but that was almost more trouble than it was worth.
You will have a hard time with the kids because here they let about 30 kids in the room at a time with very short attention spans. For your booth, it would seem that you should be one on one to really explain your job.
On another note, I found that the 3rd graders were interested for about 20 seconds and the 5th graders were too busy trying to impress each other. The 4th graders were the best group.
Good Luck!