You’ve finished doing your project, but now it’s time to share what you’ve learned with others – whether it’s your teacher, classmates, judges at a STEM fair, or even the world!

Tell a story

The best way to share your project is by telling a story. Just like a movie, TV show, or book, people are always interested in good stories:

• A beginning that hooks their interest and gets them to connect emotionally with your project and why it matters.
• A middle that explains how you did your project and what you found out.
• And an ending that explains why your results are important and where you want to go from here.

Reflect

Reflect on all your hard work and everything you learned doing your project. Then try answering these questions to help you tell your story in a clear way. Each question relates to our project display template which you can use to display your project. You might be asked to use a different format by your teacher, but we encourage this model because it effectively tells the story of your project.

• What inspired you to do your project? Why is it important? [Why? section]
• How did you do your project? [How? section]
• What were your results? [What? section]
• Why are your results important? [So what? section]
• What next steps would you take or do differently next time? [What’s Next? section]

Check out our resource for more info on how to answer the Why? How? What? So What? What’s Next? questions and communicate the different sections of the story of your project.

Tip:

When designing your project display, grab your viewers’ attention with an important result from your project or something interesting you learned (a takeaway statement). Make this a big section on your project display, or at the start of a report. Learn more about the importance of a good project title and takeaway statement, and check out our resource on creating an effective project display.