I brought in an electric popcorn maker and displayed the steps to create popcorn using the appliance. 😀 Everybody loved it because everybody got popcorn out of the deal.

Don’t know if this one is good worked for me in school though

How speech makes people buy and do things they know they don’t need to.

What I did was watch two or three infomercials and then take a chopper from my dorm to class and took a couple of my classmates and demonstrated how even though 5 of them really didn’t need the chopper at least 3 of them would purchase it regardless of expense, just because of What I said, and How i said it. Worked for Business class. Got an A, but you can do so many things to demonstrate how speech affects consumers.

If you want to be more specific, why not discussing eating disorders for specific groups of individuals. Compare females to males, athletes to non-athletes, various athlets (i.e. ballet dancers (which has very high anorexia) to another group. I think something along the lines of eating disorders is a good oen because it’s big in society right now. Other areas are: the increase of overweight children nowadays and the causes of it (some schools now prohibit vending machines and have students use cards that have restrictions on what they can buy from the cafeteria) Does this affect self-esteem? Does it enourage or discourage eating disorders? Visual aids are important. Maybe use a powerpoint presentation to highlight key points (make it breif), some picture (esp if you are looking at disorders like anorexia..you could have a timeline of a person who is a normal weight and how they progress to anorexia). Also, consider eating disorders and popular media. Recently a model died from anorexia, is this her choice or pressure to conform?

In high school I did a speech on “How to tie a tie.” My dad showed me how, and so I demonstrated it in front of the class. It was a lot of fun, and a lot of people were impressed because a lot of the guys didn’t even know how-so it was helpful too!

Practical make-and-take activities are popular.

Think of something in your room or backpack that you can organize, decorate, or make.

**Make flashcards for concepts in a class everyone has

**Use tabs to help you identify sections of a really common textbook. I “tabbed” a literature anthology for the stories I liked best so I could find them quickly and easily as references for essays I knew I’d need to write that semester. I also “tabbed” a grammar handbook for areas I needed to refer to like footnotes, punctuation rules, etc. Bring three or four tabs for everyone to “tab” a book of his or her own. Text book for that class or another the instructor uses would be a good place to start.

***You have “tricks” you use to save time or make your life better. Those are perfect demonstration items.

Demonstrate the chemical reaction between a carbonated beverage (COKE,PEPSI) and MENTOS mints. It is really fun and cool to see.

demonstrate how the effects of the war places a stressful burden on military personnel.

Demonstrate something you do well and can explain. Cook? Apply eyeliner? Do warm-up exercises?

That’s kind of vague isn’t it?, what are you demonstrating?