1So, Rosie and Martin,
2let's look at what you've got for your presentation on woolly mammoths.
3OK, we've got a short outline here.
4Thanks.
5So it's about a research project in North America?
6Yes.
7But we thought we needed something general about woolly mammoths in our introduction,
8to establish that they were related to our modern elephant,
9and they lived thousands of years ago in the last ice age.
10Maybe we could show a video clip of a cartoon about mammoths.
11But that'd be a bit childish.
12Or we could have a diagram,
13it could be a timeline to show when they lived, with illustrations?
14Or we could just show a drawing of them walking in the ice?
15No, let's go with your last suggestion.
16Good.
17Then you're describing the discovery of the mammoth tooth on St Paul's Island in Alaska,
18and why it was significant.
19Yes.
20The tooth was found by a man called Russell Graham.
21He picked it up from under a rock in a cave.
22He knew it was special -
23for a start it was in really good condition,
24as if it had been just extracted from the animal's jawbone.
25Anyway, they found it was 6,500 years old.
26So why was that significant?
27Well the mammoth bones previously found on the North American mainland were much less recent than that.
28So this was really amazing.
29Then we're making an animated diagram to show the geography of the area in prehistoric times.
30So originally, St Paul's Island wasn't an island,
31it was connected to the mainland,
32and mammoths and other animals like bears were able to roam around the whole area.
33Then the climate warmed up and the sea level began to rise,
34and the island got cut off from the mainland.
35So those mammoths on the island couldn't escape;
36they had to stay on the island.
37And in fact the species survived there for thousands of years
38after they'd become extinct on the mainland.
39So why do you think they died out on the mainland?
40No one's sure.
41Anyway, next we'll explain how Graham and his team identified the date when the mammoths became extinct on the island.
42They concluded that the extinction happened 5,600 years ago,
43which is a very precise time for a prehistoric extinction.
44It's based on samples they took from mud at the bottom of a lake on the island.
45They analysed it to find out what had fallen in over time -
46bits of plants, volcanic ash and even DNA from the mammoths themselves.
47It's standard procedure, but it took nearly two years to do.
48So why don't you quickly go through the main sections of your presentation
49and discuss what action's needed for each part?
50OK.
51So for the introduction, we're using a visual,
52so once we've prepared that we're done.
53I'm not sure.
54I think we need to write down all the ideas we want to include here,
55not just rely on memory.
56How we begin the presentation is so important...
57Umm, you're right.
58The discovery of the mammoth tooth is probably the most dramatic part,
59but we don't have that much information,
60only what we got from the online article.
61I thought maybe we could get in touch with the researcher who led the team
62and ask him to tell us a bit more.
63Great idea.
64What about the section with the initial questions asked by the researchers?
65We've got a lot on that but we need to make it interesting.
66We could ask the audience to suggest some questions about it
67and then see how many of them we can answer.
68I don't think it would take too long.
69Yes that would add a bit of variety.
70Then the section on further research carried out on the island - analysing the mud in the lake.
71I wonder if we've actually got too much information here,
72should we cut some?
73I don't think so,
74but it's all a bit muddled at present.
75Yes, maybe it would be better if it followed a chronological pattern.
76I think so.
77The findings and possible explanations section is just about ready,
78but we need to practice it so we're sure it won't overrun.
79I think it should be OK,
80but yes, let's make sure.
81In the last section, relevance to the present day,
82you've got some good ideas but...
83this is where you need to move away from the ideas of others and give your own viewpoint.
84OK, we'll think about that.
85Now shall we...