InstructionsThis presentation is to help you capture your experience in the national parks and share with others. You may use the PowerPoint or you can choose your own format. Be creative! The questions in the PowerPoint are prompts that might help you reflect on what you’ve learned.

• Please create your own subtitle on the next slide. This subtitle title should encapsulate your overarching experience this summer.

• Feel free to quote passages from your journal, blogs, etc.

• If you choose to include a photograph or video please describe the image and explain how it relates to your written response.

• Slide #8 is an example of a reflective response with a photograph.

• Delete example slide and save as a pdf

• Please share your Legacy Project as a google doc– either this PowerPoint or a description of what you created - no later than August 4th to grte_volunteer@nps.gov. Extensions are available for interns who don’t have access to a computer over the summer.

Reflections on My Internship Experience:[Insert Your Own Subtitle Here]

NPS Academy Summer Internship[Intern’s Name][Intern’s Park]

What were the most valuable aspects of your internship experience? Please Place Photo,

Video or Journal Entry Here

Narrative response to question

Please describe the photo/video, why you picked it, and what aspect or experience of the internship you feel it represents.

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What were the most challenging aspects of your internship experience?

Were there ways that you tried to overcome these challenges?

Narrative response to question

Please describe the photo/video, why you picked it, and what aspect or experience of the internship you feel it represents.

Please Place Photo, Video or Journal

Entry Here

Title

Narrative response to question

Please describe the photo/video, why you picked it, and what aspect or experience of the internship you feel it represents.

Please Place Photo, Video or Journal

Entry Here

TitlePlease describe your relationship with your mentor:How was your mentor most helpful to you?What challenges did you face with this mentoring relationship? Were there ways that you tried to overcome these challenges?

How has your internship experience influenced your thinking about conservation and stewardship – your connection with the land and other park resources?

Narrative response to question

Please describe the photo/video, why you picked it, and what aspect or experience of the internship you feel it represents.

Please Place Photo, Video or Journal

Entry Here

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How has your internship experience influenced your thinking about potential careers that you might like to pursue?

Narrative response to question

Please describe the photo/video, why you picked it, and what aspect or experience of the internship you feel it represents.

Please Place Photo, Video or Journal

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What professional knowledge and skills did you gain as a result of your internship?

Narrative response to question

Please describe the photo/video, why you picked it, and what aspect or experience of the internship you feel it represents.

Please Place Photo, Video or Journal

Entry Here

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What new perspectives did you gain as a result of your internship?

During my summer internship, I had the opportunity to work with kids from a few local summer camps. It was one of the most meaningful experiences of the summer. I new I liked kids before this summer but leading the activity and watching them get excited about learning was amazing. I thought that resource management would be the area I liked best this summer but now I know, education is the place for me!

This picture shows me working with some kids from Camp Tippecanoe. I was showing them how to make casts of seashells.

Example SlideMaking Shells