Interesting facts about extracting iron from it's ore...?

Question

I have to do a presentation in chemistry on extracting iron from it's ore [Haematite] and I'm really fed up of just finding the boring old facts about how it's done [reacting with carbon and carbon monoxide] etc.
Has anyone out there got ANY interesting facts about this process that will make my presentation just a bit more appealing, or will everyone just have to fall asleep?!
Thanks!
Lorna

Answer 1

Well, there are really no boring facts. There are only boring presentors. Even with will all animations and visuals, if a presentor is not even able to explain how exciting they are, the audience will not remember them.

Your job is to educate and inform. You are not auditioning for a Broadway role. If I am in the audience and you focus more on gizmos and flashes, I will not have much regard for your presentation.

Actually, you are being graded both on your disposition as a speaker as well as the exposition of your facts.

In any case, here's a help. Bring a big rock - hematire ore - and place it on the table in front of the class. And a rod of stainless steel WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RED RUST which you will show ONLY at the end of the presentation and say, - THAT IS HOW YOU EXTRACT IRON FROM ITS ORE.