UA Slide Presentation Guidelines

Presentation Tips: no need to include this or the next slide in your presentation. These are just some pointers. Don’t overload your slides with too much text. Stick to a few key words. Let the picture or graphic tell the story. A font size of 28 to 34 with a bold font is recommended for subtitles. The title default size is 44.

More Presentation Tips: Sounds and transition effects can be annoying. Use them sparingly. Backgrounds should never distract from the presentation. Backgrounds that are light colored with dark text, or vice versa, look good. You are free to use this template, and alter it however you see fit. However, make sure there is contrast of colors so everything is visible.

Project Title Suggested Format: The effect of…(I.V.)… on…(D.V.)… Student names

Question Suggested Format: How will…(I.V.)… affect…(D.V.)…?

Hypothesis Suggested Format: If…(brief description of the experiment)… then…(expected result)… because…(scientific reasoning that supports the expected result) Multiple slides if needed due to space. - If… then… on one slide - because… on the next

Background Information (related to the hypothesis. Use as many slides as needed) Explain the scientific thinking behind the hypothesis. (the “because…” part of the hypothesis)

Procedure (Use as many slides as needed) List materials and Describe procedures step-by-step

Data/Results Use data to answer the original question. Include: Got data? (Use as many slides as needed. Put the graph on one slide, and use others to explain the results). Use data to answer the original question. Include: Tables and Graphs: Report the data that was recorded Graph the data Data Analysis: Summarize trends or patterns in the data. For example: As the amount of… increased, the amount of… decreased.

Discussion/Conclusion 1 State: Was the hypothesis supported or not supported by the data?

Discussion/Conclusion 2 Construct a Scientific Explanation: A scientific explanation connects the results of this investigation to other scientific knowledge already available on the topic. A scientific explanation consists of: a claim related to the hypothesis, the evidence (data) that supports this claim, reason(s) for these results using the scientific knowledge already available on the topic (background research). Use the DSET to help you with this. You can even put the DSET in for this slide if you want.

Discussion/Conclusion 3 Reflections: on possible sources of experimental error, on unexpected results. Next Steps: Suggestions for further investigations

Literature cited Print: Books, periodicals Internet: Web sites Other references: Museums, interviews, personal communication with a scientist.