1. Geography of Sports Spring 2010
Poster Project
Geography of Sports
Spring 2010

2. Introduction Posters have gained popularity since the 1970s.
Why:
More posters can be seen than papers presented
Two-way interaction (exchange of ideas)
Best medium to balance:
Visual, Oral, and Written elements of the research
Space is limited, so only the BEST things can be stated or shown.

3. The Assignment Each of you will:
Select a sport that you are interested in.
Conduct research and create a research poster.
Present your research to the class in a minute presentation.

4. Poster Tips Keep it simple!!! Less is often times more
Don’t have your text be too small
Choose appropriate color combinations.

5. Text Use short paragraphs
Use good visual imagery (pictures, maps, graphs, etc)
Select style, size, colors, and spacing that makes reading easy and pleasant

6. Progression Should flow the way we read
Left to Right
Top to Bottom
Should follow basic flow of a paper
Introduction
Main Body of the Paper
Conclusions

7. Title

8. Title

9. Style Font Size Stick to basic fonts Title (120) Headings (60)
Subheadings (30)
Text (24)
Stick to basic fonts

10. This is 28 point font on a 3x4 ft poster

12. What you will turn in!!! ½ page proposal of your project
What is your topic
Why is it important to you
How does it fit with Sports AND Geography
Your Finished Poster
One page summary of your findings
Bibliography

13. Due Dates Proposal – Friday, January 29th
Final Project – Wednesday, April 14th (tentative)
Depends on Presentation Dates