Descriptive But Catchy Title

1. Descriptive But Catchy Title With an informative subtitle if necessary Names of entire team

2. Background information Background information should be informative information about the topic of your research. It should lead the audience to ask the same question that you did. This may take up to two or three slides. While it is very important information, you should consider carefully how much detail you add. If you add too much, the audience will get bored. If you add too little, the audience will get lost. You simply want to lead the audience through your thought process as to why you did this experiment. You may need to cite scientific papers here. If so, you put the author’s name in parentheses with the date of the publication. Then, at the end of the slideshow, put the full citation in a references slide.

3. Bullet Points for Information • Background information • Lead to question • 2-3 slides • Careful with amount of detail • Cite scientific papers

4. Your question • Why is the sky blue? • Because space is blue • Because the atmosphere is blue • Because water is blue • It’s not you just see it that way Because the atmosphere is blue

5. Hypotheses • Null Hypothesis – NO EFFECT • The presence of the atmosphere has no effect on the color of the sky • Alternative Hypothesis – EFFECT • The presence of the atmosphere has an effect on the color of the sky

6. Predictions • We will remove the atmosphere • If the wavelength of light remains the same, we will accept the null hypothesis. • If the wavelength of light changes, we will reject the null hypothesis.

7. Methods • Very basic • Variables • Measurements • Sample size

8. Results • GRAPH! A B C D Group

9. Results • Or on RARE occasion Table. • Must be clear and large type

10. Discussion or Conclusions • Null Hypothesis • Accept or reject • What your results mean • Where your results fit • Cite if necessary

11. References Author, C. 2001. How do I cite you, let me count the ways? Journal of Citations. 4(1):312-324.