Making MSTC Research Posters

1. Making MSTC Research Posters

2. Where to Make Posters • Best bet: check with your mentors – many of them have access to a department poster printer / color plotter • Kentucky Young Researchers Program • Directly from an online companies: • http://www.posterpresentations.com/ • http://www.postersession.com/ • http://www.makesigns.com/scientific_posters.htm • Many of those sites also have free powerpoint templates • Timing and cost is IMPORTANT as these printers can have backlogs and be expensive, so plan ahead!

3. How to Make Research Posters • Often made with Microsoft Office PowerPoint (check with your lab) • Specific guidelines and scientific conventions – if needed: • http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds3-2/posters.html • http://www.the-aps.org/careers/careers1/GradProf/glas.htm • http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/posters.htm • Template on the next slide

4. TITLE OF THE STUDY PEOPLE WHO DID THE STUDY UNIVERSITIES AND HOSPITALS THEY ARE AFFILIATED WITH LOGO LOGO MATERIALS AND METHODS RESULTS BACKGROUND 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 77777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ We hope you find this template useful! It is set up to yield a 36x48 tri-fold poster. We’ve put in the headings we usually see in these posters, you can copy and paste and change to your hearts content! We’ve left our text in red so you’ll know what text you have brought in, and be sure to get rid of anything we put in. We suggest you use black text against a light background so that it is easy to read. Background color can be changed in format-background-drop down color menu. The boxes around the text will automatically fit the text you type, and if you click on the text, you can use the little handles that appear to stretch or squeeze the text boxes to whatever size you want. You can simply delete the lines by going to format-colors and lines and selecting no line. The dotted lines through the center of the piece will not print, they are for alignment. You can move them around by clicking and holding them, and a little box will tell you where they are on the page. Use them to get your pictures or text boxes aligned together. We suggest you not use semi-transparent fills, which can be troublesome in printing. How to bring things in from Excel and Word Excel- select the chart, hit edit-copy, and then edit-paste into PowerPoint. The chart can then be stretched to fit as required. If you need to edit parts of the chart, it can be ungrouped. Watch out for scientific symbols used in imported charts, which PowerPoint will not recognize as a used font unless you used it elsewhere on the poster, and may print improperly if we don’t have the font installed on our system. It is best to stick with Arial, Times New Roman, and Symbol to avoid font problems. Word- select the text to be brought into PowerPoint, hit edit-copy, then edit-paste the text into a new or existing text block. This text is editable. You can change the size, color, etc. in format-text. We suggest you not put shadows on smaller text. Charts and tables that come in funny, or look bad when you try to resize them, can often be fixed by re-pasting them using paste special as an enhanced metafile. Scans We need images to be 72 to 100 dpi in their final size, or use a rule of thumb of 2 to 4 megabytes of uncompressed .tif file per square foot of image. For instance, a 3x5 photo that will be 6x10 in size on the final poster should be scanned at 200 dpi. We prefer that you import tif or jpg images into PowerPoint. If you are designing your poster on a PC and using digital pictures generated on a Mac, be sure to convert them to tif or jpg before bringing them into PowerPoint. PICT files will display but not print. Preview: To see your poster in actual size, go to view-zoom-100%. This is a good way to be sure your pictures are going to look OK. Feedback: If you have comments about how this template worked for you, email to sales@megaprint.com. We listen! 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5. Correct Display • Using Table • Provided By Intel ISEF • Tri-fold board does not extend over edges of the provided table, which is 30” by 48”. • Required paperwork is properly displayed on front of table. • All images properly credited

6. Other Resources • ISEF Rules Wizard http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/students/wizard/index.asp The Rules Wizard has been designed as a first step to help you determine what forms and approvals are necessary before beginning a science fair project intended for competition at an ISEF-affiliated fair or the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.  • D & S Inspectors Manual: http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/document/hubman.asp This site contains a training PPt. for Host Committee D & S Inspectors that provides additional information on appropriate displays. • SRC PowerPoint: http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/ The Scientific Review PowerPoint reviews regulations for projects. Reviews role of supervisors, etc., and all required paperwork.

7. Board Websites • http://www.officedepot.com/ • http://www.staples.com/ Office Depot and Staples are national suppliers of office materials used in developing project boards. • http://www.showboard.com/ Show Board is a national supplier of boards frequently used in science fair projects. • http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_display_board_advanced_design.shtml Science Buddies is an excellent site for free science fair project ideas, answers, and tools.