Class 12: Wednesday, April 16

PAPER:

Abstract - brief overview of the project - one or two paragraphs.

Introduction- hypothesis, explanation of what prompted your project idea and what you hoped to achieve.

Process - describe in detail the method/s used to actualize project.

Discussion/Observations- results and conclusions obtained from your exploration, process, effort. How did the process affect the project. How did the project evolve and change as your exploration grew and production ensued

Conclusion - summarize your results; possible ways in which the project could be expanded in the future.

Acknowledgements & References - brief statement stating the names of people and places that assisted your work. Books, magazines, journal, articles, interviews that you used to do your research. Ask each person’s permission that you interviewed to print their name, title, work address and work phone number.

PRESENTATION:

You will each be allowed approximately 20 minutes for the presentation and class discussion.

There will not be time to cover the entire subject. In your presentation, you should cover only the facts, ideas and conclusions or controversial matters which seem most important to you.

Have a clear message that you can describe in a sentence or two. “Brainstorming is a personal thing that needs to be enabled… ” , “It is important to try clothes on before buying them…”, etc.

Have a few examples which explain or defend your message. Use the examples to make your message clear to your audience. Do not have a long list of examples which you do not cover or explain the connection to your message.

Practice, practice, practice. Know how long your presentation will take.

Do not read from your outline or use your outline as a transparency.

You may wish to have something in your hand to remind you of the main subjects about which you wish to talk.

Speak slowly and clearly, as you would to a group of intelligent people who know less about the subject than you do.

The measure of your success will not be how much you have said, but how much your audience has understood, remembers, and finds interesting.

Give less information than more.

*Second reader experiment