Guidelines for CHM 1025L Presentations
Presentation:
- Presentations are an individual assignment
- PowerPoint or Adobe format suggested
- Select a topic from the list provided. If you are interested in a topic not listed, please let me know so we can discuss it
- A time slot of 10 minutes is set for each presentations,
- Presentations should be a minimum of 6 and max of 8 minutes with 2 minutes for Q&A
Slides:
- one Title slide, which should include the name of presenter
- one outline slide to show the items of the talk
- one introductory/historical slide
- a few (8-10) slides describing the topic - make sure that the chemistry involved is included
- a Summary and Conclusions slide
- slide for references and any acknowledgements (This still applies if you use sources other than published material like the Internet)
- Do not read directly off of slides more than once during the presentation
Videos:
Videos and/or animations are allowed under the following guidelines
- Video/Animation should be 1 to 2 minutes in length MAX
- The video/animation should complement your presentation, not do the topic explanation for you.
- With or without video, the presentation should not be longer than 8 minutes.
References:
- You need to draw your information from at least 3 references.
- References should be journals, books or textbooks.
- Leading reference should be within the last 5 years.
- Wikipedia should not be a primary source.
- You can draw from historical references to explain where the topic started