Presenting your ideas, research and solutions to a problem in a scientifically accurate format
You can use the following link to assist you in building your poster. It will give you step by step instructions that will help you build it electronically. You will need to select the 36x48 inch format!!
http://www.posterpresentations.com/html/free_poster_templates.html
DO NOT USE ANY FONT SMALLER THEN 28 EXCEPT FOR "REFERENCES", USE 32 SIZE FOR ALL WRITING!!
YOU WILL NEED TO INCLUDE 10 (NO MORE, NO LESS) PHOTOS IN YOUR POSTER!!
The titles of each area of discussion are required to be included (in this order):
1. Abstract
2. Information/background
3. Methods
4. Next steps
5. Research summary/conclusion
6. Acknowledgements
7. References
ABSTRACT:
An abstract is a self-contained, short, and powerful statement that describes a larger work. The abstract consists of the author giving a brief explanation of what the poster is about. A good rule of thumb to follow is: 1 or 2 sentences of what you have accomplished/attempting to accomplish and the history of your work. 1 to 2 sentences on your conclusion (what did you accomplish or what are you attempting to accomplish), 4 to 5 sentences (body) about how you are doing it or are attempting to do it (methodology), and 1 sentence on why you are doing the research. DO NOT include personal observations ( I witnessed this, or we did that, or he assisted me). Remember to stick to the word count. In general, an abstract is usually no more than 250 words. It is important to keep the word count in mind when writing an abstract. Knowing that you only have 250 words to summarize your entire dissertation can prevent you from being overly descriptive.
INFORMATION/BACKGROUND:
This area tells the story of your problem/research, or think of introducing your research. Include such things as: why are you doing the research (causes, personal/cultural), explanation of the history of your problem, what are some of the problems that you have encountered. This needs to be brief and to the point, and needs to line up with what you have in the abstract.
METHODS:
You will be explaining the processes or methods that you used to find solutions. It needs to contain enogh information to enable the reader to understand what was done and how. You will need to include all processes that you used in your research. This needs to line up with what you have in the abstract.
NEXT STEPS:
This area will be used to discuss how you will changing you thinking based upon your research. These might include: grant writing, additional research, addtional input from experts in desired fields, exploring working relationships with universities or colleges for possible solutions. It will also need to contain This needs to line up with what you have in the abstract
RESEARCH SUMMARY/CONCLUSION:
This area is the most important and will have the most important "take home message". It will contian the most details about your findings. These need to be expressed in a few precisely worded sentences This needs to line up with what you have in the abstract
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
You will use this area to acknowledge all individuals, businesses, institutions that contributed to your research. This is an important piece and you need to make sure to include all that contributed.
REFERENCES:
You will be using bibme.com to build your bibliography. You will need to register for a new account. Then click on "start new biography". Please use "MLA format" for citations. When you cite a book it will be differnt then citing an article but not much. It is very important then when you locate book or article that you are citing, remember to "save to your bibliography". It is very important that you use this format for all information that you used in your research. You will need to include all: readings that you used, internet resources, phone interviews, and personal interviews. This site will show you how to set each one of these up. this is also the area where you can use a smaller font to make other areas fit, so for example you might go smaller then 28 to get things to fit.
http://www.bibme.org/apa/book-citation?new=true
DO NOT STRAY FROM THESE REQUIREMENTS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU FOLLOW THE FORMAT AND FONT SIZES
Examples of fantastic posters made by high school students
You can use the following link to assist you in building your poster. It will give you step by step instructions that will help you build it electronically. You will need to select the 36x48 inch format!!
http://www.posterpresentations.com/html/free_poster_templates.html
DO NOT USE ANY FONT SMALLER THEN 28 EXCEPT FOR "REFERENCES", USE 32 SIZE FOR ALL WRITING!!
YOU WILL NEED TO INCLUDE 10 (NO MORE, NO LESS) PHOTOS IN YOUR POSTER!!
The titles of each area of discussion are required to be included (in this order):
1. Abstract
2. Information/background
3. Methods
4. Next steps
5. Research summary/conclusion
6. Acknowledgements
7. References
ABSTRACT:
An abstract is a self-contained, short, and powerful statement that describes a larger work. The abstract consists of the author giving a brief explanation of what the poster is about. A good rule of thumb to follow is: 1 or 2 sentences of what you have accomplished/attempting to accomplish and the history of your work. 1 to 2 sentences on your conclusion (what did you accomplish or what are you attempting to accomplish), 4 to 5 sentences (body) about how you are doing it or are attempting to do it (methodology), and 1 sentence on why you are doing the research. DO NOT include personal observations ( I witnessed this, or we did that, or he assisted me). Remember to stick to the word count. In general, an abstract is usually no more than 250 words. It is important to keep the word count in mind when writing an abstract. Knowing that you only have 250 words to summarize your entire dissertation can prevent you from being overly descriptive.
INFORMATION/BACKGROUND:
This area tells the story of your problem/research, or think of introducing your research. Include such things as: why are you doing the research (causes, personal/cultural), explanation of the history of your problem, what are some of the problems that you have encountered. This needs to be brief and to the point, and needs to line up with what you have in the abstract.
METHODS:
You will be explaining the processes or methods that you used to find solutions. It needs to contain enogh information to enable the reader to understand what was done and how. You will need to include all processes that you used in your research. This needs to line up with what you have in the abstract.
NEXT STEPS:
This area will be used to discuss how you will changing you thinking based upon your research. These might include: grant writing, additional research, addtional input from experts in desired fields, exploring working relationships with universities or colleges for possible solutions. It will also need to contain This needs to line up with what you have in the abstract
RESEARCH SUMMARY/CONCLUSION:
This area is the most important and will have the most important "take home message". It will contian the most details about your findings. These need to be expressed in a few precisely worded sentences This needs to line up with what you have in the abstract
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
You will use this area to acknowledge all individuals, businesses, institutions that contributed to your research. This is an important piece and you need to make sure to include all that contributed.
REFERENCES:
You will be using bibme.com to build your bibliography. You will need to register for a new account. Then click on "start new biography". Please use "MLA format" for citations. When you cite a book it will be differnt then citing an article but not much. It is very important then when you locate book or article that you are citing, remember to "save to your bibliography". It is very important that you use this format for all information that you used in your research. You will need to include all: readings that you used, internet resources, phone interviews, and personal interviews. This site will show you how to set each one of these up. this is also the area where you can use a smaller font to make other areas fit, so for example you might go smaller then 28 to get things to fit.
http://www.bibme.org/apa/book-citation?new=true
DO NOT STRAY FROM THESE REQUIREMENTS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU FOLLOW THE FORMAT AND FONT SIZES
Examples of fantastic posters made by high school students
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