9-01 Research Project

Creating your Presentation:

I. Start with a topic: _______________________________________

II. Guide your research with a specific question:
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III. Determine key words for internet searches:
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IV. Determine a sequence of information for your presentation that will be easy for your audience to follow and understand. Organize your thoughts by stating a question that you will answer on each slide. You should have 10 information slides, each beginning with a question, and having an answer that you have researched.
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b. _____________________________________________
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g. _____________________________________________
h. _____________________________________________
i. _____________________________________________
j. ______________________________________________

V. Begin answering your questions. REFERENCE ALL OF THE WEBSITES YOU VISIT WHILE PREPARING YOUR PRESENTATION.
Suggestion: Open a new Microsoft Word Document. Copy and Paste ALL site URLs that you visit into this document. SAVE. Later, you can simply copy and paste your list of sources onto the last slide of your presentation.

VI. Start building your presentation. Each slide should have the following:
a. Background
b. Slide Transition
c. A question at the top.
d. An answer IN YOUR OWN WORDS (copy and paste material will be treated as plagiarism and given a mark of 0 for that slide).
e. A picture to help viewers understand your information on that slide

VII. Include in your presentation:
a. A Title Slide with the name/topic of your presentation, and the names of your group members.
b. 10 slides, 10 questions, 10 answers
c. A REFERENCES slide with ALL of the URLs you visited to construct your project.

Handing In Your Presentation
I. EMAIL your completed presentation to jrider@wrsd.ca.

II. Put your most important points on a 1 page handout for the class. Use a format that lists the questions and the answers from your presentation. Eg:
1. Q: ___________________________
A: ___________________________
2. Q: ___________________________
A: ___________________________

Getting Ready to Present
III. Your presentations will be on Friday, December 4, 2009. Before then, please take time to:
a. Put your notes on queue cards (do NOT read directly from the projector screen)
b. Practice reading your slides out loud. All group members must present, but need not present equal amounts of the presentation.