Science Exit Projects Preparing the Science Exit Project Display in PowerPoint

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Science Exit ProjectsPreparing the Science
Exit Project Display in PowerPoint

• iLearn
• Science Session 8.8

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Focusing Questions

• How can PowerPoint be used effectively to
  organize and present data for a Science Exit
  Project?

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Instruction
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Framing Our Work

• In this session, we will learn how to use
  PowerPoint to organize and present a science exit
  project.
• You will create a template to guide your students
  in the design of their presentation.

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Getting Started

• Why Use PowerPoint?

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Getting Started Why Use PowerPoint?

• Offers alternative method of presentation
• Addresses different learning modalities
• Presentation is an added piece to the digital
  portfolio
• Slides help organize information neatly
• Can position text, graphics, movies and other
  objects to illustrate information

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How Do I Structure My Presentation?

• Slides
• Title
• Introduction
• Hypothesis
• Materials
• Procedure
• Results
• Analysis
• Conclusion
• Bibliography/Resources

• Your presentation must be at least 7 minutes long
• Practice the pace and timing of your presentation
  
• Be familiar with the content of your presentation
  
• Be prepared to answer questions from the audience

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Guided Practice

• With a partner use the exit project rubric (s) to
  evaluate the two samples below.
• A Study of Gerbil Behavior.ppt (field study)
• Kidney Bean Growth Sample (controlled
  experiment)

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Guided Practice

• How do the use of graphics support the content of
  the presentation?
• How does PowerPoint help organize the
  presentation?

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Teaching

• How can PowerPoint enhance my presentation?

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Creating a new slide

• After opening your PowerPoint, you might need to
  add more slides.
• To add a new slide, click INSERT, then click
  NEW SLIDE
• This gives you another slide to work on.

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Inserting a picture

• To insert a picture from your hard drive, click
  INSERT
• Then select PICTURE
• Then select FROM FILE
• Find the picture you want on your hard drive and
  select it, then click OK

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Changing the Background of a slide

• To change the background, position your arrow on
  the area of the background.
• Right click
• Then select BACKGROUND
• Select the background color you want and then
  click APPLY or APPLY to ALL

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Deleting a PowerPoint slide

• To delete a slide, click on the small image of
  the slide on the left pane to highlight it.
• Then right click and push the DELETE key.

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Work Time
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Work Time

• Use the following template to design a template
  you will use to help your students develop their
  presentation.
• Exit Project Template
• Create a background and insert graphics,
  pictures, tables, etc.
• Cite 3 references in the Bibliography (Resources)
  using Citation Machine using MLA format.

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Share
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Share

• In this session, we learned how to use PowerPoint
  to present a Science Exit Project.
• What are the characteristics of an effective
  Science Exit Project PowerPoint presentation?
• Now we will look at the PowerPoint templates you
  created.

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Getting Started (continued)

• PowerPoint Resources
• Atomic Learning software tutorial website (by
  subscription only)
• Microsoft website tutorial

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For more information

• Office of Instructional Technology
• oittc_at_schools.nyc.gov
• www.nyc.gov/schools