Research Presentation

You need to create a five-minute presentation on a topic of your choice. The topic MUST pertain to an academic subject:

• Math
• History
• Bible
• Science
• English
• Art
• etc.

The title of your presentation should be a question that you are researching. (i.e.

• "How Many Primes Are Less Than a Given Number?"
  
• "What Brought About the Napoleanic Wars?"
  
• "Why Does Water Expand When It Freezes?"
  
• "Who Was the Catalyst For the Creation of the Computer?"
  
• "When Did the Ming Dynasty Rule?"
  
• "Where Did Noah's Ark Come to Rest?"

Be sure that your question is broad enough that it will take five-minutes to answer, but not so broad that you can't cover the entire question.

As you are creating these presentations make sure that you are using proper research techniques. Keep a list of sources. Be sure to check the sources to make sure that they are reliable. Don't use the Internet as your only source, check out the library. If you are dealing with a scientific topic and want to do an experiment, be sure to include the pertinent data and some pictures.

For the actual presentation, remember the different things we have discussed about a good presentation:

1. Continuity between the slides
2. Brief Overview to start
3. Proper amount of information on each slide
4. Good contrasting colors between text and background
5. Pictures and animations that add to the presentation, not detract from it
6. Bibliography
7. Spellchecking

This assignment will be due on Friday the 29th of February. We will present starting on Monday the 3rd.

Each of you will be assigned a partner that you will assist you with your the presentation; they will run the slides for you and will be your aide for proofreading and helping you to fix issues that you may have. Be sure to take time to practice with them! You will be graded on your own presentation, and also on the presentation of your partner. (80% of your grade will be from your presentation and 20% will be from your partner's presentation.)

Here are your partners:

Jasmine & Ryugi Stevi & John
Nathan & Anders Zach & Esther
David & Erik Josh & DaEun
Greg & Queenie Abednego & Hope

You should be sitting with your partner each day so that you can be discussing any questions as you go.