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Virtual presentation - Template instructions

  • This virtual presentation is for expert judges to view before the Southern Colorado Regional Science Fair.
  • The slideshow is an opportunity to provide more time for judges to understand your project.
  • You may alter the slidedeck to fit your needs.
  • All Project Presentation elements must conform to Display & Safety rules as if placed on a physical poster for display to judges and the public.

Directions

  1. Make a copy of this presentation
  2. Delete the guiding bullet points and replace with your own information.
  3. Once completed, delete the instruction slide before printing to a PDF file. Your resulting Project Presentation should only be at most 10 pages.
  4. Upload the PDF to the “additional materials” on MySciFair

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Project Title

Finalist Name(s)

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INTRODUCTION - What is your engineering problem and goal?

  • What problem were you trying to solve?
  • Include a description of your engineering gial.
  • Explain what is known or has already been done to solve this problem, including work on which you may build.
  • You may include a brief review of relevant literature.
  • If this is a continuation project, a brief summary of your prior work is appropriate here.
  • Be sure to distinguish your previous work from this year’s project.

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METHODS - Explain your methods and procedures for building your design.

  • What did you do?
  • How did you design and produce your prototype?
  • If there is a physical prototype, you may want to include pictures or designs of the prototype.
  • If you tested the prototype, what were your testing procedures?
  • What data did you collect and how did you collect the data?
  • DO NOT include a separate list of materials.

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RESULTS - What were the result(s) of your project?

  • How did your prototype meet your engineering goal?
  • If you tested the prototype, provide a summary of testing data tables and figures that illustrate your results.
  • Include relevant statistical analysis of the data.

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DISCUSSION - What is your interpretation of these results?

  • What do these results mean?
  • Compare your results with theories, published data, commonly held beliefs, and expected results.
  • Did any questions or problems arise that you were not expecting?
  • Were these problems caused by uncontrolled events?
  • How did you address these?
  • How is your prototype an improvement or advancement over what is currently available?

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CONCLUSIONS - What conclusions did you reach?

  • Did your project turn out as you expected?
  • What application(s) do you see for your work?

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REFERENCES

  • This section should not exceed one page.
  • Limit your list to the most important references.
  • List the references/documentation used which were not of your own work (i.e. books, journal articles, etc.).
  • Hyperlinks to original source material are the only permissible hyperlinks allowed within the presentation.