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Microcosm Presentation Template

The document outlines the requirements for creating a PowerPoint presentation on a microcosm project, including the need for narration, a clear hypothesis, methods, observations, and conclusions. It emphasizes the importance of good presentation practices, such as using titles, images, and source attributions on each slide. Additionally, it encourages the inclusion of further research ideas and proper referencing in APA style.

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Microcosm Presentation Template

The document outlines the requirements for creating a PowerPoint presentation on a microcosm project, including the need for narration, a clear hypothesis, methods, observations, and conclusions. It emphasizes the importance of good presentation practices, such as using titles, images, and source attributions on each slide. Additionally, it encourages the inclusion of further research ideas and proper referencing in APA style.

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• Develop your slide deck in PowerPoint, and then record a presentation of the

microcosm project with narration of each slide. One way to do this is through a
screencast application, which makes recording your voice as you narrate what
shows on your screen a seamless presentation.
• Delete this box before saving your project.
• Change the color scheme and design in PowerPoint to customize your presentation.

TITLE OF PROJECT
Firstname Lastname
EVSP416 General Ecology
Microcosm Project
Date
Professor XXXX
Microcosm Overview
• Briefly explain why you undertook this assignment (aside from it
being an assignment). What did you hope to learn about ecology or
microcosms? How can microcosms be used in ecology? What do we
need to know to understand the rest of this presentation? This may
take more than one slide to do.

• Use good presentation form!


• Titles on every slide
• Source attributions on every slide
• Lots of images, figures, tables
• Content not too “wordy” – it shouldn’t look like a research paper you simply cut-
and-pasted onto slides
• Include any information you think your instructor needs but shouldn’t be on the slide
itself in the notes section.
• Delete this box before saving your project if using this template
Hypothesis
• State your hypothesis. There may or may not be more
than one. The statement should be clear and testable.
Methods & Materials
• Tell us how you went about building your microcosm.
• Consider a map and/or photo identifying the location of source
materials
• Identify specific materials used and volume of inputs.
Always present data in metric units: meters, grams, etc.
• Identify how long the microcosm project ran, what it
received as far as light conditions, temperature, etc.
• Provide any other necessary steps in building and
carrying out the project.
Observations & Data
• Tell us what you observed and summarize data collected.
• For example, you may include a data table showing changes
over time for certain observations (e.g. sediment color,
autotrophs).
• You may upload weekly digital imagery, scan your sketches, or
digitize your sketches using tools in PowerPoint, to illustrate
how the system changed over time or to highlight major
changes observed.
• This are just some basic ideas. Be creative and present your
project to us.
• Do *not* scan in the microcosm logs and paste them in the
presentation – the logs are raw data forms, and your task is to
process the data you have collected for the audience
• This will take more than one slide to do well!
Major Findings
• Explain the take home message:
• What happened in the microcosm experiment?
• Did your observations support your hypothesis?
• If so, how? If not, why not?
Conclusions
• Identify at least three course concepts that were clearly
evident in this project.
• Concept 1: define and explain how your project is relevant
• Concept 2: define and explain how your project is relevant
• Concept 3: define and explain how your project is relevant
• Looking beyond your individual microcosm and course
project, how are microcosm studies relevant to general
ecology? Integrate course vocabulary in your
explanation.
Further Research
• What further hypotheses would you like to test?
• What would you do next time to improve this project?
References
• Be sure to credit any outside sources consulted
throughout this presentation.
• In the EVSP program we use the APA style for citations,
and there are resources on APA style in our library.
• Be sure you present complete reference citations to
properly credit the ideas, words, and images of others.

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