1. Has your group signed
up for a presentation
slot?
http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/
seminar3presentations/

2. Have you met with
your ITF to discuss
your project?
fiona.lee@gmail.com

3. Today’s Goals

4. Today’s Goals
• To understand what consists a scientific
presentation

5. Today’s Goals
• To understand what consists a scientific
presentation

6. Today’s Goals
• To understand what consists a scientific
presentation
• To draft an introduction to your scientific
presentation

7. What is a scientific
presentation?

8. Scientific Presentation
A scientific presentation showcases
knowledge derived through a scientific
method

9. Scientific Method

10. Scientific Method
A method of procedure consisting in

11. Scientific Method
A method of procedure consisting in
• systematic observation,
measurement, and experiment,

12. Scientific Method
A method of procedure consisting in
• systematic observation,
measurement, and experiment,
• and the formulation, testing, and
modification of hypotheses.

13. Scientific Method
A method of procedure consisting in
• systematic observation,
measurement, and experiment,
• and the formulation, testing, and
modification of hypotheses.
New Oxford American Dictionary

14. What is a scientific
presentation?

15. What is a scientific
presentation?
It should consist of the following:

16. What is a scientific
presentation?
It should consist of the following:
• Introduction

17. What is a scientific
presentation?
It should consist of the following:
• Introduction
• Methods & Results

18. What is a scientific
presentation?
It should consist of the following:
• Introduction
• Methods & Results
• Discussion

19. What is a scientific
presentation?
It should consist of the following:
• Introduction
• Methods & Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion

20. What is a scientific
presentation?
It should consist of the following:
• Introduction
• Methods & Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• References

21. Introduction

22. Introduction
• Presents the question the project aims to
answer

23. Introduction
• Presents the question the project aims to
answer
• Provides a brief background to the question

24. Introduction
• Presents the question the project aims to
answer
• Provides a brief background to the question
• Offers a hypothesis to the question

25. Methods & Results

26. Methods & Results
• Outlines the steps you took to test the
hypothesis

27. Methods & Results
• Outlines the steps you took to test the
hypothesis
• Presents the results you obtained

28. Discussion

29. Discussion
• Analyzes the results in relation to the
hypothesis

30. Conclusion

31. Conclusion
• States whether hypothesis is affirmed,
refuted or modified.

32. References

33. References
• A bibliography of ALL the materials
(including images, graphs, charts etc.) you
referred to in your project

34. Introduction
RECAP
• Presents the question the project aims to
answer
• Provides a brief background to the question
• Offers a hypothesis to the question

35. What makes a good
scientific question?

36. What makes a good
scientific question?

37. What makes a good
scientific question?
• Has a narrow scope

38. What makes a good
scientific question?
• Has a narrow scope
• Builds on what you already know and on
what you can find out

39. What makes a good
scientific question?
• Has a narrow scope
• Builds on what you already know and on
what you can find out
• Can be answered using the scientific
method

40. What makes a good
scientific question?
• Has a narrow scope
• Builds on what you already know and on
what you can find out
• Can be answered using the scientific
method
• Has important significance i.e. a high “so
what?” value

41. Refine the following question based on
the 4 criteria given:
How has air quality changed over
time?

42. Group work
• Establish a topic of interest.
• Note down what you already know about
the topic
• Develop a question for your scientific
presentation
• Evaluate the question based on the 4
criteria given