Power Point Tips and Tidbits

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Power Point Tips and Tid-bits
Advice on making a Power Point presentation
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Get your written info on the slide first Add
animations, transitions and graphics later on
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Make sure that the font color and size is easily
read against the background color that you choose.
Make sure that the font color and size is easily
read against the background color that you choose.
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Consider Font Size This is 12 point font
size This is 20 point font size This is 40 point
font size also Consider Font Style This can be
difficult to read from a distance This is a
better font Choice
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Use bullets, lists or pictures instead of
paragraphs or sentences
The 4 basic steps of the scientific method are
observation -which uses the 5 senses,
hypothesis-which is a proposed result,
experiment-which tests the hypothesis, and
conclusion- which states the results.
Steps of the Scientific Method 1. Observation 2.
Hypothesis 3. Experiment 4. Conclusion
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Avoid the following
Too many distracting animations and sounds
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• Use the 7 X 7 Rule
• No more than
• 7 bulleted points
• 7 words per bullet
• This prevents paragraphs and sentences !

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Citations
Give credit where credit is due.
Use websites such as www.citationmachine.net