Research Capstone Presentation
Guidelines
Presentation in brief: The presentation is a group project. Think of this as
a visual version of your paper. The presentation should include: a short
intro, your hypotheses, a brief description of the methods, tables and/or
graphs related to your findings, and an interpretation of your data. The
presentations should be no more than 10 minutes long. The product must
be presented as well during the defense. Prepare at least four (4) copies of
the research paper to be given to the panel.
What must be included in your PPT presentation?
1. Title slide (1 slide). Title of the research, the names of all group
members,
2. Introduction (typically 3-4 slides).
3. Materials and Methods (typically 2-3 slides). Clearly summarize the
design. Show a picture of your lab setup and/or of a person doing some of
the lab work. Show a prototype of your experimental design (with sample
sizes, number of replicates, sampling frequency, etc.). Mention what
parameters you measured but do not go into detail on exact procedures
used. Do state what statistical tests you used to analyze your data.
4. Results (typically 2-4 slides).
5. Implications and Conclusions (typically 2-3 slides). Correctly interpret
your results. Constructively address sources of error and methodological
difficulties. Place your results in context and draw implications from
them.
Good luck and God bless.
