Transcript This presentation contains annotation. The annotation slides will have a red background with yellow writing. Presentations are always a team effort.

This presentation contains annotation. The annotation slides will have a red
background with yellow writing.
Presentations are always a team effort. Therefore the title slide should have all
the necessary information, including all the team members. Its usually good
form to list the team members in alphabetical order, unless there is a good
reason not to do so.
All the information shown on the next slide should be shown for every
presentation. It allows us to insure that the proper people get credit for their
work, and also to return a lost presentation to the proper reviewer for grading.
Keep in mind that a presentation is much different than a lab report. A written
report is usually read carefully, possibly several times, and it’s not unusual for
the reader to reflect for a few minutes about what’s being said. A presentation is
much different. In this case you’re giving a quick briefing to the audience,
capturing the essence of what was in the report, but only hitting the highlights.
A good presentation is brief and to the point.
Lab 1701: Faster-than-light Travel
EG1003 Section A2
Date of Experiment: October 26, 2006
Date due: November 2, 2006
Beverly Crusher and William Riker
The next slide is common to all lab presentations. It’s basically an agenda
showing what you’re going to cover.
You can use this slide “as is”. As you get used to the presentation format,
however, you can be more imaginative with the categories if you want by using
more imaginative names. However, make sure you cover all the material.
One note: lab presentations go quickly and are technical briefings. You should
not use animations such as slide transitions, things hopping around on the
slide, etc. This style is perfectly acceptable for a marketing presentation, and
PowerPoint is an extremely effective tool for doing marketing. However, for a
technical presentation, especially one with a serious time constraint, avoid any
kind of distraction.
Overview
Experimental Objective
 Introduction
 Background Information
 Materials
 Procedure
 Data/Observations
 Results
 Conclusion
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The objective should be short and clear. It’s how you define success in the lab.
For this lab, success is defined as successfully building and flying the starship
faster than the speed of light.
Note the throughout the presentation we use short phrases rather than
complete sentences. We don’t want to bore the audiences with slides that
contain solid text. Also, if you have sentences, you’ll tend to just read the slides,
adding to the boredom factor. Most the people in the audience can read as well
as you can, so you have no “value added” in doing the presentation.
Experimental Objective
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Build a model faster-than-light spacecraft
and fly it down Jay Street
The next slide explains why this lab/technology is important. It should
emphasize why this technology is good – it’s benefits to humanity or the planet.
A good question to ask yourself after you’re done with this slide is “So What?”
You should have answered this question of why this stuff is important. If you
don’t pass the “So What?” test you’ve done something wrong.
Do not confuse this slide with the “Background Information” that comes next.
This slide is at a high level. You’ll be able to provide more detail in the rest of
the presentation.
Introduction

Traveling faster than light allows us to visit
other planets and star systems
More access to resources we need to survive
 Better understanding of other cultures so that
we can improve ours
 Improved skills to work with other life forms
 Faster progress for all through exploration
and diplomacy
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Background Information typically has several slides. Keep in mind that you only
have five minutes for your presentation, so don’t include too much background
or you’ll overrun your time budget. Just include what you need to prove your
point.
A good model to consider is a lawyer making a case at trial. The first thing you
have to do is establish your “foundation”, the basic principles that apply here.
This might include some history of how this technology was invented or
discovered, basic principles that will be used later, formulas you use for
calculations in the “Results” section, and terms you use later that are not part of
everyday English.
A key thing to remember here is relevance. The online manual typically has
much more material about the lab that you need to include in your report or
presentation. The manual is designed to get you interested in a field, or have
more of appreciation for it. Here, we only include what we need.
Background Information
Space warp discovered by Poly Prof.
Zefram Cochrane
 Usually large ships that go long distances
 Fast acceleration to trans-light speed
using matter/antimatter reaction
 At approximately light speed space warp
kicks in
 Exceed light speed
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Background Information
Demonstrate speed greater than light by
flying down Jay Street
 Strobe light flashed on launch
 If model arrived at destination before flash,
it traveled faster than light
 Timing was too tight to measure speed
accurately
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Background Information

Model slowed to sublight speed by barrier
and falls into East River
Background Information

Applications of faster-than-light travel
Cargo vessels carrying dilithium crystals for
power plants on Earth
 Space tourism to Proxima Centuri
 Markets in other star systems for goods we
make
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 Straw
hats for inhabitants of Bilius-3, where local
star radiation is high
The “Materials” section of the presentation is a separate section, not part of the
procedure. Also, given the brevity of the presentation, the materials should be a
“grocery list” rather than items in a sentence. Never use sentences in a
presentation unless absolutely necessary!
Remember to only show the materials you used, not all the materials that were
provided. Some labs allow multiple designs where you won’t use everything.
Materials
Model rocket
 Tube of Super Glue ®
 “Matter” cartridge
 “Antimatter” vessel
Supplied by EG1003 for all teams:
 Launch stand
 Barrier
 Atomic clocks
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The Procedure section should only be one or two slides. Again, keep in mind
that this is only a five minute presentation, so you don’t have time for much
detail. You should review the procedure in the online manual and briefly
summarize it.
Note that it can be difficult to take a lengthy lab and reduce it down to one or
two slides. It’s a skill you will acquire with practice.
Procedure
Obtain model rocket and assemble
 Activate model with red power switch, note
time
 Run “Level 1 Diagnostic” by pressing
yellow button, check for green light
 Take model to launch area on Jay Street
 Snap in “matter” cartridge
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Procedure (continued)
Pour in “antimatter” from containment vessel
and put stopper in hole
 Give to “Roaming TA” for launch
 One team member takes shuttle to barrier
 Fly rocket, see if it hits barrier before strobe
light flash is recorded
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The “Data/Observations”, like the section in your lab report, only describes
what you saw and measured, i.e. raw data. It does not include calculations –
the calculations go in the Results section.
If you measured things, it should be presented as a table, and possibly a graph
as well if it’s important to get an overall view of what happened. If you built
something, a sketch or picture of what you built would go here.
The overall intent is just to present the facts as they are, and not to interpret
them. This allows the audience to keep an open mind, and increases your
credibility.
Note that sometimes things don’t go right or unexpected things happen. You
should include these things in your Data/Observations. They could become
critically important later, even though they seemed unimportant at the time.
It is not unusual for this section to be several slides, possibly more. The
important thing to remember is that you’re giving the audience the facts they
need to understand your results and conclusion.
Data/Observations
Model was assembled with no problem
 Yellow button was pressed, green light
came on
 Time was recorded
 Filling problems with antimatter caused
hole to appear in sidewalk for a few
seconds, allowing us to see F train tracks
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… and some scared riders waiting for the train
When rocket launched, left trail of white
and then red as it flew down Jay Street
Data/Observations (continued)
Very loud explosion, some windows
cracked
 Barrier was destroyed by impact
 Remains of rocket, glowing red, flew into
East River
 Huge geyser of water caused by impact
and heat
 Atomic clocks showed that rocket arrived
before flash of strobe at launch point
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Data/Observations (continued)
NYPD arrived and detained everybody at
84th Precinct
 After much discussion, authorities
determined that this lab was not
authorized because of lack of “Parade
permit”
 Prof. Doucette paid the fine
 Prof. Georgi will serve time if necessary
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We’re now heading for the point of the lab. We’ll now apply the principles and
formulas in the Background Information to the data and observations shown in
the preceding section to give our results.
If the lab includes cost as a consideration, you should have one slide showing
cost information. This table has the same format as a lab report: five columns
showing the item, unit cost, unit of measure (each, set, dozen, etc.), quantity,
and total cost for the item, calculated by multiplying the unit cost by the
quantity. At last line shows the grand total in the bottom right corner.
Note that everything in the Results section has been explained earlier in the
presentation. There should not be any new information here other than the
application of the stuff you already presented.
It’s not unusual for the Results to be one or two slides.
Results
Since rocket arrived before strobe light
flash, rocket traveled faster than light
 Much more light and noise than
anticipated
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The Conclusion is, in many ways, your most important slide. It will provide the
audience with the impression that they’re most likely to remember about your
presentation, so it should be strong.
First, you want to show you were successful, or at least partially successful.
Emphasize what went right, and note briefly what went wrong. One thing you
should do is look at your “Objectives” slide and make sure the Conclusion
shows how you met the objective.
Be specific. Don’t say “We were successful” or “The lab was a success”. What
lab? What were you successful at. For example, in this lab we successfully built
the model and flew it down Jay Street faster than the speed of light.
No matter how things went, it’s always a good idea to show your commitment
to quality by discussing how things could be better. One or two bullets of
suggested improvements are always welcome.
Conclusion
Successfully built and flew a craft that flew
faster than the speed of light
 Possible improvements:

Make sure NYPD and Fire Department are
aware of this next time
 Put a silencer on the rocket exhaust to avoid
breaking windows
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