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Chaos, Communication and ConsciousnessModule PH19510
Lecture 3 Poster Presentation
The Task
Produce a poster One significant event, person or discovery
development of communications development of computing
Details of science or theory involved Consequences for today Groups of 3 20% of module marks
Submission
Completed posters to Physics Office 2nd floor, Physical Sciences Building Before 1630 Friday 28th November 2008
Poster Declaration Slip
will be emailed to you signed by all authors Submit with poster
Groups
Groups of 3 Choose yourselves Let me know by email
[email protected] Before 09:00 Monday 31st Oct 2007
I will allocate remaining groups
Specification
Minimum A3 (2 sheets of A4) Maximum A2 (4 sheets of A4) Computer Produced
Powerpoint Word Photoshop etc…
Print on A4 & paste up
What is a Poster ?
Scientist’s advert for their work. Tell a story Breaking News Make reader want to find out more
Title
What is it?
How does it work?
What does it looks like?
How well does it
perform?
What exciting
science can you use it
for?
Who wrote the poster?
Where can I find out more?
Who helped & who paid for the work
?
What does it do?
Who? What? Why? & How?
People, Inventions, Events Who were they ? When did it happen ? What did they do? How does it work ? Why does it matter ?
The Title
Short & sweet Include authors names & emails Affiliation
Bart Simpson – Inventor of the Internet
R.T.Choke ([email protected]), A.Holeflapper ([email protected])University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Introduction
Pull in your audience Describe your topic in 2-3 sentences Avoid jargon
IntroductionHow the son of a power station employee from Springfield overcame his hair problems and went on to invent the internet, revolutionising the world of communications. We look at his background, the technology involved and the effect his invention has had on all of us.
Biography
Key points only date & place of birth picture key features of life quotations “driving force” ?
Bullet pointsNOT an essay
The Invention itself
What was done before ? Describe the invention
Clear diagrams How does it work ?
What science is involved ? Equations ? Disputes ?
Consequences
What was the effect of the invention? Was is developed further ? Is it in use today ? How it improve with time ? (graph) How did the number of users grow ?
(graph)
References
Where to go for more information Cite sources you’ve used
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell
Key books/papers by the inventor Descent of Man, 1871 Hilchenbach, M. (2002). "Space-borne mass
spectrometer instrumentation." International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 215(1-3): 113-129.
Patents U.S. Patent 0447918
Layout
Let layout draw the reader through the story
Sketch out first with pencil & paper Base around key diagrams/pictures
LayoutPortrait vs Landscape
Title
Title
FontsAim for legibility & readability Readable from 4 feet No smaller than 18point
Not enough space ? Reduce word count, don’t shrink font
Don’t use over fancy fonts Fixed width fonts are hard to read
Watch colour schemes
Golden Rules
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple, Stupid
“Less is More” Pare idea down to essentials Put across 2 or 3 key points
