Poster Title – Should include your study subject, independent variable, dependent

variable, and outcome.

Your names, class hour, school, and date.

Introduction – Background Info

• Add a key facts from a credible source (.gov, .edu only; maybe .org – check with instructor)

• Summarize the information from this source in your own words – DO NOT copy and paste!

• This fact should be related to your experiment (how plants grow, the carbon cycle, how your treatment might affect plants, etc.)

• It should help the reader understand your work better by clarifying a concept with solid facts.

• Site the source parenthetically on this slide (Last name, Year).

Introduction – Background Info

• Add a key facts from a credible source (.gov, .edu only; maybe .org – check with instructor)

• Summarize the information from this source in your own words – DO NOT copy and paste!

• This fact should be related to your experiment (how plants grow, the carbon cycle, how your treatment might affect plants, etc.)

• It should help the reader understand your work better by clarifying a concept with solid facts.

• Site the source parenthetically on this slide (Last name, Year).

Introduction – Background Info

• Add a key facts from a credible source (.gov, .edu only; maybe .org – check with instructor)

• Summarize the information from this source in your own words – DO NOT copy and paste!

• This fact should be related to your experiment (how plants grow, the carbon cycle, how your treatment might affect plants, etc.)

• It should help the reader understand your work better by clarifying a concept with solid facts.

• Site the source parenthetically on this slide (Last name, Year).

Introduction – Question, Hypothesis, Rationale

• What was your research question? – We wondered if…

• What was your hypothesis?– We predicted that…

• What was your rationale?– We thought this because…

Intro – Summary Of Methods

• Briefly summarize your methods on this slide– To test this, we…

Materials

• Provide a specific list of all materials used on this slide.– “This experiment required the following: … “

Methods

• Give a detailed step-by-step overview of all of your steps on this slide.– It should be as detailed as a recipe in a cookbook.

Methods

• Give a detailed step-by-step overview of all of your steps on this slide.– It should be as detailed as a recipe in a cookbook.

Results

• Describe the outcome of your experiment here. – Include all data, observations, and important

information collected from your experiment.

Results - Graph

• Include a graph of your experiment here. • Your graph MUST include:– Labeled X and Y axes – Your control and treated averages– A caption that explains your graph in enough

detail that a blindfolded person could picture it exactly as it is if they were read the caption.

Conclusion

• Restate your hypothesis.– We hypothesized that…

• Next, explain why you think your this occurred – i.e. how does your data support/reject/not impact your

hypothesis?

• Third, describe why you think the data supports/refutes/does not affect your hypothesis– What general trends have you noticed that have led you to

make this conclusion.

Conclusion

• Fourth, describe if you think your results are consistent or if there is a possibility that the results could be different if the experiment were run again or if it were done by other people.

• Follow up with a discussion about the relevance of your experiment – who will this help? – Why is this work beneficial? – What is the value of this experiment and why was it

necessary?

Bibliography/Works Cited

• Cite all sources used in this using APA citation:– Author Last Name, First Name. Year. Title.

Publisher or website.