Guide to the EPQ

PresentationFor EPQ Students.

What needs to be done…

Meet up with supervisor to complete production log

paperwork

Complete final project

Make and give presentation

Submit A) Journal, B) Production Log, C) Final Project

and D) Materials related to Presentation

The Presentation

Example presentation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4qzd6lNqMM

Search EPQ Presentation Alex Beavis

What will we be looking at

Purpose of the Presentation

What needs to be covered

What your supervisor’s role will be in the

presentation

Format of the Presentation

How best to prepare for the Presentation

Purpose of the Presentation

To provide an overview of your entire

project – successes, failures and solutions

A summary of your final product and

conclusion

Public presentation – to demonstrate your

presentation skills to an audience of non-

specialists

What needs to be covered?

For every area to be covered, be sure to:

1. Include evidence

2. Show failures as well as successes – why did

things go badly and what solutions did you come

up with?

What needs to be covered?

The Journey of your Project

1. Why did you choose this topic?

2. An outline of your entire research process

What research did you do?

Did you do any original research? If so, how?

What books / museums / websites /articles etc were

especially valuable?

Did you find one type of source more useful than

another and if so, why?

Who did you contact? What kind of responses did you

get?

3. What areas of your research went particularly

well? Why was this?

Good planning?

Successful use of time?

Making good contact with outside agencies

4. What areas of your research failed?

Why?

What would you have done differently next time?

5. Your Final Product

Provide an overview of your final product

What is it?

Summarise what it is / says / does etc – remember

though that you are explaining this to an audience who

may know nothing about the topic!

What did you find out / conclude

6. Evaluation of your project

In what ways do you feel the project has benefited you

as a student and as an individual – what have you

learned from this project?

What would you do to improve for next time?

What will my supervisor’s role

be in the Presentation

Your supervisor will have three roles in the presentation:

1. They can check your presentation ahead of time to make

sure it runs smoothly and provide you with tips to

improve it;

2. At the end of the presentation they will ask you

questions. They are NOT trying to test you, but rather

draw out points that you might have missed to give you

more marks;

3. After the presentation they will write an assessment of

your presentation.

What will they assess?

1. How well did you communicate your findings – did you

cover it too quickly, did you mumble your way through

it, were you unprepared?

2. Did you address all the areas you needed to cover?

3. Were you analytical about the course of your research,

about what went well and what didn’t?

4. Did you clearly summarise and explain your final

product?

Format of the Presentation

PowerPoint presentation

Video

Display board

Non-computer presentation

Interactive presentation

You still need to be

present to talk

through it, and

answer the

questions at the

end!

Presentation Tips

Draft your presentation and run it past your supervisor

When using PowerPoint, DON’T just read from the board

Ask your supervisor for tips about how to and how not to give presentations

Write a script or notes that you can use to help remember key points

REHEARSING = confidence = success

Remember, this is targeted at a non-specialist audience who know nothing about your project!

What needs doing?

Arrange a meeting with your supervisor

Check draft of final product

Check draft of presentation

Fill in, with supervisor, end of project review

Presentation

Give presentation

Complete production log

Use word document to type up your production log

Complete pages 11, 12 and 14. Your supervisor will give you page 13

Complete final product

Collate your production log, final product, online journal and all presentation material

Use End of Project

checklist handout to

help you on this one!

Are you nearing the end?

Put final touches on production log

Sort out journal

Put final touches on final product

Ensure you have everything sorted and ready to hand in