Proper PowerPoint Proper PowerPoint PresentationPresentation

What to Do and What to AvoidWhat to Do and What to Avoid

Slide Design❖ Background

❖ No crazy images

❖ Simple Colors

❖ Brights are BAD

❖ Templates

❖ Often times a good place to start

❖ Organization

Word Design❖ Fonts

❖ Readable from a distance

❖ Not comic/childish

❖ Punctuation

❖ None necessary

❖ Bullets

❖ No Smileys or Pictures

Word Size - Goldilocks Rule

NOT TOO BIGNOT TOO SMALL

Just Right

Content Rules❖ Number of Words Per

Page

❖ In general < 25

❖ 5 x 5 Rule

❖ When enough is enough

❖ Rarely use two lines for a thought

❖ How much detail?

How to Use PicturesHow to Use PicturesA Point for DiscussionA Point for Discussion

Animations❖ Do not over do it

❖ They are only funny once

❖ They look cheap

❖ They are annoying

❖ See what I mean

❖ They are getting old huh?

❖ Okay no more

❖ Just kidding

❖ This is ridiculous

❖ Do you hate animations yet?

❖ No?

❖ I got you a present

❖ Another animation

Sample PresentationSample PresentationBacteria: From Which it All BeganBacteria: From Which it All Began

What is Bacteria?❖ Prokaryote

❖ No nucleus

❖ Variety of life forms

❖ Shapes, sizes, functions

❖ Live almost everywhere

❖ E. coli in human intestines

Characteristics - Characteristics - ShapesShapesBacilli = Rod Shaped Cocci = Spherical ShapedBacilli = Rod Shaped Cocci = Spherical Shaped

Spirilla = Spiral ShapedSpirilla = Spiral Shaped

Characteristics = Cell Walls❖ Gram Positive vs. Gram

Negative

❖ + = Thick

❖ - = Thin

Bacterial Structures

❖ Cell Wall

❖ Cell Membrane

❖ Flagellum

❖ Ribosome

❖ DNA

Behaviors = Movement

❖ Some do not move

❖ Others move

❖ Lash/Whip

❖ Snake

❖ Spiral

Behaviors = Nourishment

❖ Heterotrophs

❖ Chemoheterotrophs

❖ Photoheterotrophs

❖ Autotrophs

❖ Chemoautotrophs

❖ Photoautotrophs

Bacterial Reproduction

❖ Binary Fission

❖ Splitting (Mitosis like)

❖ Conjunction

❖ DNA exchange

❖ Spore Formation

❖ Edospores (seed-like)

Why Should I Care?

❖ Decomposers

❖ Break down material

❖ Recycle Carbon

❖ Nitrogen Fixers

❖ Symbiotic Relationship

❖ Soybeans

Why Should Humans Care?

❖ Foods and Beverages

❖ Yogurt

❖ Digest Petroleum

❖ Oil Spill Clean-up

❖ Poison Removal

❖ Synthesize Drugs