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  STARTING YOUR POSTER PRESENTATION:

The poster presentation is meant to provide practice for presentation of an original research question (a research poster is a common way for professional entomologists to communicate their research with the public and with other entomologists). The subject of the poster should be a particular family of insect that interests you in some way. On the day that the posters are due, each student will display their poster in the lab and will give a brief oral presentation (3 minutes maximum) about the family of insect they have chosen. Each presenter will be given a couple of minutes to answer questions from other students, instructors, and TAs.

  HOW TO GET A GOOD MARK ON YOUR POSTER PRESENTATION:

Your poster will emulate a professional research publication and as such, it should be composed of 3 parts:

(1) BIOLOGICAL FACTS (ie. information regarding the ecology, physiology, and/or environmental/economic/medical impact of your chosen insect family)

(2) EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN (an original, testable hypothesis and hypothetical experiment that could be applied to your chosen insect family)

(3) VISUAL PRESENTATION (In addition to the information you have included in your poster, you will be given marks based on the poster's visual layout as well as your oral presentation of the poster's contents.)

CITATIONS (Attach a list of citations in a consistent citation format to the back of your poster)

PLEASE NOTE: Your poster should be no more than 1m X 1m in size. Keep the poster as pictorial as possible while making sure there is adequate information for the reader to know what is going on. To keep written information organized and concise, use sub-headings whenever possible. Before choosing a research question (or if you are having any difficulties with your poster), please pay a visit to one of the TA's for general feedback and advice.

  MARKING SCHEME FOR THE POSTER PRESENTATION:



Individual Marks Totals
35.7% BIOLOGICAL FACTS:
(CHOOSE & ANSWER 5 OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS):
-Why is this insect family interesting
-What is this family's habitat
-What is this family's life history
-Description of communication system
-Description of predator/prey system
-Description of mating system
-Description of environmental impact
-Description of medical impact
-Description of economic impact
-Description of unique behavioural characteristics
-Description of unique morphological characteristics (for example: how to identify this insect family)

2 Marks
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2 Marks

 Up To 10 Marks
35.7% EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:
(ANSWER ALL OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS):
-Introduction/rationale for question (what is the problem you are trying to answer)
-Research Question (does the question properly address the problem?)
-Materials (WHAT will be needed to test your hypothesis)
-Methods (HOW will you perform your experiments)
-Interpretation/discussion (what can you say if you achieve positive results?, negative results?)



2 Marks

2 Marks

2 Marks
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2 Marks 		10 Marks
28.6% ORAL & VISUAL PRESENTATION:
(COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING):
-Oral presentation
-Questions answered
-Poster layout
-Citations (complete & formatted)

2 Marks
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2 Marks		 8 Marks
100% TOTAL   28
  EXAMPLE POSTER:


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