1. TITLE. You need an audience. You'll need to attract people to come and listen to you. Something like "G.E spells D.E.A.T.H. for us all" may pack them in but we want enthusiasm for our topic, not sensationalism. You might like to use a graphic to jazz things up (photo, cartoon, etc) but be careful it doesn't make you OHT or slide too cluttered or "noisy".

2. INTRODUCTION. Use bulleted or numbered points to outline the problem you are addressing.

• Why is this subject important?
• What do we already know?
• What gaps are there in our knowledge that you are trying to fill in?

3. MATERIALS AND METHOD. Use bulleted or numbered points to outline the way you gathered information.

• What processes did you go through (recording frequencies or distributions, calculating probabilities, surveys, etc)

• What base line data did you gather for comparison (what controls did you use)

• What were the limits or conditions or your method (we must remember that what occurs under laboratory conditions may be different from what happens in nature)

4. RESULTS. Don't show tables of results. These are what we call raw data. We want to look for a pattern or trend in a picture of numbers - a graph. Remember the usual rules for drawing graphs.

5. DISCUSSION. Use bulleted or numbered points to list the main trends or patterns you have observed in the results. Point out any sources of errors in your work - be honest about this as others will depend on you having accurate and reproducible data. Remember to tell the audience that your observations hold true only under the conditions you ran them under.

6. SUMMARY. Use bulleted or numbered points to list the main conclusions of your work. Where will you go on from here? Are you requesting resources (equipment, money, people) to help carry on with the next stages in your project? Thank those that have assisted you (sponsors, associated organisations, colleagues, etc)