Welcome back everyone!
This week was dedicated to the writing of my research paper. As I stated last week, I have pretty much reached an end in my project, so all that I have left are my final projects, which include a 10-page paper and poster, along with the presentation.
This week, I managed to make significant progress in my research paper. So far, I am on the forth out of the five pages (single-spaced). After being gone for several months, I have had to do some refreshing on the formatting of research papers. So far, I have written the abstract, introduction, the methods, and results. I need to begin the discussion and conclusion, which I hope to have completed by mid-week next week. That would be optimal for me, considering I could move on to the poster as well as free up time for more presentation rehearsals.
There is a benefit to writing this research paper first, and that is that I can transfer a a great deal of material to my presentation. The paper is quite different in comparison to other scientific papers in that I am having to explain the terms so that it's easier for people to comprehend the material. Not to say that it's too complex for them, it's just that I'm sure that most people have not been exposed to the field of astronomy. With that being said, I will have to do similar explaining when it comes time for my presentation. Having already explained the words on paper will definitely give me an plan on how I want to go about explaining all the terms.
As for my poster, I have not yet planned out how I want it to look. My presentation is almost complete as well. The nice thing about this presentation is that I am going to have 20 minutes to speak, meaning that it's going to give me a pretty good amount of time to explain everything I need to. I'm not to worried about giving the presentation. The only thing I am worried about is the audience's comprehension. In other words, I want to make sure everyone understands what I am saying because if they don't, me standing up there for 20 minutes will definitely not be entertaining to them. The more I rehearse however, the better I am going to be at my explanations.
Thanks everyone for reading. I hope you enjoyed hearing about all that I did this week. Have a great weekend.
This week was dedicated to the writing of my research paper. As I stated last week, I have pretty much reached an end in my project, so all that I have left are my final projects, which include a 10-page paper and poster, along with the presentation.
This week, I managed to make significant progress in my research paper. So far, I am on the forth out of the five pages (single-spaced). After being gone for several months, I have had to do some refreshing on the formatting of research papers. So far, I have written the abstract, introduction, the methods, and results. I need to begin the discussion and conclusion, which I hope to have completed by mid-week next week. That would be optimal for me, considering I could move on to the poster as well as free up time for more presentation rehearsals.
There is a benefit to writing this research paper first, and that is that I can transfer a a great deal of material to my presentation. The paper is quite different in comparison to other scientific papers in that I am having to explain the terms so that it's easier for people to comprehend the material. Not to say that it's too complex for them, it's just that I'm sure that most people have not been exposed to the field of astronomy. With that being said, I will have to do similar explaining when it comes time for my presentation. Having already explained the words on paper will definitely give me an plan on how I want to go about explaining all the terms.
As for my poster, I have not yet planned out how I want it to look. My presentation is almost complete as well. The nice thing about this presentation is that I am going to have 20 minutes to speak, meaning that it's going to give me a pretty good amount of time to explain everything I need to. I'm not to worried about giving the presentation. The only thing I am worried about is the audience's comprehension. In other words, I want to make sure everyone understands what I am saying because if they don't, me standing up there for 20 minutes will definitely not be entertaining to them. The more I rehearse however, the better I am going to be at my explanations.
Thanks everyone for reading. I hope you enjoyed hearing about all that I did this week. Have a great weekend.
No comments:
Post a Comment