How to Create a Captivating Presentation (Science and English Interdisciplinary Course)

Interdisciplinary Course with Science Teacher Mrs. Doyle and English Teacher Ms. Rocha

Lesson 1 with Mrs. Doyle
- Trading Card for an influential person
- Introduce Google Classroom for collecting pdf files

Present to class on presentation techniques and tools.
Getting Students to create an engaging presentation and show creativity can be a difficult task.  It's easy to put all the words on a slide and read the slide to the class but it's not very engaging! Here are some tips and a blog post to help prepare for your presentation:
1. Tap your enthusiasm
2. Get to the core of your message.
3. Tell a captivating story.
4. Wow them with words.
5. Create stunning slides.
6. Keep it simple.

There are several tools that you can use to create an interesting presentation.

• Google Presentation (incorporating YouTube Videos into the presentation
• Prezi
• SlideShare
• Infographics (example http://piktochart.com)

An upcoming science class will be working on a presentation this week on The Plague.
Here are some example that I will show the class:

Prezi

• http://prezi.com/qobiqjkuv8k3/the-plague/
•   http://prezi.com/wp7tbn87xjsp/the-plague-and-hiv/
• http://prezi.com/0yqvqr8tv5xk/the-black-plague/ (turn sound off)
• Teacher Assignment on the plague http://prezi.com/oabtabt2uetl/the-black-death/

Powtoon

http://www.powtoon.com/show/fAIQpohMJ4S/the-black-plague/

Infographic - (example http://piktochart.com)

 Poster Example -  http://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/outbreak-infographic.jpg#geekosystem