Project presentations
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S2 have just completed their Volcanoes projects. The aim was to identify, from a restricted sample, what was felt to be the world’s worst volcano. The criteria for this varied across the classes. For most it seems to have been the one that killed the largest number in the one eruption. However, other defintions of worst included explosive force, frequency of eruptions and total area destroyed.
To build on presentation skills, here are some things in general to work on:
1. Read the instructions and follow the plan we provided.
2. Use black /blue ink for text, avoid lots of different colours.
3. Always write text in lower case; keep block capitals for headings
4. Connect your photos with the text, not just have a random page of photos with no captions. (eg, say. “As the photo above shows…”
5. Make sure you you use technical words properly in a sentence, or else it looks like they have been copied. The most commonly used words are: lahar, pyroclastic flow and subduction.
Some examples of classwork can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmcd
