Chaos, Communication and Consciousness Module PH19510 Lecture 3 Poster Presentation.

Chaos, Communication and ConsciousnessModule PH19510

Lecture 3 Poster Presentation

The Task

Produce a poster One significant event, person or discovery

development of communications development of computing

Details of science or theory involved Consequences for today Groups of 3 20% of module marks

Submission

Completed posters to Physics Office 2nd floor, Physical Sciences Building Before 1630 Friday 28th November 2008

Poster Declaration Slip

will be emailed to you signed by all authors Submit with poster

Groups

Groups of 3 Choose yourselves Let me know by email

[email protected] Before 09:00 Monday 31st Oct 2007

I will allocate remaining groups

Specification

Minimum A3 (2 sheets of A4) Maximum A2 (4 sheets of A4) Computer Produced

Powerpoint Word Photoshop etc…

Print on A4 & paste up

What is a Poster ?

Scientist’s advert for their work. Tell a story Breaking News Make reader want to find out more

Title

What is it?

How does it work?

What does it looks like?

How well does it

perform?

What exciting

science can you use it

for?

Who wrote the poster?

Where can I find out more?

Who helped & who paid for the work

?

What does it do?

Who? What? Why? & How?

People, Inventions, Events Who were they ? When did it happen ? What did they do? How does it work ? Why does it matter ?

The Title

Short & sweet Include authors names & emails Affiliation

Bart Simpson – Inventor of the Internet

R.T.Choke ([email protected]), A.Holeflapper ([email protected])University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Introduction

Pull in your audience Describe your topic in 2-3 sentences Avoid jargon

IntroductionHow the son of a power station employee from Springfield overcame his hair problems and went on to invent the internet, revolutionising the world of communications. We look at his background, the technology involved and the effect his invention has had on all of us.

Biography

Key points only date & place of birth picture key features of life quotations “driving force” ?

Bullet pointsNOT an essay

The Invention itself

What was done before ? Describe the invention

Clear diagrams How does it work ?

What science is involved ? Equations ? Disputes ?

Consequences

What was the effect of the invention? Was is developed further ? Is it in use today ? How it improve with time ? (graph) How did the number of users grow ?

(graph)

References

Where to go for more information Cite sources you’ve used

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell

Key books/papers by the inventor Descent of Man, 1871 Hilchenbach, M. (2002). "Space-borne mass

spectrometer instrumentation." International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 215(1-3): 113-129.

Patents U.S. Patent 0447918

Layout

Let layout draw the reader through the story

Sketch out first with pencil & paper Base around key diagrams/pictures

LayoutPortrait vs Landscape

Title

Title

FontsAim for legibility & readability Readable from 4 feet No smaller than 18point

Not enough space ? Reduce word count, don’t shrink font

Don’t use over fancy fonts Fixed width fonts are hard to read

Watch colour schemes

Golden Rules

K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple, Stupid

“Less is More” Pare idea down to essentials Put across 2 or 3 key points

Deadlines

31st October Email [email protected] with groups

28th November Poster Submission