1. Project Title Authors BS 110 Lab Section #XX, TA Name Introduction Include BRIEF BACKGROUND (with citations), QUESTIONS ASKED and the RATIONALE for your project (or approach to answering these questions). Avoid long paragraphs. Use short, clear, complete sentences and/or bullet points. Don’t be afraid to use subheadings within sections (e.g., within theiIntroduction you may want to have separate subheadings for questions and rationale). Make sure that subheadings or bullets of one section correspond to similar points in other sections as to show how the main points connect throughout the poster. (e.g., if you list 3 main questions in your introduction, these should correspond to 3 descriptions of and 3 categories of results). Sample graphic, picture, etc. To add an image, go to Insert, and select the appropriate option Discussion and Conclusions The discussion can be done as bullets but you must use whole sentences here, as it is important to connect the points of logic. Avoid long paragraphs. Conclusions typically follow the discussion. They are best done as a series of succinct, clearly- stated bullet points that match the questions put forth in the Introduction. Literature Cited – use a smaller font for this section if you need to conserve space Cite only the resources you directly reference in the text of your poster. Use proper in-text citation and list the reference here using Council of Science Editors citation format (guide available at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/csegd.php). http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/csegd.php Image Credits Credit all images that are not your own. If you use images from the web, check to find out how you should cite the image. Fig. 1, Mayfly photo. Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed March 21, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.org. General Results Area Instructors’ Note: This is only a suggested template. Feel free to remove these partition lines, text boxes, change background, colors, fonts and font sizes and rearrange things as you wish. Your poster should reflect your personal style – we don’t want them all to look the same! Remember that you must maintain an overall size of no more than 48” X 48”. The library plotter prints at a width of 48”. Results The text should lead readers through the evidence. If you statistically analyzed the results, then here is where you present it (usually parenthetically). Often subheadings and bullet points help in conveying the various components of your results. Make sure that all figures and tables are numbered, their descriptions are complete, and you cite them in the text. You don’t need to show EVERY iota of data that you collected. Avoid copious raw data, large or complex tables, and photographs that don’t really show anything. If you have lots of material (photos, graphs, and tables) and only a few of these will fit, then choose only those that best illustrate the evidence. Methods NO MATERIALS LIST! Avoid picky details and lengthy descriptions. Present an overview of the experimental design and enough details so that readers can understand the approach. Parts of the Methods might be better conveyed in a figure or table, it depends on your group’s experimental design. Figure 2. Make sure to include enough information here to make each figure understandable. Also be sure to format your table such that legends and axes are visible. Habitat Sampling Device Sample Number GravelKick Screen25 MixSurber15 SandEkman Dredge 20 Table 1. Include enough information to make the table understood. Figure 3. Figure descriptions go below the figure. [Note that there are no figure or table titles, but you might use subheadings.] Figure 1. You may include photos of your study organism, study site, or classmates collecting data. Distribution of insect taxa across 3 substrate types