1. With your group members you will be making a 4-minute presentation on your topic. You will be required to present your topic as a group to the class on the week of 2/21. You must be present in your lifeline class on the week of the 21 st. There will be no make-ups!!! You will be required to post your presentation on moodle under "presentations" under "social activities" by 5:00pm on Friday, February 18th. If the file is too large, it is also your responsibility to get with your TA sometime that week before 5:00pm on Friday, February 18th and show your TA your presentation, turn in jump drive, CD, etc... Don’t wait until the last minute!!!

2. The presentation will be worth 10 points. However, there will be a 3 point extra credit opportunity for students that do an amazing, completely original or extraordinarily creative job! If a group fails to turn in their presentation ahead of time, they will still be allowed to present, however, there will be an automatic 3 point deduction from their group presentation grade. Please be advised that this lab uses a PC, and if a group chooses to make a presentation on a mac computer, they should preview their presentation on a PC to check compatibility. It is up to you on how to present the material, but be creative! The following are some examples to get you started. First, you will see a run-of-the-mill PowerPoint presentation, and then you may click on links to see better, more interesting examples using additional media.

3. Phospholipids

4. Phospholipids make up most of the cell membrane They are amphipathic containing a hydrophilic polar head and hydrophobic nonpolar tail.

5. Phospholipids Due to their amphipathic nature, phospholipids can form micelles in water. Micelles are spheres with the hydrophillic head of the phospholipid toward the outside and the hydrophobic tails towards the inside.

6. Phospholipids The amphipathic property of phospholipids allow cell membranes to form. Cell Membrane Cytoplasm Side Extracellular Side

7. Creating a More Interesting PowerPoint Here is an example using an animation software (www.xtranormal.com) to help make your presentations more interesting. Click here for an example of xtranormal video. You can also use voicethread to make a integrated image, voice and video presentation.(www.voicethread.com) Click for an example of voicethread Click here for an example of how to use voicethread Another way to spice up your presentation is to use the software animoto.(www.animoto.com). You should be aware that the example of Animoto you will see runs faster than is advisable for a good presentation, unless you pay for it.www.animoto.com Click here for an example of Animoto. You could also find images to help illustrate your topic. Then using the VUE program create a concept map to explain you topic. (www.vue.tufts.edu)www.vue.tufts.edu The subsequent slides contain information on how to use the VUE program.

8. Download the Concept Map Tool Here

9. Go to “Sign up for New Account” Click here to make new account!

10. Download Appropriate Version

11. Instructions This is what you will see when you first open Vue. To add a picture, open your web browser, go to your image’s link (URL). You can format the color, font and shape of your boxes (nodes) using the Formatting Palette found in the Windows Tab.

12. Adding Images to VUE Drag the link down to the toolbar, to “VUE: New Map”

13. Instructions Once you drop the link into VUE, the picture will show up on your Map. You can repeat this until you have added all the pictures. To connect the images, you can use the “Link Tool”. “Link Tool” To create a link between two nodes click on the first node and drag your mouse to the second node. Once a successful link has been created the second node will glow green. Then you can release the mouse. You can then write on the link to describe the connection between the two images. This is a “NODE”

14. When connecting two images, it should look like this:

15. Sample of Concept Map in progress:

16. SAVE YOUR WORK! Go to File>Save As. Name your file as follows Group Number_Concept Map_Draft. From the format dropdown menu select VPK (VUE Package). Click Save. (NOTE: If you select VUE your images will not be visible on any other computer. If you select any other file type your concept map will not be able to be edited by others.)

17. After you’ve saved your concept map, it will look something like this DO NOT FORGET TO SAVE AS A.vpk file Save your final draft as both a.vpk file and.jpg file.

18. Creating a More Interesting Powerpoint Do not limit yourself to these programs. Some other options include Google docs, wiki spaces, and pixton. Your options are endless in the way you can present your topics. So be creative.