You will be required to submit an informational abstract by the end of unit 6. Your abstract should be no longer than one (1) page and it needs to include the key elements of an informational abstract. The abstract will be written based on the topic you have selected. The main goal of an informational abstract is to inform the viewer on your research. Its main purpose to provide your audience with a clear idea of what you research is about through the summarization of your main points, key information, and findings. Your abstract must include the following: • Background: Write two or three sentences introducing your research. Provide your audience with context for your project. • Goals: Write two to three sentences providing the purpose of your research. • Methods: Write two to three sentences explaining how you performed your research. You are not expected to carry out any experiments here, and it is anticipated that most of your research will come from reading various online sources. Make sure they are academic in nature. Again, instead of conducting your own experiments, feel free to summarize expert research already done on your topic and reference it. • Findings: Write two to three sentences briefly describing the main findings of your research .Part 2: Poster For the second part of the assignment you will be required to produce and present your research poster on video. Your research poster will be made electronically via PowerPoint. There are two ways to do this: You can search in PowerPoint for a poster template or you can create your own template by opening PowerPoint, clicking on the Design tab, and then hitting the “slide size” on the right side of the screen. Adjust your slide size to 30 x 40, and now you have a properly sized blank slate to work with. Your poster should be easy to read and informative, with plenty of visuals and consice sections of text. Remember, you don’t need to put all of your information on your poster, because you will be presenting to us. The written sections of your poster should be concise, and you want to focus on creating a visually appealing final product. You will be required to submit this poster via Blackboard. Make sure your poster includes the following sections: • Title: Create an interesting and catch title for your poster. • Research Question: What did you research and why? • Methodology: How was your research conducted? • Findings: What did you find during your research? • Narrative: Include a small section describing what you found to be most interesting about your topic and research. • Resources: Make sure to include a section of your poster that displays your APA citations.
You will be required to submit an informational abstract by the end of unit 6. Your abstract
should be no longer than one (1) page and it needs to include the key elements of an
informational abstract. The abstract will be written based on the topic you have selected. The
main goal of an informational abstract is to inform the viewer on your research. Its main
purpose to provide your audience with a clear idea of what you research is about through the
summarization of your main points, key information, and findings.
Your abstract must include the following:
• Background: Write two or three sentences introducing your research. Provide your
audience with context for your project.
• Goals: Write two to three sentences providing the purpose of your research.
• Methods: Write two to three sentences explaining how you performed your research.
You are not expected to carry out any experiments here, and it is anticipated that most
of your research will come from reading various online sources. Make sure they are
academic in nature. Again, instead of conducting your own experiments, feel free to
summarize expert research already done on your topic and reference it.
• Findings: Write two to three sentences briefly describing the main findings of your
research
.Part 2: Poster
For the second part of the assignment you will be required to produce and present your
research poster on video. Your research poster will be made electronically via PowerPoint.
There are two ways to do this: You can search in PowerPoint for a poster template or you can
create your own template by opening PowerPoint, clicking on the Design tab, and then hitting
the “slide size” on the right side of the screen. Adjust your slide size to 30 x 40, and now you
have a properly sized blank slate to work with.
Your poster should be easy to read and informative, with plenty of visuals and consice sections
of text. Remember, you don’t need to put all of your information on your poster, because you will
be presenting to us. The written sections of your poster should be concise, and you want to
focus on creating a visually appealing final product. You will be required to submit this poster
via Blackboard.
Make sure your poster includes the following sections:
• Title: Create an interesting and catch title for your poster.
• Research Question: What did you research and why?
• Methodology: How was your research conducted?
• Findings: What did you find during your research?
• Narrative: Include a small section describing what you found to be most interesting
about your topic and research.
• Resources: Make sure to include a section of your poster that displays your APA
citations.
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