Applied Natural Sciences Speaking Notes Draft

Overview

An effective presentation includes a summary of the main points in  the slides, but the presenter should add additional content in the  speaker notes to help explain each point. Some presenters have the the  ability to memorize the details through cues in the outline of the  presentation, and some can even speak off the cuff. However, for this  project, you will create speaker notes for the slides in your  presentation, which is due in Module Eight. This will help you consider  the outline of your presentation and the content you want to include on  each slide.

Prompt

For this assignment, you will be drafting the speaker notes that will  accompany your 5- to 7-slide presentation. The speaker notes can be  bullet points related to each item on the slides, or more developed  paragraphs that help you fill in the details you wouldn’t include on the  slides. This choice is up to you, but either way, the speaker notes  should contain substantial details that address each of the required  parts of your presentation.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

Provide a brief overview of the scientific background of your issue and question. How does the issue relate to the natural sciences?

Explain how the issue impacts the audience. In  other words, how is the issue relevant to members of the audience? Why  should the audience care about the response to your question or the  outcome of your hypothesis? Support your response with specific examples  from your research investigation.

Describe the empirical evidence you have to support  your conclusions about the impact of the issue on you personally and on  your audience. Support your response with specific examples from your  research investigation.

Explain why this issue is important to you personally. In other words, why did you select this issue to investigate?

1. Illustrate how your investigation of the issue  impacted the way you thought about the issue. In other words, how did  thinking like a scientist to research, develop a question, and formulate  a hypothesis affect what you thought about the issue you selected? How  did scientific thinking change the lens through which you viewed the  issue? Support your response with specific examples from your research  investigation.

Communicate your message in a way that is tailored  to your specific audience. For instance, you could consider your  vocabulary, your audience’s potential knowledge of current natural  science (or lack thereof), and what is specifically important to the  audience. This element will not necessarily be a separate slide or step  in the process. In your notes that address the previous six prompts,  note word choices or pieces that are specifically tailored for your  audience.