Nathan Hale High School Culminating Project Presentation Guideline

General information:

Your presentation should be 15-20 minutes. Leave a few minutes at the end for questions. I suggest speaking 10 minutes about your culminating project and 5 minutes about your portfolio.

You should bring your notebook to the presentation with your proposal, journal and time log. Be sure to also bring the pieces for your portfolio or a detailed description.

What will your Culminating Project Presentation look like?

I. Introduce Topic

A. What is it?

B. Why did you choose it?

C. What is your background with this topic?

II. Demonstration of Research

A. What did you learn from your research?

III. Demonstration of Learning or Process of Doing

A. What did you do?

B. How did you get from your idea to today?

C. How did you do what you did?

D. What problems came up? How did you solve them?

V. Reflection on Learning

A. What new knowledge and/or skills did you acquire?

B. What is the difference between what you predicted and the actual project outcomes? What adjustments did you make?

C. How could your project have been improved, or made more meaningful?

D. What contributions did other resources make?

E. Is self-directing learning important? Why? What does that about your future learning?

F. What have you learned about yourself as a learner?

G. Do you see any similarities between strengths or challenges with this project and strengths or challenges you encounter in other academic subjects?

VI. Presentation Skills

A. Is your presentation well organized?

B. Do you skillfully include a visual (power point, video, overhead, or display board)?

C. Do you maintain eye contact and professional posture?

D. Do you speak loudly enough? Do you vary your tone and pitch?

E. Is your pacing appropriate (not to fast and not to slow)?

F. Is your word choice professional and effective?

G. Are conventions handled professionally?

H. Are you well rehearsed? (Rehearse 10+ times)

VII. Questions

A. Are you prepared to answer questions in a way that reveals your understanding of your topic?