Create a Display Board, Poster, or Presentation

6 - Communicate Your Results

In this section, you will learn to clearly communicate your research process and findings to others, including judges, if you are participating in a science fair.

Task #6B: Create a Display Board, Poster, or Presentation

1. Check with your teacher to see what type of presentation (display board, poster, presentation, or other) you should create. Most science fairs require a display board, but requirements may be different depending on your science fair or if you are doing another type of presentation (expo, class presentation, etc.)
2. Read the Science Fair Project Display Board Guide to learn about what your display board, poster, or presentation should include and see examples. Most science fairs require a display board, but this information can be adapted to other presentation types as well.
3. Answer the following questions to check your learning:
   1. Which of the following is NOT a necessary component of a well-organized science project display board?
      Title

      Background research

      Data charts and graphs

      Research Question, Hypothesis, & Variables

      Pages pulled from your lab notebook

      Experimental procedure
      Correct! Pages pulled from your lab notebook should not be included on the display board itself.
      Nice try! Review the key components of a well-organized science project display board to understand what should be included.
   2. Which of the following is a good practice for ensuring your display board is visually appealing and easy to understand?
      Using very small text to fit more information

      Organizing information like a newspaper, from top to bottom, then left to right

      Including long paragraphs of text without breaks

      Using random colors and fonts for each section
      Correct! Organizing information like a newspaper helps make your display board easy to follow.
      Nice try! Review the best practices for organizing information on your display board to make it easy to read and understand.

4. Create a draft for each section of your display board, poster, or presentation below OR put it in a separate document and share the link. You can use your work from previous tasks to help you:

   Link to draft document (be sure to include all sections):
   OR
   1. Title
   2. Project Question
   3. Variables and Hypothesis
   4. Background Research
   5. Materials List
   6. Experimental Procedure (be sure to include links to any pictures of your experimentation that you will use)
   7. Data Analysis & Discussion (be sure to include link to your data charts and graphs that you will use)
   8. Conclusions
   9. Acknowledgments
   10. Source List or Bibliography
5. Create your display board, poster, or presentation. Make sure it meets all of the criteria on the checklist below:
   • It includes all required sections
     The title catches people’s attention
     You use pictures, diagrams, charts, and graphs to effectively convey information about your project
     You proofread everything
     You followed all rules and requirements laid out by the science fair and/or your teacher
     If doing a display board or digital poster:
     It is organized like a newspaper so it is easy to follow
     The text font is large enough to be easily read (at least 16 pt font)
     The title font is large enough to be read across the room
     It is constructed neatly
     If doing a presentation:
     Information is formatted in brief bullet points, rather than full sentences
     All slides include images, diagrams, or graphs to support the text
     You have notes for each slide with more detailed information