AST 221: Stars & the Solar System

Fall 2017, Marten van Kerkwijk

Presentation requirements

1. Two people in the group should partition their work equally. Easiest is for one to give the presentation and for the other to answer questions. The total time alloted is about 10 minutes (depending on the total number of students), with at most half the time for the presentation and at least half the time for questions/discussions. You will be penalised if your talk runs overtime.
2. Be physical and quantitative in your discussion — from a presentation by a science major I expect more than just descriptive words. Ask whys and hows, and answer them synthesizing the information you found.
3. You will fare better if you can produce an estimate -- an estimate that discloses the essence of the phenomenon and gives your audience a good quantitative understanding.
4. I would discourage using computer slides — you have very little time and have to be physical in your discussion. If you insist, however, you can email a presentation to me and I can project using my laptop.
5. The audience is encouraged/required to ask questions. You can get up to 2 bonus marks (in addition to the 10 marks for your presentation) if you ask particularly interesting questions. In the past, this has been the most fun part and both the audience and the speakers learn from it.