Presentation should be on your fourth experiment, unless a substitution
has been agreed upon with the instructor.
All students should attend the whole session, and participate in asking
questions.
Each lab partner will have 12-15 minutes to make a presentation, with a
few minutes after each part for questions (such as requesting
clarification).
There will be time for questions addressed to either partner after both
talks. Partners should decide between themselves how they want to
divide
the material (Background, theory, apparatus, procedure, data, analysis,
conclusions, etc.). However, normally each should give a single segment.
Title page, outline of talk, graphs, diagrams, summary of conclusions,
etc., should be prepared on transparencies for the overhead projector
or in Powerpoint.
Normally do not include extensive text or long derivations of
equations,
but just outlines, final equations, or a few sentences of conclusions.
The blackboard is also available.
I recommend that you practice the talks with your lab partner. In
addition to refining the presentation, checking the length, and making
sure nothing crucial falls through the cracks, try to anticipate
questions
which may be raised.
After the talk, turn in an abbreviated written report consisting of an
abstract, bibliography, "Journal" (tables of data, notes, etc.), and
the
transparencies (or plain paper copies) or Powerpoint file. A single
joint report for all
partners is adequate.
Each student should ask at least two questions (overall) of other
speakers
(besides lab partner). These should not be confrontational, but seek
clarification
of surprising, intriguing, or unclear points in the presentation.
See article by J. Garland for suggestions on presentation. (Note that
this
is directed at a slightly more formal situation, such as an APS meeting
contributed paper.)