The document provides tips for an effective PowerPoint presentation. It recommends using simple, bright colors on slides with no crazy images. Templates can be a good starting point. Fonts should be readable from a distance and not comic or childish. Bullet points are preferred over full sentences. Pictures and words should be sized using the "Goldilocks rule" of not too big and not too small. Content should have under 25 words per slide and follow the 5x5 rule. Animations should be used sparingly and not be overdone or annoying. The document includes an example presentation on bacteria that covers what bacteria are, their characteristics like shapes and cell walls, behaviors like movement and nourishment, reproduction through binary fission and

1. Proper PowerPoint
Presentation
What to Do and What to Avoid

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Background
Slide Design
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Simple Colors
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No crazy images
Brights are BAD
Templates
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Often times a good
place to start
Organization

3. Word Design
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Fonts
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Readable from a distance
Not comic/childish
Punctuation
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None necessary
Bullets
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No Smileys or Pictures

4. Word Size - Goldilocks Rule
NOT TOO BIG
NOT TOO SMALL
Just Right

5. Content Rules
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Number of Words Per
Page
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In general < 25
5 x 5 Rule
When enough is enough
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Rarely use two lines for
a thought
How much detail?

6. How to Use Pictures
A Point for Discussion

7. Animations
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Do not over do it
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They are only funny once
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They look cheap
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They are annoying
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See what I mean
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They are getting old huh?
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Okay no more
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Just kidding
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This is ridiculous

8. Sample Presentation
Bacteria: From Which it All Began

9. What is Bacteria?
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Prokaryote
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Variety of life forms
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No nucleus
Shapes, sizes,
functions
Live almost everywhere
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E. coli in human
intestines

10. Characteristics ShapesSpherical Shaped
Bacilli = Rod Shaped
Cocci =
Spirilla = Spiral Shaped

11. Characteristics = Cell Walls
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Gram Positive vs. Gram
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+ = Thick
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- = Thin

12. Bacterial Structures
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Cell Wall
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Cell Membrane
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Flagellum
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Ribosome
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DNA

13. Behaviors = Movement
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Some do not move
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Others move
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Lash/Whip
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Snake
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Spiral

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Heterotrophs
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Chemoheterotrophs
Photoheterotrophs
Autotrophs
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Chemoautotrophs
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Photoautotrophs

15. Bacterial Reproduction
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Binary Fission
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Conjunction
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Splitting (Mitosis like)
DNA exchange
Spore Formation
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Edospores (seed-like)

16. Why Should I Care?
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Decomposers
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Break down material
Recycle Carbon
Nitrogen Fixers
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Symbiotic Relationship
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Soybeans

17. Why Should Humans Care?
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Foods and Beverages
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Yogurt
Digest Petroleum
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Oil Spill Clean-up
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Poison Removal
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Synthesize Drugs