Assertion-Evidence Slide Template for Scientific Presentations

Michael Alley

College of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

 

January 24, 2014

Title of Presentation in Initial Capitals: 36 Points, Calibri Bold

Name
Department



Name
Department



Logo(s)

Mapping slide: This presentation focuses on ... (complete sentence, but go no more than two lines)

Topic 1

! Topic 2

Topic 3

Heading for Topic 1

This slide introduces a new section (according to the mapping slide)

Insert ordinary slide title

Insert text, figures, lists, ...

Insert ordinary slide title

Here is a 2x2 cell slide with "bullet points" to the left and a figure to the right.



Item 1
Item 2

or even bullet lists (!)

  • Item 1
  • Item 2

A figure can go here

This sentence headline makes an assertion on the first topic in no more than two lines




If necessary, identify key assumption or background for audience - keep to two lines

Fragments quickly outpace the blast wave and become the primary hazard to personnel

Slides written in markup languages have good support for mathematics and computer code

Mathematics:

 
$$ F(x) = \int_a^b f(x)dx$$

 

Computer code:

import numpy

def trapezoidal(f, a, b, n=100):
    """Integrate f from a to b with 100 intervals."""
    x = numpy.linspace(a, b, n+1)
    F = (b-a)/float(n)*(numpy.sum(f(x)) - 0.5*(f(a) + f(b)))
    return F

In summary, this sentence headline states the most important assertion of the presentation

Supporting point (no more than two lines)

Another supporting point (parallel to the first)



Questions?