Reference Data for Posters

US Department of Energy

• International Energy Outlook 2010 - Highlights
  

Poster Guidelines

Poster (Due Thursday 1/13)

Your poster will provide a visual guide to the concepts discussed in your paper. You will be expected to reference the poster during your presentation. Graphs, charts, and other quantitative visuals will thus help to support your main ideas. The Poster should be professional in appearance, engaging and relevant to your topic.

Poster must include the following elements (note: highly proficient posters will go beyond these minimum requirements):

· Title

· Minimum of 3 quantitative visuals and 1 visual depicting the mechanics of your resource.

· Citations for each visual used.

· A concise paragraph explaining what your resource is and how it is used.

Presentation (during final exam block)

You will use your poster to deliver a five-minute presentation about your renewable energy source. In you presentation you need to concisely explain the main points of your paper:

· What is your resource?

· How is it used?

· What are the major benefits?

· What are the major drawbacks?

Highly proficient papers will demonstrate the following characteristics:

· Clear and organized explanation.

· Multiple references to visuals on the posters.

· Inclusion of informative and interesting quantitative data.

· Strong grasp of subject matter.