Astronomy Research paper #2 (CONNECT to my research paper #1) TopicsRecent Discoveries by Kepler Mission

A Scientific Presentation Describing Recent Research on Specific Topic

Title Page

[Every presentation should have a title page that indicates the topic to the reader]

The title page should include the title, your name, course number and date.

Presentation Pages

Use the following types of headings below (Introduction, Detectors, Instrument, Measurements, Discoveries, or Conclusion) as slides in your presentation. Each figure, data table, graph or supplementary visual page should have an appropriate title.

Introduction

All scientific reports begin with an introduction of some type, no matter what structure is followed in the rest of the presentation. This presentation should summarize recent research on a specific scientific topic related to this course and should summarize information in the research paper done previously. This slide is where you can explain your presentation objectives, argue that the subject is important, and describe the recent work in the context of previous research. You can describe the state of knowledge that motivated the research in the first place and any recent discoveries made on this topic.

Methods and Materials

These slides should describe the methods and materials used in the research being summarized. Each slide should have a title, such as “Blank Spacecraft”, “Blank Instrument” or “Blank Detector”. These slides should include the research setup, equipment, laboratory and/or field procedures) and how the data were analyzed. These pages can also describe the techniques in which the data was analyzed and/or the discoveries were made. This section will vary depending on the type of research to be described. The types of calculations used, such as the laws of physics which apply and why. If you describe experiments that you’ve read about in other sources, please focus on the technical aspects. This section is a good place to describe details of the equipment used, such as detectors or measuring instruments and their precision. If your research topic is theoretical or uses simulations, then the calculation techniques should be described. Images of the equipment or graphs are very useful in these slides.

Results and Discussion

In these slides, you summarize the data from relevant experiments and indicate the important results that the data supports. Each slide should have a title, such as “Blank

Discovery”, “Blank Measurement” or “Blank Result”. What conclusions can be made from the information you have gathered? Did the information you gathered support or refute the original hypothesis? If you have any data tables, equations or phenomenological relations that support your understanding, you can title these slides as “Blank Data” or Blank Equations”.

Present a brief summary of the decisive findings and tentative conclusions. Whereas the introduction section introduces the research question and reviews the state of knowledge in the field that motivated the question, the discussion section explains how the research broadens the knowledge. You can title this type of slide as “Blank Summary” or “Blank Findings”. How precise are the theoretical predictions and/or the data?

How close do the theory and predictions fit with the actual data measured?

Conclusion

What research questions remain? This slide could also include examination of other evidence supporting or contradicting the tentative conclusions. You might title this slide as “Conclusions”.

References

This slide should document the sources that provided you with information used in the paper. References should be listed alphabetically by last name on a separate page at the end of the paper using the APA documentation system. You can title this slide as “Refeences”.