I have had some questions on the format for the “mini-poster” reports for Rocket Lab. Perhaps the best way to explain your task is this:

Imagine that you are presenting your results from the Rocket Lab at Science Carnival (or  similar event). Your “poster” will be presented on a tri-fold board of the sort you might have used for your elementary school science fair. However, you are not allowed to access the tri-fold board until two minutes before the event starts. Therefore, you must have all of the information for your poster printed out on regular 8.5″ x 11″ paper before you show up at the event, so you can just tape it on the tri-fold board when you arrive.

Create the four pages described in your lab manual. These are the *only* pages you get to attach to your tri-fold board so they must be self-contained.

I realize that the poster tour assignment isn’t due until next week, and you haven’t had formal instruction in how to create a poster yet. Draw on what you have seen in posters around the Lab buildings as well as the principles we covered when we talked about Powerpoint presentations last quarter. The point of this assignment is to get you thinking (and discussing with others) the best way to present all pertinent information! (Note to perfectionists: you will have another chance to do a mini-poster for experiment 11 so this is not your only chance to get things right.)