Final Congress 2007

Call for papers and presentations: All participants in Student Ecology Research projects are required to attend Final Congress on July 21, 2007 at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Students and teachers will present their work to their peers and guests through poster and oral presentations. Because we have so few programs this year and because each program has done so much, each school may do a poster and/or power point in each of the following categories:

Category One: Aquatic Ecology

Category Two: Terrestrial Ecology

Category Three: Field Ecology Experiences

Please forward a brief abstract (NO MORE THAN 500 words) to Linda.fey@state.nm.us by July 11^th. Be sure to include title of presentation, team member names, category and format (poster or power-point). You may do both a poster and a power point on the same research topic if you choose. Posters printed on our large format printer should be designed for 48 inches wide by 36 inches high. Power-point presentations should be no more than 20 minutes, including question time.

In addition to the projects that are presented at Final Congress, we are asking for essays or other works written by our participants. These will be published with the 2007 Results of Final Congress and, if selected, will also be posted on the web.

The deadline for poster submissions* for printing on our large format printer is Tuesday July 17^th. Power point presentations will be due by 9am on July 21. Written papers based on the presentations will be accepted via email until July 25^th for publication in the Results of Student Ecology Research Program Final Congress, 2007. Please be timely in your submissions

*Instructions for using power-point program to create a poster:

Open Power-point program and select File, then Page Setup

Under Page Setup select slides sized for custom

Set the width at 48 inches

Set the height at 36 inches

Make sure orientation is landscape – this should happen automatically.

You will get a warning box saying that your paper size is too big for your printer, click OK. Design your poster as you would a power-point slide. Copy the file to a portable drive and send it back to Albuquerque with your intern by July 17^th. Please also submit photo files (either on the portable drive or burned to a disk) to be included in the “candid photo” slide show at the same time.