These lively and stimulating ideas for use in and out of class reinforce active learning. The activities apply to individual or group projects.

1. Start a new PowerPoint presentation with the 48² × 36² dimensions discussed near the end of this chapter. Then, type a sentence or two and select 100% and see how much of the text you can see. Next select 33%. You will see that 33% permits you to monitor what is happening in your columns. A font size of 32 points for the body of the text will work, although the title of the poster may need to be as large as 88 points. Then, test out what font size is visible from 20 ¢ away. Put from three to eight bullet points on this slide and decide when you reach “death by text.”
    
2. Come up with the title for your paper, following the recommendations (length and “style”) in this chapter.
    
3. What is the first sentence of your Introduction? Does it capture the reader’s interest?